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How to make 2014 Your Best Year Ever – Part 2

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2014_miniText: Philippians 3:13

Intro:

  • Forgetting what lies behind: Philippians 3:13-14
  • Leaning forward to what lies ahead: Isaiah 43:18-19
  • There are things tht can’t be left behind and there are things that must be left behind. This message is about how to discern the two lists.
  • You come to know Christ at a moment in time, but you demonstrate conversion by the way you live.

1. I must forget those things which are behind (v 13a)

  • The contextual thing forgetting is the pride of life – that pride won’t save Paul (or me); or forgetting the things that make me believe I don’t need Jesus Christ
  • Looking in the rearview mirror we often see lies
  • Lies about needing Jesus. I don’t need Jesus because: I’m smart; attracted or talented; young or healthy; I’m good; I’m too bad;
  • There is just one answer to every human condition: Jesus Christ (John 3:16)
  • For some people pain and shame keep me looking backwards
  • Forgetting means the massive mountain of pain holding me getting forward in 2014
  • Forgetting means forgiving
  • I can’t forget until I forgive
  • Forgiving is the letting go, stop carrying it around
  • The Bible calls for immediate, unilateral, total forgiveness.
  • Immediate means right now
  • Unilateral means no strings attached, all people, nothing held back
  • Total means everything, all offenses
  • Forgiveness is not: resourcing, rescuing, risking
  • Forgiveness is a decision to release a person from the obligation that resulted when they injured me.
  • Forgiveness is saying “you don’t owe me”
  • You don’t need to tell a person you forgive them
  • Forgiveness takes time
  • Forgiving begins in a crisis and continues through a process.
  • All that has been is for what is coming
  • Get a high view of God (Isaiah 43)
  • Manassa – God has made me forget (Genesis 41:51)
  • Put reminders in my life of God’s faithfulness and goodness – it’ll help me with forgiveness
  • Forgetting does not mean forgetting the lessons learned, just the pain, problems, etc.

2. I must lean forward to the things that are ahead (v 13b)

  • Lean forward carries the notion of 100% dedication, using every ounce of their being to get that millimeter forward
  • Carrying the past puts me on my heels
  • HBC year end $ need has been met
  • 5G: Glorifying, Growing, Gracious, Grateful, Generous

Conclusion:


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