Title: Memories to Forget/Jeremiah 29:11-13
Contents
Text: Only one thing to do, to forget what is behind and to grasp what is ahead
Toward the goal, the reward of God's high calling in Christ Jesus
I follow for you (Philippians 3:13,14).
Word: Most of our lives live with memories. Good and beautiful memories
makes our lives happy and enriches, but the memories of painful wounds
It makes life sad, destructive, and forms a perverse character.
In the words of Teacher Paul, “Forget what is
You know you have to forget the memories, because
Because if we don't forget it, it destroys our soul and makes life a failure.
Also, we must give up all our lifestyles and thoughts before we met Christ.
It also means
So, what are some things we should forget?
First, we must let go of the sense of condemnation. It brings guilt and
Guilt makes you lose joy in the heart, and loses courage and hope.
It can also cause disease.
Therefore, we constantly lay our sins before Jesus and pay his penalty.
We must be washed with blood. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we forgive our sins,
If we confess, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to deliver us from all unrighteousness.
He will make you clean.” We must repent of our sins thoroughly and
You will have to completely forget about it.
Second, we must avoid feeling inferior and frustrated by reflecting on our past failures.
When people fail in a relationship or business, they stop calling themselves a failure.
You are stigmatized and have the image of a loser. As a result, you feel inferior and frustrated.
I live my life with it. Everyone, you don't fail for people living in this world.
No one hasn't. Everyone has had the experience of bitter failure. Problems
Even if he failed at something, he failed only at that task and failed his entire life.
It's about realizing that you didn't do it. So the obsession that comes from failure.
Get rid of the notion.
Third, we must put off perfectionism. Anyone must be perfect like me.
If you look at your family and society with the
Always self-centered perfectionism is the cause of division, destruction and unhappiness.
Because it becomes a person.
But with dark old memories in my heart, I live my life in a dry desert.
The person who makes it is very pitiful, because yesterday we passed
There is a present and a tomorrow that cannot be turned back and we have to live vigorously.
because of.
The wounded memories of the past and the memories of the wounds from broken relationships and the past
Those with memories of failure and the wounds of sin are those of Jesus Christ.
Let's come to the cross and repent, forgive, and forget. And it's clear and bright.
Let's move forward towards tomorrow with a bright heart.
Prayer: Let us forget the old and move forward toward the goal. To be like Christ.
Help us to do our best and to glorify God through our lives. Yes
In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
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