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1. Past triumphs, failures, and losses can entrap one, not allowing
freedom to enjoy the present or future.
Philippians 3:13-15 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to ;:
have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind
and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to
win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ I:
Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things.
And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make
clear to you. ;:
Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the
past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not
perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the
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wasteland.

Luke 9:62Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow ;:
and looks back is fit for servicein the kingdom of God."
Isaiah 65:16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so
by the God of truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear
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by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and
hidden from my eyes. ;:
Ephesians 4:22-23 You were taught, with regard to your former
way oflife, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds. ;

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2. The battle of past memories takes place in the mind.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 The weapons we fight with are not the
weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to
demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive
every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- !
think about such things. I

3. Remember God's provision of the past. Ii

Psalm 77:11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will
remember your miracles oflong ago. I

Joshua 21:45 Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the I

house ofIsrael failed; everyone was fulfilled. I

4. Concentrate on what God is doing in the present and will do in ,I

the future.

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is
steadfast, because he trusts in you.
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Isaiah 42:10 Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the
ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
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you islands, and all who live in them.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new

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creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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