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Week of April 21, 2024
As we look at some of the things that are occurring in our world and in America, we have to realize that things will never be back the way they were before. And as much as we miss some of those things, it isn’t all bad. Here is what I mean by that. In Isaiah 43:18-19 God says, “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (NKJV) Regardless of what may have happened in your past, God has a plan and purpose for your life. Realize that your best days are ahead of you, not behind you. Even if you think your future looks like it is a wilderness -dry, barren, and filled with obstacles but God can and will make a way for you. Forget about the past, and don’t limit God. Your past doesn’t have anything to do with what God has in store for you in the future. That’s why Paul said, “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:3-14 NKJV). God wants to do a new thing in your life. And if He wants to do a new thing, my advice is to let Him do it! We all need to look at each new day as another opportunity for God to do some great things in our lives. God wants you to set your expectations in Him as high as you possibly can. Start seeing yourself healed, restored and made totally whole in every area of your life. I encourage us all to stop thinking about the past and allow our thoughts to come into agreement with God’s thoughts: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV). Now is the time to stretch our faith, stretch our imagination, and think bigger than we’ve ever thought before. It begins with having a right relationship with God that comes only through Jesus Christ.
Pastor Dave
