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Shame is a necessary emotion. Shame can be helpful. The way we feel about our wrong decisions and choices is meant to steer us towards God, towards repentance and towards healing. If we never feel shame, it means something is broken inside of us. There are things that we should be ashamed of, but with God’s help we don’t need to stay there. Satan tries to manipulate our emotions in an effort to keep us locked up in our shame. He wants us to fixate on our sin, poor choices, bad decisions, to live in regret. Today on the podcast we will discuss steps we can take to move forward, to repent and bring this stuff to God for forgiveness and healing.   DISCUSSION GUIDE At the start of this episode, the crew talked about their childhood bully stories. Did you have a bully growing up? How did you deal with them? With an episode surrounding guilt and shame, it is important to know the difference between the two. Scott defines guilt as, “to break or disregard God’s commands,” and shame as, “the feelings that come from si