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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 do what I do because I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.

The key to everything is found in God's word.

I'm Joyce Meyer and I believe that God can heal you every where you hurt.

Let me tell you a little bit about my story.

Some people battle with guilt more than others do.

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 from my father to want to do that to me,

because I didn't think that was happening to anybody else.

I've found out since that it 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 happened.

There's all kinds of problems that can cause shame in people's lives,

but sexual abuse is probably the most shaming.

It does damage to your soul that only God can heal.

But he can heal it.

I said, he can heal it.

And shame is a little different than guilt.

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