The created self.
You’re not going to get it right. The best you can hope for is to glory in tribulation.

Mark 8:34, Genesis 32:24-32, Matthew 6:24-34, Romans 4:20-5:5, 8:5-39

Recorded January 30, 1992 (1041)

The evil of trying to be right.
Weakness.
Shame and the cross.

Mark 15:1-34, Hebrews 11:33-12:8 

Recorded January 29, 1992 (1040)

Shame makes you feel that you have to be right.
Shame is the perception of death with no mourning. 

Recorded January 28, 1992 (1038)

Your mind has never been your friend in your concern for self.
The only reason you go inward is for self justification.
The only reason a person justifies themself is to overcome shame.
The only way to sow to the spirit is to abandon self.

Jeremiah 3:10-4:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8, Matthew 23:15, Isaiah 54:1-17

Recorded January 23, 1992 (1037)

The final test of having all things in common is when there’s no shame.
There’s no glory for the flesh with regard to the cross.
Everything about you has to die. You can’t keep the good stuff.

Hebrews 11:33-12:2, 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:3, Mark 15:1-34, Matthew 21:33-46

Recorded January 21, 1992 (1036)

What you give importance to is what you worship.
Groves.
Josiah’s Passover was great because they prepared themselves by destroying the high places.

2 Kings 23:1-23, Daniel 12:1-4, Ezekiel 8:1-18

Recorded January 12, 1992 (1034)

Shame comes from the perception of being separate and trying to get back to not being separate. It’s the biggest lie in the universe.

Recorded December 16, 1991 (1028)

The more you try to hide shame, the more its power increases.

Mark 15:1-32, 1 Corinthians 4:8-16

Recorded October 17, 1991 (1010)

You can’t embrace the cross if you are in shame.

Recorded November 11, 1987 (427)

It’s impossible for someone else to cause you not to be at peace.
Things that are based in shame.
God wants you to be free. 

Hebrews 2; Exodus 14; Ezekiel 8

Recorded November 9, 1987 (425)