In order to know how to get rid of your guilt, you need to identify whether it is true or false. Then you can respond accordingly.
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)
False guilt arises when you blame yourself, even though you’ve committed no wrong, or when you continue to blame yourself after you’ve confessed the wrong and turned from your sin.
False guilt is not resolved by confession because it is not based on sin but on false accusations aimed at making you feel unforgiven and unaccepted by God. The truth is ...
“The accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.” (Revelation 12:10)
False guilt can be resolved by conferring with wise, objective persons—mature Christians—to help you determine whether the guilt you are feeling is false. If it is false guilt, remind yourself and your adversary Satan: (1) that you are not guilty or (2) that you were guilty but have been forgiven by God. The Bible gives this assurance ...
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1)
True guilt refers to the fact of your being at fault.
True guilt requires payment of a penalty so that fellowship with God and/or others can be restored.
True guilt can be forgiven by God as you admit you have sinned and confess your sin to Him.
When you deal with your guilt God’s way, God’s Word says ...
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12)
DON’T BE a Prisoner of Poor Parenting
By the world’s standards, Dorie had every right to hate her mother and harbor feelings of bitter unforgiveness. When her mother was charged with child neglect, Dorie had to appear in court. The judge asked her mother if Dorie was her child. After an agonizingly long pause, she answered, “Yes, but I’d have gotten rid of her before she was born if I could have!” 26
The judge ordered Dorie and her sister permanently taken from their mother, and as they left the courtroom, her mother muttered to Dorie, “If I ever see you again, I’ll kill you!” Dorie later said that her mother’s rejection was total and final and all hope was quenched. “Am I that awful?” she asked herself. As she walked home alone, she prayed aloud that God would help her to understand why her mother had abandoned her, and she prayed that she wouldn’t hate her mother.
Dorie said, “In that moment God let me forgive her. I felt sorry for her. I had no hatred. That day God performed a healing work in my life and prevented a permanent scar.” 27 She was able to ...
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” (Ephesians 4:31)
Do you struggle with low self-worth today because of poor parenting from your past? Are you floundering now because you had faulty authority figures? If so, leave behind those feelings of worthlessness, and experience your worth—the worth you have in the eyes of your heavenly Father. He wants you to:
Admit the past truth.
Address the present truth.
Appropriate God’s truth.
“Show me your ways, O L ORD , teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:4–5)
Don’t Let the Past Determine Your Present Worth
Using the list below, identify the parenting style by which you were raised. Then take the three appropriate steps to leave your feelings of worthlessness behind.
Overly critical parents/authority figures
Admit the past truth : “My parents were impossible to please.”
Address the present truth : “My worth is not based on pleasing people.”
Appropriate God’s truth : “I am fully accepted by God.”
“He made us accepted in the Beloved.” (Ephesians 1:6 NKJV)
Overly protective parents/authority figures
Admit the past truth : “I was smothered by