Breaking Free from Condemning Thoughts

By Teresa Legates

Breaking Free from Condemning Thoughts teaches the reader how to stop condemning thoughts dead in their tracks by declaring the truth of God's Word. The reader will be able to distinguish between conviction and condemning thoughts. There are strategies against the effects of self-condemnation, such as

Torturous Thoughts about the Past

Self unforgiveness

Thoughts of Unworthiness

Judgmental and Critical Spirit.

We will take a look at how mighty men of God broke free from the effects of such condemning thoughts, allowing them to become all God has called them to be: free to love, free to worship, and a vessel fit for the Master's use.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 14, 2024
• ISBN: 9798890433893

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Breaking Free from Condemning Thoughts

Teresa Legates

ISBN 979-8-89043-388-6 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89043-389-3 (digital)

Copyright © 2024 by Teresa Legates

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Table of Contents

Preface

Where Condemnation Originated

Struggling with Thoughts of Condemnation

Conviction or Self-Condemning Thoughts

Peter's Conviction, Matthew 26:69–27:14

Judas's Self Condemnation, Matthew 27:3–5

Antidote to Satan's Lies and Deception

Good News!

Putting on the Armor of God

Areas Affected by Self-Condemnation

Torturous Thoughts about the Past

Taking back ground the enemy has stolen

Self unforgiveness

Ready to forgive myself?

Renew our minds to think and speak truth

Six Godly Men Who Struggled with Thoughts of Unworthiness

Peter, John 13:2–11 KJV

Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:1–13

Gideon, Judges 6:1–16

John the Baptist, John 1:6–8, 15, 27

Moses, Exodus 3

Paul, Acts 8

Paul's Strategy Against Condemning Thoughts

Judgmental and Critical Spirit

Seeking the approval of others

Man of God Who Sought Approval of Others

Am I in Agreement with God?

About the Author

Preface

Searching for answers to why you feel different from others? Are you dealing with shame, guilt, and shyness, feel unworthy of God's love, or unable to forgive yourself? Chances are, self-condemnation is to blame. Prayerfully read each page, asking God to open hearts and minds to the truth of his word, bringing freedom from such condemning thoughts.

Where Condemnation Originated

What is condemnation? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary , condemnation is the action of condemning someone to a punishment, pass sentence on, and find guilty. There is no better place to bring the message of condemnation out into the light of day than where it all began.

In Genesis 1:27–6:13,

So God created man in his own image. He commanded they could eat of the trees of the garden but not the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day they eat of it they would surely die. They were both naked and were