God’s Invitation
We are not bound by yesterday’s failures or wounds. Through a relationship with the God who loves us, we are called to:
- Forget the past – release what no longer serves God’s purpose.
- Look forward – fix your eyes on the hope ahead.
3. Press onward – pursue the calling of Christ with perseverance (Philippians 3:13–14)
What God Offers
- Healing for brokenness
- Forgiveness for sin
- Grace that restores
These result in peace, joy, and hope
Living Beyond the Past
- Let go of what was done and take hold of what God is doing now.
- Live a future that is not dictated by your past mistakes or pain.
- God declares: “See, I am doing a new thing!” (Isaiah 43:18–19)
He transforms sorrow into joy and brokenness into wholeness.
Honor and Purpose
- In Hebrew, honor means “to make heavy”—to give weight and significance.
- God wants to rewrite your present, giving you a brighter future.
- He turns pain into purpose, using your story as testimony of His grace.
Key Truth
Your past may explain where you’ve been, but it does not define where you’re going.
In Christ, your future is filled with hope, freedom, and purpose.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES:
“You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,”
— Psalm 30:11
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”
— Psalm 34:18
“When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.”
— Psalm 91:15
““Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
— Isaiah 43:18-19
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
— Philippians 3:13-14