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DON’T CARRY THE OLD SEASON WITH YOU · THIS IS THE LIFE PODCAST

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. Yesterday as we spent a little time with
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  Speaker 1: Jesus during our devotion, we talked about the leaves beginning
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  Speaker 1: to fall and how we have to trust God enough
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  Speaker 1: to let go of what belonged to another season. And
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  Speaker 1: this morning as I really got to praying and thinking
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  Speaker 1: about the devotion time the Lord really wanted to kind
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  Speaker 1: of expound on that just a little bit deeper because
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  Speaker 1: there's another aspect of that that we really need to
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  Speaker 1: discuss before the Lord and just kind of make sure
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  Speaker 1: we understand what going into a new season really entails
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah 43 in verse 18 and 19 I want you
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  Speaker 1: to listen to what the word of God says here
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  Speaker 1: it says remember ye not the former things Neither consider
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  Speaker 1: the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing.
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  Speaker 1: Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it?
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  Speaker 1: This morning, as we look at that, we talked about
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  Speaker 1: kind of leaving one season and entering into another season.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes we call it new chapters in our lives or
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  Speaker 1: a new direction, no matter what you call it. Because
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  Speaker 1: I was using a tree and the falling leaves as
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  Speaker 1: an analogy, I just chose to kind of talk about
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  Speaker 1: seasons in our lives. But the thing that the Lord
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  Speaker 1: really wants to talk to us about this morning is
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  Speaker 1: you can leave something physically and still carry it with
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  Speaker 1: you mentally and emotionally. And you can walk into a
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  Speaker 1: new season while your mind is still replaying the old one.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever done that? Have you ever been there?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're doing that right now. Physically, you've made the
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  Speaker 1: decision to move into A new area of your life.
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  Speaker 1: A new season in your life. But mentally and emotionally.
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  Speaker 1: You're just not there yet. Now spiritually speaking. You can
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  Speaker 1: step through a new door. While your heart is still
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  Speaker 1: standing in the room you just left. You can even
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  Speaker 1: accept that something is over. And still allow your emotions.
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  Speaker 1: To be connected to it. And determine how you live today.
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  Speaker 1: And here's what will happen eventually. That will begin to
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  Speaker 1: affect you spiritually. Because God told His people, Remember ye
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  Speaker 1: not the former things, neither consider the things of old,
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  Speaker 1: because I will do a new thing. And when we
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  Speaker 1: look at that scripture in context of what we're talking
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  Speaker 1: about this morning, there comes a time when moving forward
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  Speaker 1: requires more than just changing your surroundings. It requires changing
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  Speaker 1: what we allow to occupy our thoughts and to control
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  Speaker 1: our emotions. See, maybe the last season of your life
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  Speaker 1: caused you heartache. Maybe someone disappointed you. Maybe things didn't
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  Speaker 1: turn out the way you had prayed or hoped for.
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  Speaker 1: We've all been there. But maybe you made some mistakes
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  Speaker 1: that you wished you could go back and change. Or
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  Speaker 1: maybe the last season was actually very wonderful and part
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  Speaker 1: of you simply doesn't want to accept that life is
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  Speaker 1: changing and you need to move into a new season.
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  Speaker 1: Either way, we have to be real careful not to
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  Speaker 1: measure the new season against the old one. And this
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  Speaker 1: is very important this morning. This kind of came to
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  Speaker 1: my spirit, but I really want us to bear down
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  Speaker 1: on this one thought this morning. New people in your
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  Speaker 1: life should not have to pay for what other people
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  Speaker 1: have done in the old season. New opportunities should not
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  Speaker 1: be approached with yesterday's fears. And today shouldn't constantly have
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  Speaker 1: to compete With our memories of yesterday. God I hope
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  Speaker 1: that speaks to you this morning. Because there are some
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  Speaker 1: things that we can never forget. But we can decide
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  Speaker 1: that they will no longer control us moving forward. That
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  Speaker 1: is where spiritual growth becomes so important. Because before we
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  Speaker 1: can fully embrace what God is doing next. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 1: have to surrender not only where we've been. But also
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  Speaker 1: what that season did to us. See, the tree doesn't
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  Speaker 1: drop its leaves and then spend all winter trying to
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  Speaker 1: gather them back. It stands where God planted it, trusting
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  Speaker 1: that a new season is coming. Maybe that's the invitation
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  Speaker 1: for all of us today. Leave the old season where
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  Speaker 1: it belongs. Take the wisdom from it. Take the lessons
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  Speaker 1: that you've learned. Take the testimony that has come out
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  Speaker 1: of it, but leave behind the bitterness and the regret,
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  Speaker 1: the fear, the disappointment, the anxiety, and anything else that
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  Speaker 1: will keep your heart, mind, and emotions living somewhere that
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  Speaker 1: God has already brought you through. God is doing a
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  Speaker 1: new thing in your life right now. Make sure you
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  Speaker 1: don't miss it. Today you be safe, you be strong,
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  Speaker 1: and you be blessed. And embrace this new season physically, mentally, emotionally,
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  Speaker 1: and spiritually. Lord's will, we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day.