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What are some of the "Shades we wear?"
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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Red = Unforgiveness

The effects of Unforgiveness:
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Isolation
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stop all contact with people
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Mindset to never to trust again
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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yellow = Fear

The effects of Fear:
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hesitation
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Holding back
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Unwilling to risk

3.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Blue = Pain
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The effects of Pain:
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is where pain began
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is where pain remains
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stay away from this area
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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Black=Death
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The effects of Death:
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Addictions
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Destructive Behavior
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Abuse

How do we remove the lenses?
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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Unforgiveness: Removing the Red Lens

(John 13:21 NLT) "Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!"
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(John 13: 26 NLT) "Jesus responded, "It is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the bowl." And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot."
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(Proverbs 30:33 NLT) "As the beating of cream yields butter and striking the nose causes bleeding, so stirring up anger causes quarrels."

(Romans 12:19)\xa0 "Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written:\xa0 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord."

So what do you do?\xa0
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\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 RELEASE

(1 Peter 1:6-7)\xa0 "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.\xa0 These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."
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2.\xa0 Fear: Removing the Yellow Lens
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(Hebrews 12:15)\xa0 "See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many."
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3.\xa0 Pain: Removing the Blue Lens
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(Psalm 147:3)\xa0 "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

(1 John 4:8-11)\xa0 "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.\xa0 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.\xa0 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.\xa0 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
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4.\xa0 Death: Removing the Black Lens
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(Luke 21:34)\xa0 "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap."
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(Colossians 3:8)\xa0 "But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips."

(Romans 8:6)\xa0 "The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace."
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(Proverbs 11:19)\xa0 "The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death."

(Matthew 11:28) "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
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(Hebrews 10:23-25 MSG) "So let's do it\u2014full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out. Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching."

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