Meditations on "Denial"

Our neighbours shouldn’t suffer because all our love is centered on ourselves

To live well in relationship with God and others, we need to fill up on what our Creator intended, not on what we determine might work

We will need to persevere as we work to do things God’s way in all our affairs.

To grow and mature and do well in any area of life requires commitment

Lying contaminates and destroys relationships and so life in God’s world is based on His spiritual sanitation system of telling the truth.

God made us with a conscience where guilt reveals to us our wrongdoing.

Accusation and condemnation will not glorify Christ. Carrying one another’s burdens will

When we live behind a mask, we are denying our true self and rejecting the person God created us to be.

Dealing with anger, shame and hurtful relationships are areas vulnerable to our continued use of denial.

Because Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross paid the price for all sin, even deliberate sin, we are promised complete forgiveness when we repent.

We thought that the pain and dysfunction experienced in our addiction was the only problem but now realize there were other contributing factors

When we put our hand into the hand of God, He will strengthen and support us as we become willing to make amends to those we have harmed.