Monday, June 30, 2014

Letting Go Of The Right Stuff

Good Morning!! Some of us spend a lot of time trying not to forget things. Small stuff like where we left our keys; bigger things like friends' names; biggest of all are blessings to remember and promises to keep. But Paul wants us to forget,...anything that would hinder us from reaching our goal, of knowing Jesus.
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,..—Philippians 3:12 (NIV)
We must remember, to forget, passed sins and failures. Learn what you can from your sins, ask God to forgive you, and move on. We dishonor God, belittle his grace, and do ourselves no good by torturing ourselves with memories of mistakes, and undone deeds. It's just as important to forget past successes. It is tempting to say to ourselves, " I've done more than my share, let someone else take over." People will sometimes grow in spiritual maturity and service up to a certain point, and then their success, smothers further progress.

Rear-view mirror drivers are bad drivers, and minds clogged with the stuff of past failures make poor progress.

Father God, when Satan is badgering and confusing us,remind us that Your Holy Spirit within us,is greater than all the evil around us.

"If you follow in the footsteps of Jesus, it will be anything but boring,

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