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Living in the Past

For many people, life in the past is filled with "regrets". We hear it often: "If only I didn't do that", "If only I made a better choice", "If only I listened", "If only". People have regrets over things they did or didn't do. BUT we can't continue to grieve over a situation that we cannot change. If we continue to look back and dwell on the past, we can be preserved like a pillar of salt as Lot's wife was.

Isaiah 43

¹⁸ "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. ¹⁹ 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 wasteland."

2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Luke 6:35
"I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. You'll never—I promise—regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when we're at our worst. Our Father is kind; you be kind.

Matthew 21:28-31

^{²⁸ “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’}^²⁹^{He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went.}^³⁰^{Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go.}^³¹^{Which of the two did the will of his father?”

They said to Him, “The first.”}

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