A spirit of strength and courage.

Anyone who’s planning a vacation or trip, knows their final destination. Sometimes when you’re planning a vacation, you’ll look ahead to see what attractions or restaurants are nearby, even what the weather is forecasted to be.

You’re looking ahead. You’re not looking back on what happened on your last trip, that would be useless. The future trip is what matters.

But, so many of us, even Christians, live daily, looking back on past hurts, bitterness from a relationship gone bad, or accusations from a former friend. They’re afraid of failure, so they recluse on what they’re familiar with.

They can’t get past yesterday’s blow, to see the good ahead. If this is you, how’s that working out for you?

They’re miserable, depressed, angry and it seems that life is just not fair in their world.

Fellow Christians, this is not the life God meant for you to live. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead, lives inside of us.

God gives each of us strength to overcome the hurts; courage to fight our battles, and love to overcome it all.

Don’t let satan steal this from you.

Live the life God planned for you from the beginning. He planned today, tomorrow and the rest of your life.

Rest in knowing that God is right now making plans for your future, and He has also forgot the sins of your past.

God gives each of us this power. Will you use it and let it empower your future?

Philippians 3:13-14 - “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”