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When you have toxic shame, you're not just ashamed of something you've done or something that's been done to you,

but you become ashamed of yourself. And when you're

ashamed of yourself, it just poisons everything else in your life. God wants

you to love yourself.

I'm Joyce Meyer and I believe that God can heal you everywhere you hurt. So let me tell you a little bit about my story. Some people battle

with guilt more than others do and because I was abused in my childhood by my

dad I grew up thinking something was wrong with me because I just thought there has to be something wrong with me for my father to want to do

that to me because I didn't think that was happening to anybody else I found out

since that happens to a lot of people and you'd probably be

amazed at how many people right here in this room have been sexually abused in their childhood.

And it's a horrific thing to have happen. It's like there's all kinds of problems that can cause shame in people's lives, but sexual abuse is probably the the most shaming it like it does

damage to your soul that only God can heal but he can heal it. I said he can heal it. Amen. And shame is a little

different than guilt. Shame is actually deeper than guilt. And when you have toxic shame, you're not just

ashamed of something you've done or something that's been done to you, but you become ashamed

of yourself. And when you're ashamed of yourself it just

poisons everything else in your life. God wants you to love yourself.

Not in some kind of a selfish self-centered way but he wants you to love yourself and to like yourself and to enjoy yourself.

And it took me a long time to realize this, but most of the problems that I had,

most of the personality issues and the relationship problems I had.

I didn't realize this but most of them stemmed from the fact that I did not like myself.

And when you don't... from the fact that I did not like myself.

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