{"id":2205,"date":"2015-06-15T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2015-06-15T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T16:18:57","slug":"dont-brood-over-your-past-a-prayer-to-press-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/06\/dont-brood-over-your-past-a-prayer-to-press-forward.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Brood Over Your Past \u2013 A Prayer to Press Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past. (Ecclesiastes 5:20)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3:12-14)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">God does not want us sitting around obsessing over our past sins. He calls us to repent and believe the good news. Repentance isn&#8217;t just being sorry. It involves change. A 180\u00ba turn. We stop doing the things that kept us bound, and we start doing the things the Word teaches us to do. We walk in love and forgiveness. That&#8217;s the secret to enjoying life. Let&#8217;s pray!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Release me from obsession with my sin and my past. I confess my sin to you&#8230; I receive your forgiveness, and I am actively walking out a brand new trajectory for my life \u2013 the path that Your Word has offered me that leads to life and love and great joy. Yes, I will have trouble in this world, but the force of Your joy will cause me to overcome\u00a0every obstacle the devil puts in my path. I choose to walk in love and forgiveness today. I choose to put away anger and offense and receive Your joy which is my strength.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past. 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