Shame On You

0:43 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And they hid from the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, where are you? He answered, I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. so I hid. You may be seated. and they heard God walking through the garden and they hid and he asked them why you had I want to preach today using as a subject, shame on you.

1:36 Shame on you. the diagnosis has come back and the results are in that the society that we live in has a severe case of dyslexia. because we tend and are prone to read things backwards.

2:03 Make it make sense. How we shame victims and rationalize perpetrators. it becomes very difficult for survivors to come forward because we penalize appearance, categorize clothes,

2:29 minimize power dynamics, and we do it all in earshot of our daughters. Our sons have even less of a chance because it's projected that they should know how to protect themselves. It doesn't matter how old they are. And otherwise, they were just a willing accomplice. As a consequence, both genders have had to learn how to swallow hard and roll the dice as to whether they would be believed or defended.

3:19 Haunted with the uncertainty, many have just opted to grind their teeth in their sleep and let the pit in their stomach just fester. social media being split about Cassie's mindset exposes the generation's dysfunction it is not mine today to argue the legal ramifications of the puffy case but I had to catch my breath after Cassie's mother testified under oath that she had to take out a home equity loan of $20,000 to pay Sean Combs a certified billionaire because he threatened to release two sex tapes of her daughter.

4:18 And she did whatever she had to do to pay it because she didn't want her daughter to live in shame. how do you know what cost god is willing to pay so you don't live in shame shame involves negative self-evaluation which convinces you that you are broken shame will make you prosecute yourself for problems will convince you that you are broken shame ladies and gentlemen will condemn you for decisions i want you to write this down this is so important i need you to hear it i can't afford for you to miss it guilt is i feel bad about what i did but shame is i feel bad about who i am i went too fast let me give it to you again guilt is I feel bad about what I did but shame is I feel bad about who I am shame will make you feel like you are a bad boy for life or an awful girl forever shame makes you feel like you are what you have done everybody who's listening to me this morning has to deal with pockets of shame in their lives whether it's acne as an adolescent off brand tennis shoes as a teenager unemployment as an adult weight gain as a woman

6:23 erectile dysfunction as a man single while successful divorce after being a role model blindsided by bankruptcy credit card declined at dinner sitting out a semester made an example of in the office driving a car that is all gas but no brakes it doesn't matter who you are you've had to deal with shame according to bryn brown shame derives its power hear this shame derives its power from being unspeakable so the thing that carries the most amount of shame is the thing i am the most reticent about talking about.

7:23 It works over time. Shame's job is to make you feel unworthy of love. Feeling like you have no belonging. That you can't find connection. You have to stop dating at the level of your broken self-esteem. You have to get to a place where you must stop condemning yourself, disqualifying yourself, and having disdain for yourself. This morning you are here because God wants to put you into shelter from the bombs your memory keeps dropping that explode your self-worth. I want to take a trip back into the book of Genesis.

8:23 And I want you to remember in the Garden of Eden, when the snake convinced Eve that the consequence of disobedience wouldn't be as severe as it was originally represented over a piece of fruit. the snake was envious and furious because the snake had an advanced copy of genesis chapter 2 verse 22 i want you to look it up in your bible genesis 2 verse 25 i'm sorry genesis 2 25 which says adam and his wife watch what it says this is not my words genesis 2 verse 25 adam and his wife were both naked. Here it is. And they felt no shame.

9:16 That's going to mean something in a minute. Genesis 2 verse 25. Both Adam and his wife were both naked and they felt no shame. And that slippery snake heard it and went into action. Y'all not going to believe it? I need somebody to write this down. it's gonna blow your mind this time can you imagine that part of the satanic strategy of satan against you is to tattoo you with shame that the enemy is not fully happy until he has you live with embarrassment because he knows that shame is not a part of divine alignment. But no weapon formed against you will prosper.

10:16 I got to say this to you. Don't turn to your neighbor. I ain't talking to them. I'm talking to you. Can you imagine God still loves you after you blew the rent money? Can you imagine God still loves you even after you have a penchant for pornography? He still loves you even after you can't kick caffeine or nicotine. He still loves you when none of your children's last name match. He still loves you even after you never completed nothing on your vision board. Can you imagine he loves you even after you went back to who he took away from you? Can you imagine he loves you even after you gave up on yourself? Can you imagine he loves you even when you can't face yourself in the mirror?

11:18 Can you imagine that nothing you are dealing with is a surprise? He already knew it was going to happen before the foundation of the earth. If the father loved the prodigal son, what makes you think he don't have a crush on you? He still loves you. I hate even having a report that I'm embarrassed to say it, but can you imagine that shame is the first emotion expressed in Scripture?

12:02 Oh, shame is the very first emotion I find in Scripture. Adam is given dominion and authority and after he's given dominion and authority no thanksgiving puts Adam to sleep pulls Eve out of his side and there's no cry of agony he just had outpatient surgery and he don't feel nothing. He's presented a helpmate, and then there's no praise break. God does all of that for Adam, and he has no emotion. I got to ask y'all in this sanctuary, what kind of sociopath are you? That God done all of this stuff for you, and you've been sitting here for an hour acting like he ain't done nothing.

13:03 Come on, I got the pause right here. You ought to be thanking God. As bad as the economy is, you still got money in the bank. You ought to be thanking God. You ain't seen a gym, but your organs are still working and the blood is still flowing. You ought to be giving God glory that your children are all right. And I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on him. You don't feel nothing. He ain't been good to you. He ain't been better to you than you've been to yourself. What's wrong with you, children of God?

13:49 Do you know how many people in the hospital, how many people in hospice how many people on life support how many people woke up sleeping on the park bench how many people who don't know who they are wish they could be in God's house but you sitting here with your arms folded and legs crossed you don't feel nothing about how good God is the devil is dutifully trying to redefine you to disqualify you and to discredit you all because of a dishonorable mention so now there's an ice box where your heart used to be you have exiled yourself into acting like an introvert the problem is you don't have the right if you are a child of God you don't have the right to live in shame you are a joint heir you are a beneficiary look at the person beside you and say get yourself together you are not your mistakes it takes a mistake to get to a miracle i'm sick of y'all acting like you perfect and like you ain't never done nothing if you think you are perfect tonight wash your face with a white washcloth and look at what's on there and you'll remind yourself You don't have the right to live in shame, but I know who does.

15:52 Target should be in shame. Five years ago, they made a pledge to the black community and walked away from it and thought that there would be no consequence and repercussion. And 14 weeks later, after their stock dropped, after the CEO salary is cut, after their foot traffic has slowed down, after their valuation has lost $12 billion, they still think they're not going to give no redress to the black community. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. It shouldn't just be Target, but the interim president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman, should be ashamed of herself. That she backed up on the college's principles because she wanted a dollar from the Trump and Musk administration. She ought to be ashamed of herself.

16:46 You know who else ought to be ashamed of themselves? Those Negro preachers that went to the White House last week, shinnin' and grindin' and tap-dancin' and didn't say nothin' about affordable healthcare. Said nothin' about SNAP, nothin' about Medicare, nothin' about WIC. And they the only preachers that went to the White House that didn't look meet the president. You clowns sit down and don't even realize you being played with. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. They ought to be ashamed for putting out a warrant for the arrest of my sister, Congressman LaMonica McIvor, for checking on immigrants in her district. If they are arresting congresspeople and mayors, please know that the shift is on.

17:45 But I need you to understand, if we don't say anything, then the shame is on us. we gotta cry loud and spare not if all the shouting you doing is for a car and for a house and for a bag and for money then you don't know what it means to be in the salvation army but when I cry out for God I am crying out cause he made a promise if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves turn from their wicked way I'll hear from heaven and heal the lamb If you don't shout right now Shame on you But I serve a God That still answers prayers When shame enters the first family, it didn't come alone. Shame comes with confusion.

18:46 They thought they could hide from God. Don't let your issue drive you into seclusion. What happened to you? What happened to you? What happened to you? What happened to you that you only feel comfortable worshiping online? the pandemic over stop it what's wrong with you that you suppress your gift ditch your ordination distance your anointing and act like you have no church experience david said if i make my bed in hell he's still right there if i ascend to the lofty heights he's still right there come on I know there's somebody in the room the enemy almost stopped you from coming to church today but you kicked them sheets off and said I was glad when they said unto me let's go to the house of the Lord God had to pull Adam up by asking him, who told you you were naked?

20:07 In other words, what is the voice that has that much authority in your life that has made you convinced that you are not worthy to be in front of me? the voice you listen to the most is inside your head the Bible says in Romans 8 and 1 there is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus they hid because of what they thought about themselves and what they thought God thought about them to break the spirit of shame you got to speak over your life what God thinks about you. Come on, you better talk to yourself. I am the head and not the tail. I am above and not beneath.

21:02 I am a lender and not a borrower. I am more than a conqueror. Give your negative thoughts a gag order. set your inner voice up on a blind date with the word of God greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world elbow your neighbor say you must not know about me I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me but haven't you had a rough time though he slain me yet will I trust him you ain't had to deal with no depression we been made endure for a night but joy is coming in the morning haven't you seen other folk blessed before you they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength Adam said to the Lord, I heard you coming and I was afraid.

22:16 Y'all, it's going to mess you up. Adam said to God, I was afraid because I was naked. That's what Adam said to God. I was afraid because I was naked. Okay, this is going to mess you up. I was afraid because I was naked. Hear this. Not I was afraid because I sinned. not because of the forbidden fruit nobody ever told me Adam was a narcissist he was so caught up on what he looked like that he forgot who he was God I can't hear no worshippers in here some of y'all are thrown off because you don't know what to do because in your old grandmother's church you don't come to church in no t-shirts man looks at the outer appearance but God looks at the high it's a whole lot of dressed up devils that come to church but I'd rather have ripped up jeans and have the Holy Ghost than be dressed up on my way to hell.

23:32 It is not your clothes that make you holy. Stop thinking that God is going to feel different about you because of what he sees. God sees you the way he made you. He sees you naked. When God looks at you, he ain't looking at your degrees. He ain't looking at your LinkedIn. he ain't looking to see whether you got on red bottoms and a broken bag but he wants to know just as I am without one plea I only need five of y'all that didn't come to impress folk but you just came to be in the presence of God would you just take one moment and lift up your hand and just open up your mouth God I came to you you are the air I breathe and in you I live in you I move in you I have my very being I didn't dot on my I's or cross on my T I don't speak the king's English well but I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you God didn't create you covered.

24:59 You look like what you were created to be. Stop letting what you did make you look at yourself differently. I said stop letting what you did make you look at yourself differently. I don't know who this is for. Stop what you did make you look at yourself differently.

25:28 God has forgiven you but you won't forgive yourself. Healthy self-awareness is the ability to know the difference between you and your thinking. And here you are at your grown age looking for fig leaves. You keep covering yourself with alcohol. Covering yourself with a new car. Cover yourself up with a new man. Cover yourself up with trips. Cover yourself up with lipo. Cover yourself up with a new hairdo. God says, I'm looking past all of that.

26:23 I want to know who you are. Oh my God. Do you know how many people don't like you and they don't even know who you are? You just don't like that I got clothes you can't wear. You just don't like I got a car you can't drive. But if I lose all of that, you don't take away who I am. I was the bomb before I got any of this. The Lord giveth. The edict was given. I want you to be seated. I'm almost finished. The edict was given that anybody who eats of the forbidden fruit is going to die. If you eat of that tree, you're going to die.

27:25 Newsflash. They didn't die that day. This is the best thing. This ain't even for y'all. This is for me. This is what I need you to know. Can you imagine that even your consequences are covered? I'm thankful unto God that God didn't make me pay the price God help me for what it is that I've been through because I've been in some stuff and I know y'all are sitting self-righteous like you ain't been to no freak-offs like you ain't had no baby oil like you ain't been in no hotel rooms like you ain't never stayed in a relationship longer than you should have But when nothing else would help, it was love that lifted. When haters see your favor, when your haters see your favor, and they know your business, and know your shortcoming, and know your failures, and know your missteps, do you know what they're going to say?

28:50 It's a shame. I can't believe they got all of that when they live such a raggedy life. And you got to look back at them and say, Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found. Anybody got Amazing Grace. I gotta leave and I gotta read one scripture to you and I'm leaving Isaiah 61 and 7 Isaiah 61 and 7 Isaiah 61 and 7 somebody online write that in the thread Isaiah 61 and 7 instead of your shame I'm trying not to jump and run through this building instead of your shame you will receive a double portion I just lost half the church I said instead of your shame you will receive a double portion instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance I don't know where my screamers are but by the power invested in me by the power of the Holy Ghost if I got any screamers in the building shame off you whatever shame you been carrying whatever embarrassment you been carrying God said you will receive a double portion if you ain't had no shame don't shout with us but let the redeemed of the Lord shout like ye turn my morning in the dance.

30:58 I dare to tap somebody on their shoulder and tell them it's off you. It's off you. It's off you. The abortion. The disappointment. The divorce. the abuse the molestation the rape the bad credit the time in jail the drug addiction the alcoholism the team pregnancy is off you

31:33 Give somebody a high five and tell them no longer bow. I am free. Praise the Lord. I am free. Your I don't need a hundred soldiers. You don't need a hundred men. You can fight that gorilla by yourself. Fight that monkey of shame. You got the authority. Hey. Hey.

32:26 Hey. Lift up that hand. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hey! Hallelujah! Lift up that hand. You don't know the shame that people around you have had to carry. My old mama didn't want me. My grandmother took me in. God help me. You'll know the shame that I carried. I was never good at reading. I didn't test well, but I was a smart kid. You'll know the shame that I've had to carry. Do you know what it's like to be violated by somebody that live in your house and then your own family tell you don't tell nobody?

33:27 y'all should be calling the police Would you lift up that hand? I'm going to pray for you. The weight of shame is all for you. Hallelujah. The weight of shame is off of you. Tiffany, I'm trying to stay in my time. The weight of shame is off of you.

33:57 For our young men who have been touched inappropriately. The shame is off of you. Abuse is not always physical. Sometimes it's emotional. Sometimes it's verbal. Y'all don't like it. Sometimes it's spiritual. Sometimes it's economic, but I need 50 of you. The shame is off of you. Lord, in the name of Jesus, I pray over every lifted hand in this room and watching online that they are set free from shame. I stand on Isaiah.

34:46 God, give them a double portion for every year that they carried the shame. for you give him a peace that passes all understanding give him a joy that is unspeakable let God arise let all your enemies be scattered and those of you, your faith gets connected to that of your pastor would you just erupt in thanksgiving have you no shame come on y'all ought to be shouting better than that let me put some bible in it for we are not ashamed of the gospel Let me open the doors of the church. Every person is standing.

35:44 I am not ashamed to tell you it ain't my mother, it ain't my father. It's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Wherever you are in this room, listen to me. I know that the crowd seems overwhelming. But you ain't nervous around about walking around Lennox. You don't feel a certain kind of way walking around Phipps.

36:15 I don't know where it is that you are, but with no shame. You're saying, I need God to be the head of my life. I ain't hiding no more. I need him, I need him, I need him. If that's where you are, that's who you are, would you come meet me at this altar very quickly? You need a church home, would you come, please, sir?

36:38 You don't have a church home. I need you to come, and I need you to do it quickly. Come on. New birth, clap your hands as they come. I hope you are energized that you don't need an energy drink. What you just heard should have you off and running, chasing your dreams, pursuing your purpose, and answering your call. If this was a blessing, share it with somebody else. Don't be selfish. this is what God gave you so that you can be a blessing to somebody who needs it worse