 This could be the thing that's holding you back in your faith. One word, shame. Before we're Christians, our guilt and shame are consequences of our sin before God. Our guilt testifies to us of what we've done. Our shame testifies to us of who we are at that point. But when we've been transformed by the grace of God through the Holy Spirit, all that we have done has been forgiven. And all that we are has been transformed. We are a new creation. However, even after 10 years of being a Christian, I still have this voice of shame in the back of my head saying that God could never forgive me, that I'm still a sinner stuck in my filth. If you've experienced the same thing, I implore you to listen to the voice of God that says, You are my child. Your identity is not found in the things that you once did or the person that you once were. Jesus died so that we could be free from the bondage of sin and shame. Friend, I don't want you to continue to walk in those chains. Listen to the voice of the Savior because...