22nd July 2024
THE PAST IS PAST
Romans 8:1 – So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One (TPT).
The finished works of Christ say we have been forgiven. So, why do we find it so hard to forgive ourselves? We condemn ourselves and convince ourselves that the words in our heads is the Lord accusing us of the sins we have committed before we knew Him; but Romans 8:1 says otherwise. As long as you are in Christ Jesus, you are forgiven, no more condemned, and liberated!
In fact, we have a cloud of witnesses cheering us on, but in order for us to complete our race and finish strong, the word of God says that we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin that we so easily fall into (Hebrews 12 v 1, TPT). We must pray against every arrow tip of the past that is stopping us from running our race in freedom. The Lord has designed your life for His glory, everything the enemy planned for evil for you, God has, and will continue to turn it around for your good (Genesis 50 v 20 NKJV). Such was the story of Joseph when his brothers wanted to kill his dreams and silence his destiny. However, God used his past of pain & betrayal and turned it into prosperity and influence to rescue the same people that wanted him dead (Genesis 37 – Genesis 50).
Can you imagine what Saul who turned into Paul was going through after he met Jesus? The guilt and shame of his past from being the advocate for the death of the followers of Christ. He approved of the death of Stephen, which began a great wave of persecution against the Church (Acts 8 v 1). He was a terrorist, a murderer and a persecutor of Christ – the very same Christ who later revealed himself to Saul and wiped away his past, giving him a new name – Paul.
The Bible relates to the pain of our past in so many ways – there are multiple Bible characters who suffered with the guilt and shame of the past. 1 John 3 v 20 (TPT) puts it clearly ‘Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and He knows everything there is to know about us’.
Therefore, there is a greater power above the condemnation of our hearts, He is our Father, Our Lord, the One who is more merciful and greater than our conscience. Beloved, the past is past. Jesus wants us to move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness towards our future. This will allow us to finish strong.
Confession:
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name Hallelujah the Lord has done it again 🙌🏾 🙏🏾
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen. Thank you so much Pastor. Greater grace sir
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name Hallelujah the Lord has done it again 🙌🏾 🙏🏾 God bless you more grace this devotion is an eye opener 🙏🏾 🙌🏾 ❤️
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
Such a timely and insightful devotional with so much depth to this season in life. I cannot but thank you enough Sir for sharing this Word. The past is the past, and although the future is a process mixed with different emotions. I will continue to PRESS forward, for with Jesus in my boat I can’t smile at ANY storm and look ahead for the great things God has in store for me. Thank you Lord!
Thank you Papa and God richly bless you Sir for continuously impacting our lives Sir.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom and Boldness. I experience the mercy of God and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus precious name 🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
Thank you Papa for this devotion 🙌🏾
The past is past. I embrace the forgiveness and freedom Jesus offers me ,and move forward with confidence, knowing that God has a glorious future planned for me . I am l empowered to live boldly and finish my spiritual race strong. I will keep pressing on.
The story of Joseph reminds me that God can turn pain to purpose and every obstacle to opportunity. I keep pressing because God is writing my story as i run my race towards my prize.
I confess that : The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you Pastor for this powerful devotion.
THE PAST IS PAST. I MOVE FORWARD IN FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM, andY BOLDNESS. I EXPERIENCE THE MERCY OF GOD, AND I THRIVE IN FULFILLING MY DESTINY WITHOUT THE CHAINS OF GUILT FROM MY PAST HOLDING ME BACK IN JESUS’ PRECIOUS NAME.
Thanks so Much Pastor E., Very Insightful And Positively Encouraging.
To be honest, I am my greatest critic, I’m always hard on myself most times, I scrutinized every move, every step, every actions, every decisions, and every mistakes I make… In fact some times I go really hard on myself, and replay and replay my mistakes, especially when I it’s about the issues of Trust And Betrayal involved and it did affected me for a long time because I beat myself a lot for not listening to my intuition and my Spirit not to trust someone and it later leads to Betrayal.
Though I Later found Healing but it took time and walking this New Part has taught me a lot that the answer I’ve been seeking is in the Book of the Lord and as I meditate therein day and night, I also make confessions and then surround myself with people and minds with Positive Energy, I begin to perfect myself, My Spirit and Inner Man.
Finally, I have a Question ❓
What does the Acronym (TPT), attached to the Bible verse mean ❓
Romans 8:1 – So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One (TPT).
Also, Don’t you think calling Prosecutor Saul a Te®️®️orist and Murderer a Little harsh, because he was using the Law of the Land to prosecute christ followers. According to the Bible even Jesus never accused Saul of Murder or Te®️®️orism❓He never used the word Murde®️e®️ or Te®️®️o®️ist, HE used the word PROSECUTE…
For it is Written
Acts 9:4-
Why are you persecuting me?” Saul said, “Who are you, Lord?” The voice answered, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
So technically Prosecutor Saul is not guilty of two out of the three offense.
May I also say Sir, I appreciate the phrase, “THE PAST IS THE PAST”, that’s very Deep and insightful choice of words… Just telling you now, I might use it one day for something. It’s very inspirational.
Have A Blessed And Highly Favored Week Ahead.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
The past is past.I move forward in forgiveness ,Freedom and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chain of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’most powerful name Amen 🙏 . Thank you pastor.
“However, God used his past of pain & betrayal and turned it into prosperity and influence”
I decree every of my past of pain and betrayal turn into prosperity and Influence for me in the name ofJesus. Amen
Confession:
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. AMEN
Thank you so much Papa for this powerful devotion. I am blessed by it
God bless you Sir and do have a blessed week Sir.
Greater Grace, Greater Glory Sir
Shalom my Father
The past is past,I move forward in freedom,, forgiveness and boldness.
I experience the mercy of God and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chain of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus name (amen)
Thank you papa
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Thank you Pastor for this wonderful devotional 🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen.
Thank you so much Pastor. 🙏💗
The past is past. So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against my family and i who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One
We move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. We experience the mercy of God, and thrive in fulfilling our destiny’s without the chains of guilt from our past holding us back in Jesus’ precious name.
Good morning and thank you my pastor
Always remain blessed sir
I pray against every arrow tip of the past that is stopping my family and I from running our race in freedom. The Lord has designed our life for His glory, everything the enemy planned for evil for us, God has, and will continue to turn it around for our good. Amen.
May God use our past of pain & betrayal and turn it into prosperity. Amen.
So therefore, our past is past. We move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. We experience the mercy of God, and we thrive in fulfilling our destiny without the chains of guilt from our past holding us back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen!!!
Thank you pastor. God bless you 🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen 🙏
Thank you sir 🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.Thank you so much for this powerful devotion pastor 🙏🏾🙏🏾
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
I press towards the greater goal, the future God has written for me to fulfil! Praise the Lord. I remove every arrowtip of the past affecting me or my family from moving forward in Jesus Mighty Name. Thank You Jesus! Thank you so much Sir for this devotion 🌻🎆✝️🙏🏾
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
Thank you pastor
Hallelujah hallelujah Glory be to God Almighty Thank you Father for your Holy Word today.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
Thank you so much Daddy for this powerful devotion.
More gracecand strength.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom , and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Thank you so JESUS.
Thank you so much Pastor.
As it is written, I put to bed past guilt and shame. I decree and declare that the past is past. I now press forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness as I experience the mercy of God and thrive in fulfilling my destiny, without the shackles of previous guilt, regret and shame holding me back, in Jesus’ precious name.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Thank you so much Pastor Sir.
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Thank you daddy for this poweful Devotion may the lord bless you and keep you safe in Jesus precious name Amen 🙏🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. Amen thank you Daddy for this powerful devotion May the Lord bless you in Jesus name more grace to make more devotion Amen 🙏
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name. AMEN THANK YOU LORD. THANK YOU DADDY FOR THIS POWERFUL DEVOTION
The past is past. I move forward in forgiveness, freedom, and boldness. I experience the mercy of God, and I thrive in fulfilling my destiny without the chains of guilt from my past holding me back in Jesus’ precious name.
Amen thank you pastor Enoch for this amazing devotional
Yesssss!
The PAST is PAST in JESUS name.Amen, I move forward without any chains of guilt holding me back from fulfilling my Destiny.
Thank you Pastor for this Wonderful Devotion.
The past is behind us now either good or bad, let us look forward and the race that is set before us.
All that we need to run and win has been provided. Hallelujah
Thank you Pastor.