Are you in bondage to your past??

Good morning everyone!! Yes, it is a great day to be alive in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour!! God is good, all the time, all the time, God is good!!

Philippians 3:13 "I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." (NLT)

"Brethren, 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." (KJ)

No race has ever been won looking back. The past can have many good memories, things we remember and enjoy like birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, vacations, fun times with family or friends. However, the past can also become a prison.

It’s possible for the past to put us in bondage. Along with the good memories, there are the memories of times of failure. Sometimes our memory can serve to haunt us. Our failures can cause us to see ourselves as failures, or as unable to break the patterns of failure in our lives.
We stereotype ourselves, and thereby put ourselves in bondage. Many people live today plagued by their past. In the most extreme cases people sit in mental hospitals constantly reliving the tragic events of yesterday.
They are trapped by the things that have been, and can’t seem to see beyond them.
There are basically three things you must do to effectively conquer your past. (1) The first is that you must recognize the past for what it is, the past. It is over, done, gone, finished, ended, passed. You can’t change one thing that happened back then, whether back then was years ago or yesterday.
(2) The second thing that you must do is recognize the satanic strategy in reminding you of the past. His strategy is to discourage you and defeat you.
(3) The third thing you must recognize is what you can do about the past. While you can’t change the past, you can change the way you respond to the memories of the past.
Paul tells us the way to get past all this is to forget, or develop amnesia, or as J. David Hoke states it, "divine amnesia."
Don't be in bondage to your past, forget and move on. Pray, pray, pray if you have to, but move on and let amnesia assist you. Thank you for reading today. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny