Jan 9 2026 … Forgetting The Past …

Jan 9 2026 …  Forgetting The Past  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Elevation Rhythm singing Goodbye Yesterday … calling for Christians lay the past behind and look forward to a new day from God’s grace.

Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 43:18-19 … [NLT] …  

18  “But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. 19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?  I will make a pathway through the wilderness.  I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.  

… God, thru Isaiah, calls on His chosen to let the past be forgotten and to look forward to a new pathway to the future. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Isaiah 43:10-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, promises a new future for His chosen people.   

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches Godly wisdom about trusting God to lead us to His glory.  

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Jeremiah, promises His people - that’s us - a new, and hopeful, future.    

Reference Passage: … John 14:1-4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, to  his troubled and confused Disciples, promises them (and all believers) a place for them (and us) in glory. 

<b><u>Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT]   … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul testifies to the transformation of his heart by God’s saving grace. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 3:13-14 [NLT]   … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians to focus on the future - in Christ - forgetting the past.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 1:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter calls on Christians to put all our hope for the future in the salvation provided for believers in Christ’s finished work on the cross.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Marvin Williams …  USE THIS LINK     … wrote about this digital age in which we live, where EVERYTHING we enter into our computers get stored somewhere in “the cloud” or on search engines, … seemingly there “forever.”  However, one such search engine offers the choice of being able to extract our personal information like phone numbers, addresses, and other personal data.  

That latter option is what God offers to us Christians, doesn’t He?  And if my readers have taken in the linked song and God’s truth in the Scriptures above, we, … who believe in Jesus’ finished work on the cross to save all who believe in Him, … are promised an eternal future with our Lord in His glory.  Personally, I’m in for that, … all the way!   How about you?.  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for showing me the way to follow You, Lord, into Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … How glorious it is that we have Your promise of a hope to be with You in Your glory.     … Amen

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