Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Shame is a powerful, debilitating emotion that causes us to feel inferior, hate our appearance, withdraw from others, engage in

self-destructive behavior, or be driven to excess to prove that we really matter.

Here's the question. How do we overcome shame in our lives? That's today.

Stay with me.

Welcome to Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Previously, Chip showed us that Paul prayed for the Ephesians to experience three unshakable facts.

That their past no longer defines them, that their future happiness is guaranteed, and that they have

incomprehensible power for every present challenge. Today, Chip picks up right where he left off,

unpacking exactly what it looks like to access that power and overcome shame in everyday life.

Now, if you missed any part of this series, find it any time at Living on the Edge.org.

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

How do we overcome true and false shame?

We're living in a day when shame is viewed as a psychological term and any shame that you

have is not your fault.

There is true shame.

True shame is the kind of shame of your past failures, your moral lapses, your greed, your

immorality in mind, our manipulation, our lies, the way that we use people, stuff that we have done or are doing,

we should feel, we should feel a sense of regret, a sense of I blew it, a sense of I don't measure

up. But there's also the shame that's false shame, cultural standards. One's your parents or the culture put on you.

Ones even at the church.

The church has made a lot of people feel shameful.

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