UCB Word for Today 30th December 2022 Friday Daily Devotional Message (United Christian Broadcasters)
Read UCB Word For Today 30th December 2022 Devotional for Friday
TOPIC: Don’t Look Back (2)
SCRIPTURE: ‘Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!’
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
UCB WORD FOR TODAY DEVOTIONAL – 30TH DECEMBER 2022 MESSAGE
Author Ellen Vaughn continues: ‘3) We must also forget our successes. That doesn’t necessarily mean we must forget the great projects we have completed. We are to work and live with excellence unto God, and He takes pleasure in our successes as they are offered to His glory. But we should forget past successes if they have defined our identity or caused us to be complacent, smug and self-congratulatory. We’re not to fondle the past, dwelling on past glories. (Similarly, we must make sure our stories of God’s work and grace in our lives are not all old. If we can only point to instances of God’s faithfulness from five years ago but none from this week, our connection with Christ isn’t very current.)
‘Paul warns the Philippians against those who would put their confidence in human criteria and accomplishment: “If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more” (Philippians 3:4 NIV), he said, citing his power résumé that many in his day would have coveted. But his focus wasn’t on his past: “Whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ…But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:7, 13-14 NIVUK).’
The good news is, God doesn’t analyse your past in order to determine your future. He says, ‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!’ Learn from the past, leave it, and don’t look back!
DAILY BIBLE READING; Zechariah 13-14, Revelation 21
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UCB Word for Today 30th December 2022 Friday Daily Devotional. United Christian Broadcasters is a Christian media charity that exists to offer every person, in every place, every moment of the day, the opportunity to hear, watch or read the Word of God in a relevant and engaging way.
Salvation Prayer
Have you ever made Jesus the Lord and Savior of your life?
If not, pray this prayer and start a new life in Christ.
Dear God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I admit that I am not right with You, and I want to be right with You. I ask You to forgive me of all my sins. The Bible says if I confess with my mouth that “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead, I will be saved (Rom. 10:9). I believe with my heart and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is the Lord and Savior of my life. Thank You for saving me! In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.
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