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    Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past
    Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past
    Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past
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    Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past

    By Janice Davis

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    Shame is a painful emotion we all experience from time to time. Some of us live everyday with feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, fears of failure and feeling that we simply don't belong. You might have grown up feeling this way; believing you are worthless and incapable of being loved. You might have been told that you are no good, that you are stupid, or that you would never amount to anything.
    Just like you, I have struggled most of my life with painful emotions of failure that washed over me like a tidal wave across a sandy beach. I felt helpless to change my life, believing there was absolutely nothing I could do to raise myself out of this dark pit of despair. However, as much as I felt trapped, there flickered a small ray of hope on the inside that kept me believing that one day my life would change for the better, and it did change.
    There is hope for you too, my friend! You don't have to accept a life ravaged by the pain of shame any longer. You don’t have to accept the crumbs of just enough. You can experience emotional freedom from a shamed-filled life.
    Between the pages of this book, you will learn how to break free from the shame that binds you, by learning to recognize this evil for what it is. Second, you will learn to recognize destructive ways of thinking by discovering the reasons behind those damaging thoughts. Third, I will give you a road map on how to change your life so that you can enjoy the emotional and spiritual freedom you have only dreamed about.
    God created us to live a life of joy, peace and fulfillment. My prayer is that you overcome the curse of shame to become the beautiful person that our Heavenly Father created you to be. I want you to know that you can live a life full of meaning and purpose. You can be FREE!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanice Davis
    Release dateAug 22, 2014
    ISBN9781311075253
    Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past
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    Janice Davis

    My name is Janice Davis. In 2012 I published my first book titled "Face to Face With God: Healing the Cry Within", about my own personal journey through pain, suffering, and heartbreak. Overcoming and facing the myriad emotional obstacles that stood in my way is what helped me to become whole inside. My relationship with Jesus Christ gave me the strength and fortitude to face overwhelming giants of fear, rejection, abandonment and self-hatred.This was only the beginning for me. Since that time, I've written two more books, "Early Will I Seek Thee: 6 Weeks of Daily Devotionals" and "Unmasking the Spirit of Shame: Breaking Free from the Past". My greatest desire is to see people overcome overwhelming odds in their lives through a relationship rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ and to become emotionally well.I understand how difficult life can be when you don't know where to turn. I also know God wants to see us become emotionally well and spiritually sound that we may enjoy a life of peace and joy.This ministry was established upon the principles that the Word of God is infallible and that Jesus Christ is the son of the Living God. Each day I ask God to give me a "Word" that will be a source of encouragement to you, the reader, providing spiritual nourishment to begin your day.Not only do I want to encourage you, but I want to teach you how to cultivate a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through the practice of His Holy Word. My prayer is that you grow leaps and bounds in your faith as you seek to know His ways.all too well the difficulty in tackling the tougher issues. At the tender age of 5 years old, I lost the most important influence in my life, my mother. A year later my father placed me and two of my siblings in a children’s home... I lived there until I graduated from high school in 1981. I was bullied by my peers, experienced painful rejections, felt hopeless and abandoned, and I experienced fears of all kinds. I lacked personal identity which caused me to question my self-worth and even my worth in God’s eyes. I struggled to understand how God could love someone as unlovable as me.I have personally spent the past 25 years becoming emotionally and spiritually whole; preparing to offer words of hope and encouragement that others may experience a strong relationship with Jesus Christ as I have. My chief desire is to encourage others by using my own life experiences about emotional healing and health in hopes that they may also experience God's amazing grace. I pray your faith grows stronger with each passing day and that you come to know the hope of His calling in Christ Jesus.

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      Unmasking the Spirit of Shame - Janice Davis

      Unmasking the Spirit of Shame

      Breaking Free from the Past

      Janice Davis

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2014 Janice Davis

      Thank you for downloading this eBook. This book is the copyrighted property of the author and may not be reproduced, scanned, or distributed for any commercial or non-commercial use without the permission of the author. Quotes used in reviews are the exception. No alteration of content is allowed. If you enjoy reading this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy.

      All scripture, unless otherwise noted, is taken from the Bible, King James Version. Copyright © 1972 by Thomas Nelson Inc., Camden, New Jersey 08103

      Your support and respect for the property of this author is appreciated.

      I pray this book will be a source of encouragement and hope for you.

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      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      Foreword

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      PART 1: The Origin of Shame: How it All Began

      * A Wake-up Call

      * Stalked by the Enemy

      * The Real Culprit of Shame

      * Indoctrinated into Shame

      * Fighting an Invisible War

      * Exposing Shame

      PART 2: Understanding Our False Selves

      * Core Values Shape Our Beliefs

      * Negative Core Beliefs: The Framework of Shame

      * Our Identity

      * Unhealthy Identity vs. Healthy Identity

      * Shame and Negative Body Image

      * Media Projects Negative Body Image

      * Building a Strong Emotional Foundation

      * Looking for Answers

      * Roadblocks to Finding Truth

      * Identifying Shame Triggers that Threaten Healthy Self-Esteem

      PART 3: The Many Faces of Shame

      * Three Controlling Behaviors that Produce Shame

      * The Art of Manipulation

      * Modus Operandi

      * In the Crosshairs of a Manipulator

      * Root of Manipulation

      * Other Forms of Manipulation

      * Intimidation

      * The Blame Game

      * Invalidation of Your Feelings

      * Domination

      * Being Controlled Goes Against Our Nature

      * Freeing Yourself from Control

      * Putting Up Boundaries

      * Don't Explain Yourself

      * Forgiveness: The Key to Emotional Health

      * A Newfound Respect

      PART 4: Learning to Accept Ourselves

      * A Culture of Shame

      * Be Yourself

      * Process God Uses to Remove Shame

      * Taking Responsibility for You

      * Restoring Hope

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      References

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to the multitudes of men, women and children who struggle with the painful emotion of shame.

      FOREWORD

      Unmasking the Spirit of Shame is not a book based on clinical studies of the human mind or human behavior, nor is it written from the viewpoint of humanistic philosophy or reasoning through self-realization. Some will argue there are no absolutes, that polarizing between good and evil does nothing but harm us. I differ on these assumptions because the mindset of this kind of thinking was fabricated to alleviate man's responsibility. The world at large tends to attack what they don't understand. Great intellectual theories of what man needs through carnal reasoning given by unsaved learned men profit nothing in the spirit realm. This book however was written from many years of fighting my own personal battles with shame. Most of my life has been spent dealing with feelings of unworthiness perpetuated by the manipulation of people trying to control me to the point of desperation and hopelessness. Many years I suffered in silence blinded to the real enemy behind the deep emotional struggles I faced every day.

      Drawing upon these life experiences and through prayer, I asked God to heal me and give me an understanding of why I was in constant emotional pain. Outwardly I put on a smile to benefit others, but inside I was a broken individual. It wasn't until years later that I came to realize there was a fundamental element missing that needed to be unmasked.

      It's a fact that many people are helped every year by visiting a psychiatrist for therapy to counteract their private demons, but I personally felt my answer was elsewhere, not lying on the sofa in a doctor's office. No! I had to find a way to help myself, a way that brought meaning and purpose; a way that gave me sufficient understanding of the root cause of my problems and a way that didn't create more questions for me by dealing only with the symptoms.

      I was taken a little by surprise when I discovered the missing element was man's sin nature wrapped in human flesh. It was sin that causes such a damaging blow to the human spirit. After all, I was a born again Christian, yet I failed to see the obvious connection between my problems and the bane of my existence as a fallen human being. This was the area I needed to confront. You see, I always blamed someone else for the hurt and pain; but the surprising reality was that sin, not other human beings, although they may have been the vessels Satan used to hurt me, was the root of every problem I faced.

      The truth is each of us is prone to a life of sin because of Adam and Eve's fall in the garden. The enemy of our soul is a scavenger looking for every opportunity to bind us to a life of disappointments through the axis of fear, anxiety and shame. It seems that broken individuals are more susceptible to such attacks on their person because they walk around with an oozing wound of emotional sickness that attracts the enemy like a moth to a flame. The voice of shame undoubtedly plays and replays like a broken record dictating the internal dialogue we have with ourselves that says we are worthless individuals who have nothing to offer anyone; that we're broken beyond repair and that we must accept a life of disappointments.

      Not so, my friend! You can be FREE indeed! My greatest hope is that you experience the freedom you've longed for. No longer do you have to tolerate the pernicious evil of a shame filled life; you can eradicate it from your life once and for all with the help of the Holy Spirit coupled with a genuine desire to be free. My prayer is that you overcome the curse of shame to become the beautiful pearl God created you to be.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Without the love and support of my family, this book would not have been written. In spite of my own emotional pain, my husband and children continue to believe in me and trust that God is

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