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    Shame Free: How to Throw Off the Cloak of Shame
    Shame Free: How to Throw Off the Cloak of Shame
    Shame Free: How to Throw Off the Cloak of Shame
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    Shame Free: How to Throw Off the Cloak of Shame

    By Joy A Schneider

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    God wants you to live free of shame.
    Jesus endured the shame so you don't have to.
    Satan's cloak of shame needs to go!
    You can throw off his cloak of shame
    Enjoy the freedom of living a shame-free life.
    You can be free to walk in the anointing God has
    placed within His born-again believers.
    Drawing back because of shame is against God's
    desire for His family. Be free!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 10, 2019
    ISBN9780971046047
    Shame Free: How to Throw Off the Cloak of Shame

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      Shame Free - Joy A Schneider

      Schneider

      Introduction

      If you are a born-again believer is Jesus Christ, you are anointed by being in The Anointed One, the Messiah. You may not, however, be aware of the battle over the anointing.

      Anointed believers are the representatives of Jesus Christ in the earth. You are equipped with all the resources and empowerment in Christ Jesus to walk in the power and victory He achieved in His death, burial, and resurrection.

      Those who are flippant regarding the anointing within them will be compromised in one way or the other because Satan seeks to neutralize their anointing. He does this by keeping them ignorant about the anointing’s presence and power.

      The Battle Over the Anointing Series is designed for you to discover the power and availability of the anointing within you. You will learn how and why the anointing has been subjected to the strategies of the enemy.

      Jesus has provided you the resources to overcome and live in the freedom He so desires for you to enjoy. Grasp His delivering work and believe in His sacrificial love coming to you.

      Shame Free is the second book in the three-book Battle Over the Anointing series.

      Chapter 1

      Shame on You Is Not God’s Desire

      I haven’t heard a peep from downstairs. I’d better go down and see what’s going on.

      As I descended the stairs, I heard movement in one of the bedrooms. Alarm invaded my mind as I saw my grandchild, black permanent marker in hand, adding another set of scribbles onto the white desk’s surface. I grabbed the marker from the five-year-old child’s hand. In my frustration, Shame on you tumbled out of my mouth. The words flowed much too easily. Why had I used such cruel words on someone so precious to me?

      I would not have understood the seriousness of my words except for my recent study of how Satan comes to assault us with the intent to bring shame. My words shame on you entail the plan Satan wants to put on us. Here I was, putting myself in agreement with the enemy’s effort to put shame on someone. I could remember other times when I’d said the same thing. Only this time, I was aware of the damage shame would bring.

      Shame is probably one of the most painful emotions a person can feel. Shame’s incapacitating bondage of the soul vies to be even greater than rejection or loss. Shame isolates, torments, and breeds a message of unworthiness.

      According to the Guideposts Concordance, the definition of shame is painful consciousness of guilt; disgrace or disrepute; to disgrace.¹

      The Old Testament describes shame many times as a covering. They were covered in shame, and Shame covered their faces are common depictions (see Daniel 9:8; Psalms 44:15). This covering of shame is indicative of what Satan wants to do to all people. On the other hand we find that David asked God to cover his enemies with shame. David did so because shame can be evidence of triumph:

      To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

      O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed" (Psalms 25:1–3).

      When disgrace shrouds our lives, we feel restricted from freedom, confidence, and assurance of good coming our way. We can evaluate our lives to see if we have any shame-based areas. Some are shame memories we are painfully aware of, others we do not readily acknowledge, and still others are hidden from our conscious minds.

      The presence of shame indicates Satan has gained leverage in his assaults against us. He uses any foothold he has to threaten, intimidate, and dominate. His tormenting tactic of putting shame on us is one of his maneuvers to gain control through fear of exposure and fear of shame itself. Shame comes in many forms and can affect every part of our lives.

      As descendants of Adam, we have all had shame rise against us. And because of the fallen nature of humankind, a cloak of shame has influenced and tried to come upon each one of us. We will investigate how this happened in the next chapter.

      First, we need to understand the Lord hates the ways Satan has set his strategy of shame against us. Jesus has made the way for us to be delivered from shame.

      Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2 KJV).

      God wants to bring us freedom. He desires only good for us and wants us to have life and joy in the fullest measure.

      What if I were to tell you that you can throw off the cloak of shame Satan has put on you?

      Shame Has Affected Humankind

      Shame affects every one of us at some time or another. Shame can haunt our conscious mind and hide in our subconscious mind. Many times shame is buried deep within us because of pain.

      What keeps shame hidden? Fear. A few of those fears include (1) the fear of being exposed, (2) the fear of ridicule, (3) the fear of private or public rejection, (4) the fear of punishment, and (5) the fear of being disgraced.

      The purpose of this book is to help us look at our times of shame with the assurance that when we do pass through fear and pain, we will gain a favorable result. Though shame is spiritually based, it can be evident in our mind, our emotions, and even our physical makeup. Often we don’t want to look at our shame experiences because of the torment that comes with our memories. Sometimes we don’t want to be reminded of those episodes.

      Perhaps we reason that we do not want to open old wounds. The truth is, those wounds are still affecting our present-day emotional health and godly destiny.

      Though we all suffer shame, howbeit in different ways, we can all be assured we are not alone in pursuing healing and deliverance. We have a helper, the Holy Spirit, who is intricately involved in our pathway to freedom.

      Shame Used to Manipulate

      People who use the tactic of shame often do so to influence or manipulate a person or situation, and thereby gain control. Those inflicting the shame often do so by making threats. This tactic is so widespread that we find it in every circle of life, from parents and guardians who use it to get children to obey, to siblings who use it against each other, all the way to social and political circles who use it to gain power.

      Unbelief

      As we pursue victory over shame, we must choose faith over unbelief. Unbelief causes us to think God is not able. The enemy’s intent is to create an atmosphere that negates God’s ability. No matter where we are in our faith journey, we have the ability to take hold of hope and trust in the faithfulness of our Lord. He is our Good Shepherd who comes to us so that He can restore our souls (see Psalms 23).

      Forgiving Ourselves

      Some years ago I went through a lengthy season of burnout. The Lord alerted me that I was about to go through a time of purging. He began to reveal reasons why I did what I did. He exposed flaws in my belief system that included fear of other people, fear of failure, fear of rejection, performance, and the need for acceptance.

      As the Lord revealed one flaw upon another, I was miserable. I was ashamed. My motives and actions were evident to me, and more so to my Lord. I was confused and felt like a hypocrite. How could someone who wanted to do everything right before God, in reality, be doing good deeds out of seeking to feel better about herself? The scripture that says we are naked and open before Him assured me nothing was hidden from Him.

      And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account (Hebrews 4:13 ESV).

      I could sense the exposure of my inner motives to a holy God. Month in and month out, one reason after another for my actions became evident to me.

      In an attempt to meet the needs of everyone around me, I had tried hard to be the super-Christian, super-mom, super-wife, and super-daughter I thought I needed to be. The problem was, anytime the Lord told me to bring truth into a situation, I drew back. I feared if I didn’t do everything others expected of me, they might think I was rejecting them—and then they might reject me. As a result, oftentimes I’d say yes when I felt in my gut I should be saying no. At one point the Lord showed me I had put others above His instruction to me—and that I’d done so to the extent of idolatry. Seeing such disobedience in myself, I shed many tears of shame. I realized I was doing the opposite of my true desire. I wanted to please God. I wanted to be an excellent Christian.

      During those days the Lord did not criticize me for my shortcomings. He was loving and informative. The problem was that while He was removing unfruitful aspects of my faith walk, the enemy was busy accusing, reprimanding, and shaming me. I felt that while the Lord was purging me, the enemy was fully bent on sifting me, like Jesus warned Peter that Satan wanted to do:

      And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren (Luke 22:31–32 KJV).

      I was committed to allowing the Lord do the cleansing He saw needed to be done. Each exposed flaw brought an additional need for repentance and receiving forgiveness. One day, hanging my head as I reviewed my failures, a wail rose up within me. With tears coursing down my cheeks, I knelt by a footstool in my living room. The anguish of shame covered me. What could I say to my Lord? How could He use a vessel with so much immaturity, ignorance, and selfishness?

      In that moment I sensed my downturned face being lifted upward. In a way that only can be described as the presence of the Lord, I knew, spiritually, I was at the foot of the cross. In my spirit I sensed the voice of the Lord speaking through the cross. The words did not issue from Him as though He were speaking while on the cross; rather, the words issued through the cross itself. He said, "You receive forgiveness for yourself the same place you received My forgiveness."

      Because I’d repented many different times when the Lord had revealed my error and sin, I was confident the blood of Jesus was able to cleanse me. However, up until then I’d been unaware of my inner struggle to forgive myself. In fact, forgiving myself was a concept I hadn’t known was needed or even available.

      Forgiveness is powerful. When I rose from kneeling, I was free. The weight of shame, self-blame, condemnation, and failure was gone. I was exuberant. How wonderful to feel free. How jubilant I felt to know I could move forward in God.

      The Lord’s words to me that day freed me to pursue my destiny pathway in truth. I had needed correction in my faith walk. I had needed to see how I had been manipulated by the enemy. I was now able to gain freedom from the accusations coming from the enemy as well as the many I had directed at myself over the years.

      My burnout season turned out to be a spiritual reboot for the purposes God had called me to. The Lord revealed the issues I needed to address. In His mercy, He uncovered these beliefs so that I could walk free of these errors. Even in the pain of shame, the Lord gave me measures of freedom and revelation as to why I sought other people’s acceptance. I realized I’d had ulterior, self-serving motives I hadn’t known were there. Performance had been a coping mechanism for areas where I felt unworthy. I needed to see the motives, even the ulterior motives, for my actions. I wanted to be able to come to the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart (Psalms 24:4).

      Wherever you are right now in your walk with the Lord, He will be faithful to bring you to your best place. Know that forgiving yourself removes shackles from your soul. The liberty the Lord has for

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