DONT LOOK BACK

IF YOU ARE ANYTHING LIKE ME, YOU OFTEN HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING DECISIONS.  YOU WONDER WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK, HOW THEY MIGHT REACT AND EVEN WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY ABOUT YOU IF YOU DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.  WELL, HERE IS A NEWSFLASH...........NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR WHEN YOU DO IT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA TALK.  PEOPLE WILL PUT YOU DOWN.  THEY WILL HATE TO SEE YOU SUCCEED AND WAIT TO WATCH YOU FALL.  ITS JUST HUMAN NATURE. 

FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I GAVE PEOPLE REASON TO EXPECT THE WORST OUT OF ME.  THROUGH MY ACTIONS, I BROUGHT OUT THE WORST OF RESPONSES FROM OTHERS.  I LIVED A CURSED LIFE AND I RECEIVED CURSES IN RETURN.  I PUT MYSELF DOWN AND HELD NO EXPECTATIONS OTHERWISE.  I ACTUALLY SOUGHT OUT OTHERS WHO ENJOYED LIVING A LIFESTYLE OF UNHAPPINESS.  THAT IS WHERE I THRIVED! 

I SAY THESE THINGS NOT TO DWELL ON THE PAST, BUT TO FIRMLY ENCOURAGE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN LIED TO BY THE DEVIL.  THERE IS A BETTER WAY.  A SIMPLER WAY OF LIFE, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DRAMA, THE STRESS AND THE DEFEAT OF THE WORLD AROUND YOU!  SATAN HAS LIED, CHEATED AND STOLEN WAY TOO MUCH FROM ALL OF US!  GOD, ON THE OTHER HAND IS READY, WILLING AND MORE THAN ABLE TO RESTORE EACH OF OUR LOSSES!  ALL IT TAKES IS DETERMINATION AND A WILLING, OPEN, HONEST HEART. 

DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT SAY.  THROUGH CHRIST, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.  IT IS HIS OBJECTIVE TO SET CAPTIVES FREE.  BECOME TIRED OF LIVING IN DEFEAT!  TURN YOUR BACK ON THE WICKED WAYS OF THE WORLD!  BREAK THE CHAINS WHICH HAVE BOUND YOU SO TIGHTLY!  LISTEN FOR THE STILL, SMALL VOICE OF GOD!  FIND A WAY TO GET INTO HIS PRESENCE!  DISCOVER THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE!  WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK?????  MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO LIVE FOR GOD TODAY AND DONT LOOK BACK!!!!!  I PROMISE YOU WONT REGRET IT!

MATTHEW 6:33  "BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU"

ACTS 5:29  "WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN"

ROMANS 12:2  AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT NBE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD