DON'T LOOK BACK

Our minds often go back to times when we were hurt, rejected,

overlooked, abused, neglected, and left all alone. Dwelling on

these times keeps us from moving forward in our Christian walk.

We are not to focus on all that happened in the past, but look

forward to that place God wants us to be. We will never forget

all that has happened, we just cannot allow ourselves to get

stuck there. Keep going forward; God is waiting for us there.

Heavenly Father, we ask your forgiveness for letting our

minds and our memories keep us from growing in you. Help

us to keep our eyes fixed on you and your plan for our lives,

which is becoming more like Christ. In Jesus' name.

Read Philippians 3:13,14

"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of

it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining

toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the

prize for which God has called me heavenward for Christ

Jesus." (NIV)

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this

one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and

reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press

toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in

Christ Jesus." (KJV)

     

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