Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Shame is a powerful feeling of regret, self-hatred, and dishonor.

A painful feeling or experience of believing

that were flawed and therefore unworthy of love or belonging. Some people ignore it. Some people

are crippled by its weight. What is Jesus' answer to shame? That's today. You don't want to miss it.

You're listening to Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Today, Chip continues our series called The New You, claiming your birthright as a child of God,

tackling one of the most destructive forces in the human heart, shame.

Where it comes from, what it does to us,

and how Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1 points us to God's answer. Before we dive in, let me remind

you that you can always catch up on any program you may have missed by going to living on the edge.org.

Now here's Chip Ingram with today's message titled, You Are Competent.

The first most important thing is how you see God. The second most important thing about you as a person

is what comes into your mind when you think about yourself.

Sort of that collage, that mirror of how you see yourself.

There's all kind of fears that shape us, but there's not just fears that warp our view of ourself.

There's certain feelings.

And at the top of the list of the feelings, that probably does more damage to how you see yourself and impacts every relationship and nearly all your behavior is a feeling called shame.

If you pull out your notes, I want you to get an actual definition.

Shame is a painful feeling of regret, self-hate, and dishonor.

Brunei Brown describes it as a painful feeling or experience of believing that you are flawed

and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.

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