21200 Putting Your Past Behind You (Level 3)

Lesson 1

If we want our past to be broken & its negative influence smashed, a good place to begin is to tell God. God wants us to have a brand new emotional and spiritual beginning. Does this new beginning mean that there will be no scars? What do scars mean?

Lesson 2

The voice of conscience has driven many a person to an early grave. Some people become criminals because subconsciously they want to be found out due to their guilt. We must distinguish the forgiveness of sins from the consequences of sins. God can speak us clean & put our ugly past behind us & say that we are clean.

Lesson 3

We have an enemy without, which is Satan who inject thoughts in us, and an enemy within that is the flesh. Sometimes we cannot tell the difference between the enemy within & the enemy without. We should have our minds so filled with thoughts of God Himself that they squeeze out all others.

Lesson 4

An addiction refers to compulsive destructive behavior. Addiction is really only another word for sin. Every single addict is trying to meet legitimate needs in illegitimate, destructive ways. When God justifies a sinner, He gives them all the very same righteousness & stature before God.

Lesson 5

People who have been rejected almost inevitably do things that make further rejection inevitable. Unless we come to terms with our past & make peace with it we will be haunted with it as long as we live.

Lesson 6

Satan takes weaknesses that we already have & works through them. If we have a stronghold in our lives, even when we desire to seek God, the stronghold gets in the way. Can a believer have a stronghold, or a deeply rooted obsession?

Lesson 7

The armor of the Christian is found in Ephesians chapter 6. Once we are fitted for the battle, we must begin to intercede for others. It is possible to bring to bear the resurrection & ascension of Christ on a particular situation through prayer.

Lesson 8

There are 4 attributes of God recorded in Psalm 51 that helped David to put his past behind him. All sin is against God 1st & foremost, & people get hurt in the process. The fact that God brought something good out of David’s sin only serves to magnify God’s grace.