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Is this true? An execution device. A device of public humiliation, suffering, and death? Is this what he's asking us to accept? Matthew 16.24-26 reads 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Bible says "fear no evil" but I do. The Bible never presents evil as imaginary or harmless. In Proverbs, fearing God is repeatedly connected with: hating evil, turning away from evil, avoiding evil. but not fearing it. At the same time, Scripture repeatedly warns against becoming dominated by fear: Why? Because fear can begin ruling identity, behavior, and perception. Unhealthy fear produces: anxiety, hypervigilance, control, avoidance, obsession, hopelessness. The Bible hold

Shame is an emotion produced when a person feels fundamentally flawed, unworthy, exposed, rejected, or “less than” in the eyes of others, themselves, or God. Simple distinction Guilt “I did something bad.” Shame “I am bad.” Guilt focuses on behavior. Shame focuses on the self. What shame feels like Shame often involves: exposure, humiliation, inadequacy, rejection, defectiveness, worthlessness, fear of being truly seen, fear of not belonging. People experiencing shame may thi

Sound like you? It feels like me. In Genesis 4:12, God tells Cain: “You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” Cain replies (Genesis 4:13–14): “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” The Hebrew idea carries the sense of being a fugitive, wanderer, drifter, or one without settled rest. Cain's punishment was not mer