Redeeming Regret: Embracing God's Purpose in Our Past

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There are consequences but it's much better to live in God's arms redeemed and forgiven back in his will than it is to live outside of his will and to keep falling in certain areas and not to regain lost ground and that's wonderful thing about God is there are consequences. [00:01:09]

Stop blaming God and I blamed him my dad was mean and angry even though I loved him it was a hard thing to very walking on eggshells and I know what that means uh my education my background and but Lord this this this is and stop blaming God you allowed this how could you do this. [00:05:48]

Position yourself to receive from God you have to position yourself now this might seem a little trite but it's powerful coach in baseball I have to put my players in a position where they're going to catch the ball same thing applies with God 1 Corinthians 1:27. [00:07:50]

Use regret don't live in regret don't live in it use it as a stepping stone in other words I regret my choices I regret my felt married I regret my abortion 24 years ago six weeks old I've talked about this I conceited to that I regret it there's not a week that doesn't go by that rips me apart. [00:21:28]

Trust in God's sovereignty there is a God who can raise one president up and pull another president down I will tell you this much that as much as I've been studying on atheism and and and scientific and discoveries and and uh quantum physics and uh deoxy ribonucleic acid you you guys know what that is DNA. [00:40:03]

When we fall, we must fall forward into God's arms of forgiveness and restoration. This involves acknowledging our need for Him and allowing His love to heal and transform us, rather than allowing our past to pull us away from Him. [00:54:11]

God can use your past like he did with Paul and I'm going to speak a little bit about my past just for those who may not be familiar um but I used to deal with a lot of regret uh and especially when you're living in the regret when you make a bad choice and say it results in a failed marriage. [00:02:10]

God chose the foolish things to shame the wise God chose the weak things to shame the strong so here's what happens might power and success don't get the credit God does when he uses the least likely and what happens is once we realize we're the least likely once we realize God I'm nothing without you. [00:08:31]

Bad decision made in the past are not the unpardonable sin people I had a divorce I had it's not the unpardonable sin rejecting Christ is the imparable sin that's the impart that's something that you can never be pardoned from Once you die and reject Christ so don't live in those p i mean Paul killed Christians. [00:22:55]

God is not you're not going to ever get God to a point where he says okay, Uncle you're right you've been like it works at home doesn't it it works the kids are badgering you all day about the computer you're not playing the computer you're not playing the computer Compu you're not playing the computer no no no. [00:28:44]

Proud people focus on the failures of others broken people are overwhelmed with the sense of their own spiritual need proud people have a critical fault finding Spirit they look at everyone else's fault through the through the lens of a microscope but their own shortcomings through the lens of a telescope broken people are compassionate. [00:46:52]

Consider fasting for Direction that's What Paul he's not eating he's not drinking now granted he's probably doing this for more morning in the Bible you'll see fasting is either used for mourning or um uh protection or Direction so Paul is in a state of mourning here he he's mourning what happened. [00:48:18]

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