Oct 16, 2026 · 26 min · 12 segments
What if the shame, addiction, failure, or difficult season you're hiding isn't the end of your story—but the very place where healing, freedom, and a deeper faith in God can begin? In this powerful…
Wesley FarnsworthGuest
Reginald D. ShermanHostYes, because I think what holds a lot of people back, Wesley, is shame, you know.

That's where the enemy wants us to live, right? Because if you're dealing with an addiction, one of the ways that we're kept in the addiction is by that little voice inside of us that says, you're too far gone.

And because of that, we live in the shame and this fear of, of being found out.

And the more we live in that shame and the fear, the more we keep it suppressed and we keep it bottled up.

And until we're willing to say, I can't be the only one out there that's dealing with this or that has dealt with this.

The world has how many people in it? I'm not the only one that's dealt with overeating.

I'm not the only one that's dealt with drugs or alcohol or pornography or a broken relationship or whatever it is.

And until we're able to admit that to ourselves, that that voice is wrong and admit it to somebody else, then we're going to continue to live in that shame and fear and we're going to continue to be held captive and an enemy or prisoner of that thing.

The church is a great place, but the church is ran and filled with broken people.

The problem is we want to, as a church, we want to put this mask on that says we're all perfect people, right? We all have it all together.

We come to church on Sunday, we dress in our Sunday best, and we do the worship songs, and we listen to the sermon, we say amen, and we do all these things.

When we go home from church on Sunday, we're still that broken person that went to church on Sunday morning.

And so we have to just get to a point where as a church, we can take off the mask.

And say, hey, you know what? The pastor up front, hey, I'm a broken person leading the broken church.

We just need to be real and honest with each other and become a safe place for everybody to come in and feel welcome and to be real and honest.
Yes, because I think what holds a lot of people back, Wesley, is shame, you know.

That's where the enemy wants us to live, right? Because if you're dealing with an addiction, one of the ways that we're kept in the addiction is by that little voice inside of us that says, you're too far gone.

And because of that, we live in the shame and this fear of, of being found out.

And the more we live in that shame and the fear, the more we keep it suppressed and we keep it bottled up.

And until we're willing to say, I can't be the only one out there that's dealing with this or that has dealt with this.

The world has how many people in it? I'm not the only one that's dealt with overeating.

I'm not the only one that's dealt with drugs or alcohol or pornography or a broken relationship or whatever it is.

And until we're able to admit that to ourselves, that that voice is wrong and admit it to somebody else, then we're going to continue to live in that shame and fear and we're going to continue to be held captive and an enemy or prisoner of that thing.

The church is a great place, but the church is ran and filled with broken people.

The problem is we want to, as a church, we want to put this mask on that says we're all perfect people, right? We all have it all together.

We come to church on Sunday, we dress in our Sunday best, and we do the worship songs, and we listen to the sermon, we say amen, and we do all these things.

When we go home from church on Sunday, we're still that broken person that went to church on Sunday morning.

And so we have to just get to a point where as a church, we can take off the mask.

And say, hey, you know what? The pastor up front, hey, I'm a broken person leading the broken church.

We just need to be real and honest with each other and become a safe place for everybody to come in and feel welcome and to be real and honest.
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