Letting Go of Shame: No Condemnation in Christ; Romans 8:1

Hi there and welcome to the third meditation in my Christian series for you.

As Christ had asked us to do we are to meditate on the word and so this is an amazing way to have the opportunity to do that.

For those already Christians it is an interesting way to meditate and for those that are not Christians welcome and I pray that you find Christ and some wonderful wisdom and love and forgiveness in these meditations.

There's no judgment here.

So today I thought we'd go and reflect upon the passage written by Paul to the Romans.

He arrived in Rome and was mainly speaking to the church there and he really loved the people that he was writing to.

He had an amazing experience with Christ and it's amazing the transformation he made in his life from someone that was an angry law.

Well you know we have the law to guide us but then sometimes the law is very rigid and in spirituality Christ came to change things,

Shake things up a little bit to bring love into the equation which is just wonderful.

So if you've got your Bible I'm reading from an NIV but I actually really like New King James too.

I like ESV.

I even like the Messianic Bible.

Really whatever resonates with you is fine but to start with I think for this meditation either sit down comfortably if it's cold get a blanket if it's hot cool down and you can lie down with this too even drift off whatever works I believe the Holy Spirit guides us and we to follow him so just reflect on that how that works best for you and go with that.

So here we are Romans 8.

1.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Jesus Christ the law of the spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

Praise be to God amen.

So we're going to reflect on this because you know in this day and age there's a lot of stuff going on and none of us are perfect not one of us are perfect whether we can see our sin outwardly or we carry it inwardly or things happen to you when you were younger that you don't want to talk about or even yesterday today but know that if you have Christ Jesus and you have called him into your life and you accept him as your Savior when he died on the cross he took all of that he came down in the flesh this is God we're talking about he didn't know what what this was like but he took it on board to understand what we go through and in that he then now takes it so you know you can be rebuked if you've done stuff but if you really are doing your personal best and you there's stuff that you just need to really let go of this is the time to do it and so please make yourselves comfortable and again we'll reflect on Romans 8 1 & 2 so take a deep breath and hold it and then breathe out and focus on your breath breathe in hold breathe out focus on your breath just keep breathing way into your belly some like to put their hands on the on the tummy just to feel the rising of their belly when they breathe in and that's fine too just take a few nice deep breaths focus on counting them in and out some like to see colors breathe in red breathe out blue breathing and think about the things that you're not letting go of breathe out and release them Christ asks asks us to give our heavy yoke to him for his yoke his light he can handle it so again breathe in breathe out calm your spirit now just concentrate on your toes wiggle your toes a little bit squeeze them tightly and let them go squeeze your feet tightly and let them go through up to your calves that's it tightly and then let them go and your knees like they carry a lot of tension these little knees of ours at the back especially so hold tightly and then release keep breathing deeply just gently gently be kind to yourself this is good you are good hold in your thighs tightly and then release and your buttocks again that area holds a lot of tension let go and your lower back hold tight and release to your midsection of your back hold it in tightly and then release and then up into your shoulders oh yes I shoulder blades hold them squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze and down into your fingertips hold squeeze to your palms of hand and release move your wrists around slowly clockwise direction and then the other way and relax tighten your forearms your elbows release breathing in and the tops of your arms squeeze those muscles entirely and release up to your neck lovely neck squeeze all that area and release now your eyes squeeze your eyes in really tightly and let go your nose switch your nose up and release and purse your lips come on get that tension out and release and even your ears if you can squeeze in we have a layer of facial area between our skin and our bone that gets really tight and tense and it's good to release all of that before we do that do this meditation just relax because you have no shame there is no condemnation in Christ there is no condemnation in Christ there is no shame in Christ there is no self blame in Christ there is no self loathing in Christ Christ took all of those things because he loves you you are precious to him the Lord loves you beyond description he is the light and love of this world and the universe he created you he created you and you are loved you were safe and you were loved in Christ Jesus you can see him in front of you his face radiates light I want you to walk up to him and say Lord oh I don't know how much more I can carry of this guilt and shame condemnation it it wears me out it stops me from relating it pushes people away puts barriers up Lord I don't want to be like that anymore it's tiring I want to live in love not fear when I live in love everything is possible no matter the circumstance for Christ Jesus is present whatever your personal shames regrets places of condemnation whatever that route is we'll go to that in a moment just take a deep breath because we need to find these things sometimes they're very deep and sometimes we need to do it a few times in a safe place so that we can hand them to him and remember once you have handed them to him they're gone you can't keep handing him the same thing that you've already given him put it to the altar you'll take it away you come back and it will be gone so don't allow it don't allow those little niggly thoughts to remind me or you of what's occurred in the past because they're gone we live here now we have today we have enough for today take a deep breath and release I want you to go to just one spot that you're aware of at the moment that may unravel a little bit more of somewhere in you that you don't share with others because you're ashamed it stops you from intimate relationships with others because it's hard to share when you think that you're gonna be judged Jesus is no judge well he is in end times but in this circumstance you're giving this to him you're saying I did this I want to let this go God I'm sorry please forgive me and he'll show you the right way follow him you can see him wherever you like sitting in a tranquil park by a riverbed floating in space it doesn't matter what's personal to you and him is what counts find your thin place and go there now I want you to grab that that little or big piece of shame you want to present to him I'm gonna be quiet and breathe while you chat with him about it because sometimes these things lead to other things and he may reveal some stuff for you to work on too it's all good it's gonna create better loving relationships for yourself and your neighbors family friends co-workers people we don't even see anymore people we may meet right now breathe I'm gonna have you chat with Jesus breathe in deeply breathe out I'll be back in a few minutes for now let that stuff go with him you you you you you you okay so I pray that Christ has shown you some light,

I'm sure he has.

And if you're crying it's okay to cry,

It's good to release.

And if you're smiling it's awesome.

And if you're feeling at peace,

Super wonderful.

I love you and you know what,

He loves you infinitely more.

No matter what happens in life,

No matter what happens in life,

You are assured of his love.

Always go to him no matter what's going on in your life.

The more you talk with him the better things will become.

Perhaps not in the way you expect,

But in the best way.

Having faith that he has you safe and loved always.

Nothing can harm you,

Nothing can hurt you when you're wearing the full armor of God.

And to find out what that is you must be reading the Bible.

Please hang around people that are you know Christians and reading Bibles,

Bible study and sharing their Christian faith in an open and honest way.

God will guide you and sometimes things will be tough but he's still there.

Just follow his purpose.

So wherever you've chosen to be with him have a hug,

Gentle hug.

Say something like I love you,

I know you're here wherever I want you whenever I need you,

You're here.

And we're going to wake up from this meditation in a few minutes.

Shake his hand,

Wave,

Whatever suits you yeah.

But what you will take with you is his peace,

His peace he gives you.

And I pray that the condemnation or shame or whatever it is that you've chosen to share with him in this moment that that's forever gone.

And in its place is the most incredible supernatural uplifting guiding peace.

Peace be with you my brothers and sisters.

Be strong in him and wrap up this meditation.

So I'll count to three.

One,

You're starting to become aware of the sounds around you.

Breathe in and out.

Two,

You're starting to move around.

Your hands and your feet,

Your back.

Let's move around a little.

And three,

Open your eyes wide awake,

Wide awake,

Wide aware.

If you wish to continue on and listen to the music for a few more minutes you're quite welcome.

If you want to go to sleep you're quite welcome.

If you want to get up and have a great day or evening you are quite welcome.

Thank you for sharing this meditation.

I am humbled that that they are effective.

I pray so.

I pray the Holy Spirit continues to guide me for you and that you can come back here anytime,

Listen to these again and more to come.

God bless you and keep you sweet child of Christ.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.