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Forgeting the Past

Hello everyone! I have just posted a new video blog on the Church of God MPGT community facebook page.  Go over there and check it out.  Once I get really good at posting and keeping my videos under 10 mins I will be posting them to You tube and sharing them to this page. 
I wanted to encourage you all to press toward the mark.  Philippians 3:13-14
Paul writes to the Philippian church:  "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:  but this one thing I do, Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Paul knew how he persecuted the Church he was quite aware of his faults and mistakes, however, because he was sure of the new creature he was in Christ, having a greater purpose in spreading the Gospel, he did not let his past keep him from doing what God called for him to do.  We too cannot let guilt from past mistakes creep up in our present life and send us into depression or self pity and distract us from our purpose. We are justified by faith and no longer have to feel the guilt of our past.  God has great things for you, press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus! The Devil is a liar, You have been called for such a time as this to carry out his purpose for your life, Don't let anyone stop you from being about your fathers business, forget the past and press forward to your future!  God bless!

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