How do Christians deal with guilt?

Question

I got hammered today at work over a something that a coworker has turned into a monumental scandal. As if that wasn't enough, they are now my supervisor. I want a rock to hide under. Suggestions? Should I bring nails and a hammer to work so they can finish crucifying me?

Answer 1

As soon as I remember that my guilt over anything is covered in the blood of Jesus Christ and paid for, I don't feel guilty anymore. I even feel the Lord's forgiveness physically, having the guilt lifted away forever.

Now the opinions of others, that's another deal. Perhaps God can use this in your life to help you not be bothered by what others think, even if they are a supervisor. Do your job and your best from here on out. You can't do more than that.

Answer 2

I am confused about your title and the content of your question, and if you are a Christian or not.

To answer your title: guilt is not from God, it is a tool of the enemy, so eradicate the guilt, if you are a Christian

The body of your question is a sticky situation. I would try to talk with this co-worker in your current position, which wont be easy. However, communication with them, even in light of whatever happened is going to be your only saving grace in this. I wouldnt go over their heads unless they are intentionally over and over holding whatever happened against you and letting that filter into other aspects of his ability to supervise you currently. Best wishes on this!

Answer 3

No.
I PROMISE---I'VE BEEN THERE!

I ONLY mean this for YOUR GOOD--
YOU GOT THAT---YOUR GOOD--
This is a promise----

If you change YOUR attitude about them all---think, "They are probably JUST LIKE ME."
By the way--if you leave that situation ALONE--God will be your vendicator.
It is AWESOME to watch how he works.
If YOU will leave the situation ALONE, and BELIEVE that GOD is working for YOUR GOOD---HE WILL DO IT--
I PROMISE!
(you will be able to stand back and watch how He does it!)

MEANWHILE--change your attitude and pretend you have been best friends with your coworkers ALL ALONG and you will see the difference in them,
I PROMISE!!!

TO ANSWER YOUR "GUILT" thing?
Satan causes guilt---ANY thought that is negative, is satan, himself.
DON"T let him do that to you.
Change your thinking and you will be amazed at what God can do with it.

Satan LOVES to bring guilt, condemnation, fear, doubt, anxiety, depression, sadness, and all of the negative thing he can put in your mind.
BUT the SECOND that you tell him to SHUT UP!!!
and call him a LIAR!!! --he will leave you alone.

God wants you to be peaceful, and joyful, and happy, and content, with WHATEVER is going on.

DON"T look at your circumstance---Look at GOD, WHo can change your circumstance.

God bless you!

Answer 4

If you are not guilty then fight it with the laws available.

If you are guilty (and a Christian) take it to God and let Him work it out.

Matt 11:28-29

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 2
(from New International Version)

Answer 5

We don't have to deal with guilt. Jesus took care of it for us.

"Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had made a crimson stain; Jesus washed it white as snow."

Answer 6

Remember brother...Jesus took your guilt and your shame.

Answer 7

like everyother person.. walk to off

Answer 8

Guilt – What is it?
The dictionary defines the word "guilt" as a "feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined." Guilt is that part of the human conscience that brings us up short and convicts us for actions and thoughts. Guilt is an inherent human trait that should be seen as a gift, however, most of us do not see it as such and rather than deal with guilt, we naturally attempt to squelch it. However, guilt is that nagging voice with in us all that is like water upon a stone and is meant to bring us to a realization that there is a standard and we have fallen short, but whose standard is it?

Seeing guilt in its proper light allows us to understand that it is a safety valve for the human condition. Guilt means there is a right and wrong way for us to operate and there are standards of what is good and what is worthy of guilt. The guilt "gene" is something that we are born with. To illustrate this truth, just observe a small child.

Guilt – A Buzzing Problem
My daughter, at eighteen-months-old, loved to climb up into the window seat in the dining room. It was summer and with other children going in and out of the house, flies were a problem and flies liked the picture window above the window seat. My daughter was fascinated with flies and she attempted to catch them. As you can imagine, it was something that I would rather she not do and she was told "no" on numerous occasions. Whenever I caught her trying to catch the flies, I would admonish her. One day, she managed to catch one just as I walked into the room. She quickly put the offending fly into her mouth. When I asked her where the fly was, she shook her head. Her face was a picture of guilt and I could hear the fly buzzing inside of her pursed lips. I was able to free the fly by prying that little mouth open and the fly flew away. Guilt is like that fly, it keeps buzzing until we deal with it.

Guilt – The Remedy
There is a right way and a wrong way to deal with guilt. Trying to hide it, as my daughter did to that fly, does not work. Guilt is God's way of telling us that we fall short of His standard and agreeing with God's standard is the right way to free us of guilt.

What can you do when you are always feeling guilty? I can only speak from my own experience. Guilt brought me to the realization that I was a sinner (Romans 3:23). I also realized that I could not do anything about that on my own.

I would clear my mind by saying I was sorry or asking for forgiveness of those I offended, but that did not quiet the guilty feelings. Then someone told me about a cure for guilt. Someone told me that I could live without condemnation. I was told that I could bring my emotional feelings into balance by trusting in Someone else. That Someone else was the LORD Jesus Christ. It was then that I turned my life over to Him by believing in Him and accepting His gift of grace that saves me.

Now I am engaged in a relationship with Jesus that allows me to participate in a process of growing in faith. Now when guilt comes to me, I check my fellowship with God and if I have sin in my life, I confess it to God. Then I can walk in fellowship with God and the guilty feelings disappear. Having a relationship with Jesus does not make me perfect because I still sin. However, being a believer brings me truth that frees me from the condemnation of a guilty conscience that controls my emotions. Rather, I walk by His faith and He frees me from guilt. Trusting in God is the only real answer to freedom from condemnation and from being controlled by guilty feelings.

How can I get rid of shame and guilt?

Do you want to shed the load of shame and guilt? Here’s a quick “how to”! Have you ever explored caverns or been spelunking? Our family has been to Mammoth Cave National Park in KY on a number of occasions to explore these incredible caves.

One year our guide stopped us in a large open area. All we could hear was the “drip, drip” sounds of water here and there. Pretty cool! Then he did something our kids weren’t expecting! He wanted us to experience the sheer darkness of the cave for a few minutes, so he turned off the lighting systems. Our daughter latched onto her daddy’s arm, yelling, “It’s too dark! I can’t see! Turn on the light!” Then the tour guide did something amazing! He struck one tiny match. That one minute source of light in that vast darkness provided a sense of security and reassurance. Peace. Comfort.

You ask, “How can I overcome shame and guilt from my past?” I don’t know where your pain comes from, whether it was from your own choices or from behaviors forced on you by others. Whatever the cause, you are living in the darkness of defeat.

Jesus is the Light of the world! He will be your “match,” your source of light, your sense of comfort, security, and reassurance. Shame and guilt are like wearing prisoner’s chains! They will drag you down. The good news is, you do not have to succumb to a life sentence of carrying this burden any longer!

Let me tell you from personal experience how I shed those prisoner’s chains in the dark pit. I was wallowing in shame/guilt for a long time.

Someone told me, “Until you focus on the Light you will always stumble around in the darkness of defeat.” I figured it out. . .I needed to latch onto my Heavenly Father as tightly as Emily clung to her daddy that day in the cave! I needed to follow Him. Let Him be my guide out of that pit. Let Him break the chains that held me down. I needed to be free of my past! And I couldn’t experience true joy in life until I was.



Pray for Jesus to release you from bondage of shame and guilt, and the darkness of defeat. Job 12:22 says, “He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.”


Pray that Jesus will keep you in His Light so you can see clearly and live victoriously each and every day! Isaiah 61:1 says, “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for captives, release from darkness for the prisoners.”


Rely on God’s healing. 2 Samuel 22:29 says, “You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light.”