144/365: Forget the Past, Run Your Race

But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press ontoward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 3: 13b-14

Are you striving to move on but can't get over those challenging hills?

It's time to let go of those anchors dragging behind you. Relationships gone bad, self-doubt, pride, anger, or anything which keeps you from reaching the goal of contentment in Christ.

Let them go!

This life isn't always easy - but it can be a little slice of heaven on earth if you pursue the heart of God every single day.

GO DEEPER: Isaiah 43: 16-21

NEXT STEP: Write down one anchor which keeps you tethered to the past. Place the paper in your pocket. Each time you reach into your pocket, pray for God t help you release it. Throw the paper in the trash when you are ready to let ig go.

Shannon S

on 05/25/2023 at 05:07 AM

If you are reading this, you are a child of the most high God. You are redeemed. I’m praying for you brothers.

Mike M

on 05/25/2023 at 03:58 AM

I can work on putting things behind me, but my past sins have hurt others close to me who have not decided to forget about the past.

Old Dude

on 05/25/2023 at 03:03 AM

"Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future." ~ John Piper

T:30

on 05/24/2023 at 08:18 PM

I'm sure I'm not the only one but, sometimes I feel like my anchor is putting my wife 1st. Just so she can be happy. Even though it's hurting friends, family and others.

Kevin Miller

on 05/24/2023 at 07:09 PM

My anchor currently is unwanted thoughts. Many times I find myself thinking things I shouldn’t like lustful thoughts angry thoughts regretful thoughts etc. I’m working on changing that through prayer and meditation upon God and His Word.

Elliott

on 05/24/2023 at 04:45 PM

“God, Please help me to be free of anger and to see that the world and its people have dominated me. Show me that the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, has the power to actually kill me. Help me to master my resentments by understanding that the people who wrong me were perhaps spiritually sick.

Ethan Rogers

on 05/24/2023 at 03:18 PM

Grieving the past, regret, and remorse in your thoughts is no way to live. Definitely isn't the way God intended us to live. When there is no changing, nothing you can do about circumstances of yesteryear, I try to give it to God. I have so many regrets that it makes me physically sick at times. What poison. I know the Lord of all can cleanse my mind of the smothering I put upon myself. I must forgive. I must pray. I must set this as a goal. The future. How can I live in the here and now when I'm in the past? Every walked carrying a mirror and looking in it as you walk? it's a distorted feeling, an illusion of what's behind, only it's really there, but you can't see ahead. Even if you stop walking, the image of behind is there. Blinded of where you really are because being stuck seeing the past is not natural, and unhealthy. You can trip, fall into the mirror and lacerate an artery. This is how serious I need to take this, it consumes me. Heavenly Father, please guide me to clear and fruitful thoughts of the here and now, and have hope for the future with goals that honor You. Through Jesus Christ, my Teacher...amen. .

Delray Sheen

on 05/24/2023 at 03:12 PM

This was once a strong tactic the enemy used to pull me down because it worked. Until I came to the throne of God and truly, one by one laid them up on Him. Asking in prayer for help and His answer always being, "seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all will be given ye". Reading the Word more has immensely help, because when the enemy would try again, whether it be my thoughts or loved ones, while under the attack I had peace beyond understanding because I knew, I am righteous thru Christ Jesus and I am a new creature. The waters of my baptism solidified this. Keep your mind on heavenly things, keep seeking his face and u won't have time to dwell on the past. Nowadays, the enemy doesn't try that old tactic because I've proven it has no affect, he's on to other tactics but the answer is the same. All praise and glory to the Lord God.

Boyce Moses

on 05/24/2023 at 02:16 PM

As long as we have chains holding us to our past we can’t progress to the future we deserve. Only Christ can break those chains holding us back, but we have to follow His words. Forgive others and forgive yourself for past sins. Love you Jesus! 💚🤎💜🧡

brad h nobles

on 05/24/2023 at 02:11 PM

The devil is the one that will always bring up our pasts…when he does rebuke him and keep on moving toward the Lord. He has removed your sin as far as the east is from the west!

Brandon Pembleton

on 05/24/2023 at 02:07 PM

This is a great and effective tool for letting the past go. I have used this many times. It takes advantage of the neuroplasticity of the brain. Every time you catch yourself thinking about something or someone that is no longer around or in a place of harm to pray for them. It’s quite literally training your mind to build a different software program to boot up when those intrusive thoughts come it. It takes practice and a lot of patience though. The vast vast vast majority of people myself included don’t have this as the default setting. So this exercise of having a physical object and taking it and then speaking prayer to it lights up the mind on multiple fronts and will in time change the way you think. And don’t pray once and throw it in the trash. Do it until you notice those intrusive thoughts stop. Every time they happen is an opportunity to train the mind further on the new program. I have done a variation of this many times with different people places and things. It never stops amazing me at how fast it changes the way I think about them and helps me to let go of things. Maybe it’s a journal maybe it’s a worry stone maybe it’s whatever you need that gives that physical sensation part stimuli to train on multiple fronts. Thank you God for your constant guidance and strength. I love you God amen 🙏

Tommy Williamson

on 05/24/2023 at 01:51 PM

As I’m sure that everyone but some of the newer guys on here know I had a pretty rough past. There were many things that happened that caused pain, hurt and suffering. However I have let all that go and now live solely to win the race of living the best I can, praying the Lord helps me move forward each and every day. I have mainly made the biggest steps by forgiving those that have done me wrong and by forgiving myself. Both are hard to do until you realize the words of Matthew 6:14-15 which says 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. NIV and also Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Once I started forgiving those that did me wrong those that anchored me began to break away, then when I forgave myself for all the bitterness and hate I truly felt that I was free.

Justin Barrett

on 05/24/2023 at 01:39 PM

This is very hard to do all the time. But it is key to move forward in your walk with Christ

Jeff Arnold

on 05/24/2023 at 12:55 PM

Sometimes for whatever reasons we find it very hard to let go of the past. Never understood that when learning for abuse counselling. If you/we are provided a way out of a bad situation to move forward into something better. Instead of choosing to to move forward to the better we won’t because it is a unknown place. We will stay or go back to a bad situation because it is familiar and we know it. “ If life is just a highway and the soul is just a car. Objects in the rear view mirror appear closer than they are! “ The reason the windshield is large and the rear view mirror’s are small is because. We are supposed to be looking forward more than backwards at what’s behind us. Father I pray you give us all the wisdom and your strength to keep moving forward. That is why in your description of the armour of God, there is nothing mentioned about anything on our backside. Because you our GOD have always got our backs and we have confidence that you are there. Amen brothers and keep moving forward in your in quest of living for our Lord.

Jeff McKinney

on 05/24/2023 at 12:46 PM

Be blessed you don’t know!!! I have a sister who continues to bring up my past of 30-40 years ago and then adds lies to it. That is my Anchor.

Stewart

on 05/24/2023 at 12:44 PM

Robert- Write THAT down and pray that God reveals it to you

Robert McFaddin

on 05/24/2023 at 12:29 PM

Idk what my specific anchor is.

144/365: Forget the Past, Run Your Race

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