[Faith-talk] FW: [TheLadyPeachMinistries] Don ’ t Let Your Past Rob You

[Eric Calhoun]

This is for those of you who want to move forward.

Eric


Original Message: 
From: Saji Abraham Chandy <sajixs at yahoo.com>
To: Biju <biju_c_2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [TheLadyPeachMinistries] Don't Let Your Past Rob You
Date: 
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:27:30 -0700 (PDT)

   Don't Let Your Past Rob You   
  
Philippians 3:13-14
>13Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those
things which are ahead,  14I press toward the goal for the prize of the
upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  
Are you living a life of regrets thinking, "If only."? "If only I had
that college education. If only I had married the right girl. If only I had
taken up the other job. If only I had not made that stupid mistake."  
 
Is your past robbing you of the joy of today? Then forget your past!  
 
You might say, "But Pastor Prince, you do not know what I have done in
the past!" 
 
Consider Paul. If the devil had anything to bring against Paul, it would
be reminders of how he had persecuted the early church and caused the
deaths of many, including Stephen, the first Christian martyr. 
 
Paul had done horrendous things that were hard for him to forget. But he
had such a revelation of God's awesome forgiveness that he could say,
"forgetting those things which are behind. I press toward the goal for the
prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus". 
 
Beloved, God has forgiven you of all your sins. He has completely
forgiven you and declared, "Your sins and lawless deeds, I will remember no
more." (Hebrews 10:17) 
 
Like Paul, you can forget your past, the wrongs you have done and the
hurts you have caused others or been through yourself. God can take the
tears of yesterday and transform them into the miracles of tomorrow. He can
restore to you in all abundance what you have lost. He can cause all
things, even the painful events of your past, to work together for your
good. (Romans 8:28) 
 
God's Word says, "The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard."
(Isaiah 58:8) His glory will cover your past. Wherever you go, His glory
covers your past. It is no longer the same past that you know of because
His glory has descended on it. Your past is past. It has been wiped out. It
is gone! So don't let your past rob you of today's joy any longer!