Tag: Bible verses about leaving our past behind

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-3-25

Exodus 33:17 (NKJV) 17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Disappointment in the choices we make, or the things others have done to us, can cause us to not like ourselves.

We can be so angry at ourselves that we don’t even like our own name. We deny the connection to try and get rid of this feeling.

The very name that God calls to Himself, we say no, that’s not me.

If God can call us by our name, then we too should be able to accept it as our identity no matter the damage done to it.

One day, as I sat in my car, tears running down my face because I was reminded of some things I had been through, it left me in a state of hating my own name. I didn’t want to associate with that name, so I hid from it within myself.

But God, as loving, kind, and gentle as He is, said to me that day in the car, “I love you and your full name.”

It hit me. I was hiding from it, hoping to find some relief from certain events or moments that took place in past years.

If we can forget our name, then it all goes away, right? Wrong. It’s just hidden.

God knows our name. It will always be our name. We can’t simply forget our own name and make the past go away. It doesn’t work that way.

But we can make things right. We can face what is making us be in such denial.

We can forgive ourself for the choices we made under that name. And we can forgive those who deliberately brought attacks upon us under that name.

But changing our name will never get rid of our past; it will not give us the peace that we so desperately desire.

God knows our name.

Our name is ours for life. Let Him repair the damage as we face it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-27-18

James 3:2 (NKJV) 2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

As a young child, I remember following my older siblings one day to an apple tree that belonged to our neighbor.

They helped me up into the tree and had me pick the apples and toss them down to them. It was fun and I was enjoying it!

Then I heard them yell, “quick, they’re home. Run!”.  But, they forgot one thing; ME! They left me in the tree.

The owner came to the tree and there I was, sitting in the tree, not knowing what was wrong. I just thought we were picking apples for Mom’s apple pie and that everything was happy and good.

They got me down from the tree and took me to my parents. Standing in front of my parents, I had to explain what I was doing in their tree.

I was sad after I learned what I was actually doing.

These are the consequences of following without understanding the how and why of it all. I was only little, but no matter the age, no matter the innocence, if we get caught up in the wrong place doing the wrong thing, there will be repercussions. Sometimes it can leave a scar.

There have been other times throughout my life when I blindly and innocently followed or got involved in things that I wished I hadn’t.

But, to hold onto those things as if they had just recently happened would be hurting and punishing me even more.

How do we change the past? How do we erase those things that came upon us innocently or unknowingly?

We cannot change the past. We can’t even change the future if we continue to wallow in the things that happened to us in the past.

We can only change today by taking that first step and letting the past be the past, and the future be the future.

We can’t be so hard on ourselves. Today is a new day. God wants to heal us.

Let go of what happened in the past and move on. Learn from it and try not to fall back into the same thing again. Take it one day at a time.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-11-17

Ephesians 4:20-23 (NLT) 20 But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

That one short sentence is the sum of what we need to do in order to live a life that’s fulfilling, and pleasing to God.

Sometimes our old ways, the way we did things before we met Jesus, will pull on us and try to bring us backwards. Back then, we lived in darkness. We thought lies were truth. We had no understanding of who God really was and what the death and resurrection of Jesus meant for us.

But today, if we are followers of Christ, it’s important that we only look back to our old selves as a reminder of where He has taken us from and then where He has brought us to. Our thoughts and desires shouldn’t still be looking back, longing for the past.

Jesus has given Himself for us, paying the ultimate price to offer us freedom from sin and death. He wants us to live and walk in that freedom each and every day. And the freedom that He gives us is better than anything the world, or our past, can offer us.

Let’s be careful that we don’t overlook this incredible gift and get caught up in our past ways.

All it takes is letting the Spirit of God renew our thoughts and our attitudes.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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