This is part three in a four-part series on Deep Hurt, Deep Healing, focusing on how to overcome the persistent pain of shame. In this post, F. Remy Diederich explores how God’s boundless love and unconditional forgiveness serve as the essential starting point for the deep healing process. By embracing these truths, you can begin to reclaim your life fully and move forward towards lasting restoration and peace.

Forgiveness means to give up the right to get even. But there are many things that forgiveness is not. Here are six things that forgiveness is NOT.

Do you struggle trying to experience or believe in God’s love for you? Despite what you believe about God’s love, your shame might be blocking you from experiencing God’s love.

God’s forgiveness is something that you may talk about. But have you received it? And if so, has it changed you? God’s forgiveness is meant to not only relieve your guilt but to add to your life… make you a better person.

Have you ever wondered what the story of Jesus was all about? God’s love moved him to send Jesus to provide a way for us to be in relationship with God. Now there is nothing keeping us from knowing God.

Is there forgiveness from God for your sin and failures? The Bible is clear in telling us that God has taken away our sin through the work of Jesus. This is good news, but be careful not to take back what God has taken away.

When we offend someone, our natural tendency is to think that our failure has ruined the relationship and the person we offended will withhold their love from us. This is true how we think of God as well. But the truth is that God is more concerned about preserving his relationship with you over making sure you behave.

There’s a purpose for guilt. But sometimes we hold onto guilt once it’s served its purpose. And then it becomes destructive. This post looks at guilt and the power of being forgiven.

The forgiveness of God is often misunderstood. It’s underestimated. The Bible tells us that God’s forgiveness is so complete that the forgiven person is viewed as perfect in God’s eyes. If you long for God’s forgiveness, this post is for you.

There is a debate among Bible believing people. Some believe that God’s forgiveness is conditional, that he only forgives people who “repent,” that is, change their lives. Others believe that God’s forgiveness is unconditional, meaning that he forgives us and that act of grace causes many people to change their behavior.

Sometimes our past sin and failure hangs over us like a cloud. We wonder if that cloud will ever lift and we can live a new life. This post continues a series that looks at personal failure and how to reclaim your life.