A NEW SEASON A NEW REASON
GETTING PAST THE PAST I
Isaiah 43:18-19
18 “Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. 19 “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
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A NEW GOD-CENTERED VIEW OF YOU
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [a]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
- GOD WILL GIVE YOU A NEW NAME.
Isaiah 62:2
2 The nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory; And you will be called by a new name Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
- GOD WILL GIVE YOU A NEW PURPOSE.
Matthew 16:17-18
17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon [a]Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 I also say to you that you are [b]Peter, and upon this [c]rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
- GOD WILL GIVE YOU NEW FUTURE.
Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Philippians 3:13-14
13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.