LETTING GO OF THE PAST

Part 1

 

Past experiences and emotions can have a way of controlling our lives. Walls of protection are built up in our lives and it is necessary for these walls to be “razed” (to destroy to the ground, to demolish). My prayer is that you will begin to spend time praying to God to give you guidance and wisdom in helping you to tear down your walls.

There are many things, people and circumstances in our lives that we cannot change. Let me name some:

1. Parents (We are not given a choice of who our parents will be.)

2. Your gender

3. Hair and eye color

4. Your race

5. Height

6. Abuse (sexual, physically, or emotionally)

I’m sure that you can come up with many more.

When you do not accept the things that you have no control over, you allow anger, bitterness, and jealousy to control your life. This is sin. (At the bottom of this devotional, there are scriptures for you to look up.)

The Bible tells us “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”  The Bible also says let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.

You cannot live in the past. Blaming your past hurts for your attitude and behavior today is not acceptable. You are accountable to go forward

If you are a believer (born again), then you have been raised with Christ.  Now you must seek things that are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your emotions on things above, not on things on the earth (living for you).

Pray this prayer with sincerity:

Father, help me not to blame my past on anyone or anything. I really want to let go and go forward. I want to see things above not things on this earth. Teach me. In Jesus’ name.

Take the time to read the Scriptures below, and continue with our next lesson..

Galatians 5:19-20 / Colossians 3: 6-8 Ephesians 4:31 / Hebrews 12:15 James 3:16 / Hebrews 12:15 Matthew 15:19 / Mark 7:21   Philippians 3:13-14 / Hebrews 12:1, 2

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.