Condemning Thoughts Cause Mental Bondage - Excerpt from New Book Sustaining Life’s Victories

 

Condemning thoughts cause mental bondage - How to sustain life's victories

by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta

Do you struggle with guilt and shame? Do thoughts plague your mind with accusations of past sins or missed opportunities? These attitudes can place us in a soulish prison that we can’t escape on our own. Condemning thoughts cause mental bondage. We need God’s help.

Condemning thoughts can cause us to shy away from talking to God or reading our Bible. I have done this many times. Whenever I would do something wrong, I would wallow in remorse and not feel worthy to approach God’s throne. But this is when we should be running into His arms.

We aren’t worthy to approach His presence in ourselves. But we are worthy to approach Him because of Jesus. Jesus makes us worthy.

We can never clean ourselves up enough to deserve what God did. If we could clean ourselves up and become worthy, we wouldn’t need God. He is the One who does the cleaning, so He is the One we need to run to when we fall down and get dirty.

We can come boldly into God's presence. He has already cleansed us from our sin nature. What we do now is to see ourselves through His eyes—a forgiven saint. The only thing that needs cleansing is our minds. We learn to see ourselves through God’s eyes.

For several years, I have had the privilege of connecting with Lighthouse Bible Studies and contributing to their online magazine, Refresh, and some of their Bible study compilations.

On September 30, the newest book Sustaining Life’s Victories, will launch and is available for pre-order now.

My contribution’s title is “The Prison of Condemnation is Empty.”

The article shares three strategies we can use to unlock the jail cell of condemnation we may have allowed to lock around our minds.

I know you will be blessed by this book that contains stories from a multitude of talented authors. We know our Lord gives us victory over sin and guilt. But once we are free we must sustain that victory. This book provides personal illustrations and messages from God’s Word to show us how to dwell in peace and grace.

Christ gave us His identity to free us from guilt and shame. 

Join the conversation and share how you sustain life’s victories. How has God helped you?

Do you struggle with guilt and shame? Do condemning thoughts plague your mind with accusations of past sins or missed opportunities? Sustaining Life’s Victories provides strategies to live a victorious life. (click to share on X)

 

 

 

 

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