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Letting Go | How to Let Go of the Past · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
• 0:16
  - Here is today's prayer.
• 0:23
  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
• 0:26
  - Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer focus is how to let go
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  - of the past.
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  - Scripture text comes from Isaiah forty three eighteen
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  - and reminds us to forget the former things.
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  - Do not dwell on the past.
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  - You know,
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  - the past may be behind us chronologically
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  - while still occupying a great deal of space
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  - emotionally.
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  - I mean, let's be honest.
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  - We replay conversations.
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  - We revisit decisions, good and or bad.
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  - We imagine what we should have, could have
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  - done
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  - differently.
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  - And quite frankly, sometimes we're physically living in
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  - today while emotionally living in yesterday, which is
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  - causing us to be at a standstill.
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  - The challenge is
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  - that the past is familiar to us,
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  - and even painful memories can feel easier to
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  - revisit than an unknown future.
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  - But constantly
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  - looking backward can make it difficult
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  - to recognize what God is doing right now.
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  - Prayer helps us acknowledge the past without continuing
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  - to live there.
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  - But this might also require some honesty
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  - and
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  - some willingness
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  - to move forward.
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  - And that can look like
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  - thanking God for what
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  - the lesson taught us.
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  - To grieve what hurt us. Because believe it
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  - or not,
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  - grief is healthy,
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  - and it can strengthen us if we
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  - work through the pain.
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  - We can learn from what happened,
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  - and it can be
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  - quite difficult.
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  - But if we ask God to help us
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  - stop living in a season that has already
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  - ended,
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  - it will help us
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  - recalibrate
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  - the future he has in front of us.
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  - God can redeem yesterday without requiring you to
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  - remain there.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, help us release the parts of
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  - our past that continue pulling us back.
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  - Heal the memories that still hurt and give
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  - us wisdom
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  - from what we are experiencing.
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  - Help us to remain present with you today
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  - and to trust you with where you're leading
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  - us next,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Well, it's always about
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  - continuing the conversation.
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  - So today's challenge is to ask yourself,
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  - am I remembering the past,
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  - or am I still living it?
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  - Can be a sobering
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  - thought,
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  - but definitely worth the work.
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  - If you're ready for a community that encourages
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  - you through prayer,
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  - scripture, and seasons of spiritual growth, I'd like
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  - to invite you into
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  - the inner chamber community.
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  - It's as easy as joining us by going
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  - to divine515.com/free.
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  - And remember,
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  - honor what was,
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  - but don't miss where God is leading you
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  - now.