Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Right now, you're sitting there wondering what it's going to be like to be exposed

and all this mess before Jesus.

And the answer is it's safe.

In fact, it's the only, it's the greatest safe place in the universe.

He wants you to know that you are not damaged.

You are not second rate.

You are not unworthy or unloved.

You are a precious and beloved child whom he has

created and redeemed specifically for his purpose. Welcome to Summit Life with pastor,

author, and apologist J.D. Greer. I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Today is the last day in our short teaching series focused on difficult emotions. The idea behind

this series is that our emotions function like smoke from a fire. And just like you can follow the trail of

smoke to figure out what's on fire in your house, you can follow the trail of smoke to figure out what's on fire in your

house, you can follow the trail of your emotions to figure out what is on fire in your soul.

Now, if you missed any of the previous messages in this series, you can always find them free of

charge at jd.grier.com. Here's Pastor J.D. concluding this teaching series with a message on the difficult emotion

of shame.

Luke chapter 8, verse 48, and he said to her, daughter.

Tim Keller says you should probably read it something like, sweetheart.

By the way, it is the only place in the G gospels where Jesus ever addresses somebody this way it is

the kind of word that you would never use of somebody that you've just met and jesus is meeting

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