Moving Forward From Your Past — The Real Work “…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.” Philippians 3:13–14 (KJV) Family, This week is not about your past. We’ve already acknowledged it. We’ve prayed through it. We’ve grown from it. What we’re addressing now is what it looks like to move forward and stay forward. Because moving forward is not just about where you are in life. It’s about how you show up in the life you’re in now. Paul said, “forgetting those things which are behind…” Not erasing them. Not pretending they didn’t happen. But making a decision that they no longer have permission to influence how you think, how you respond, or how you move. And this is where it becomes real. Because you can be in a completely different place in your life and still have moments where something familiar tries to surface. A thought that doesn’t align with who you are now. A reaction that feels like an old version of you trying to respond. A pattern that attempts to reintroduce itself in subtle ways. Because anything that was practiced consistently… will try to show up again. And this is where a lot of people get confused. They think, “I thought I was past this.” You are. But that doesn’t mean it won’t try you. It just means now you have to handle it differently. Because at this level, it’s not about the feeling showing up. It’s about what you do when it does. When a thought comes that doesn’t align, you don’t follow it all the way through. You catch it. And you make a decision right there. “That’s not how I think anymore.” When a reaction starts to rise…you don’t let it fully play out. You pause. You choose how you’re going to respond. That’s the interruption. Not loud. Not dramatic. But intentional. Because if you let it sit…it will start building again. A thought becomes a feeling. A feeling becomes a response.

Holy Week Sacrifice: The Cost of Becoming “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23 (KJV) Family 🤍 This is not just another week. This is a time where we reflect on: sacrifice discipline surrender and what it really means to walk in new life And I want us to stay anchored here… We can’t talk about resurrection later in the week if we don’t first deal with sacrifice. Sacrifice is not just something Jesus did. It is a posture we are called to live. God has a way of dealing with things in us that we’ve been overlooking. Not loudly..but clearly. So pay attention to what keeps coming up. Not everything but that one thing you keep pushing past. That thought you keep entertaining. That habit you keep excusing. That response you keep justifying. That attachment you keep protecting. Because sacrifice will always locate the area where you’ve been choosing comfort over obedience. And if we’re honest, some of us don’t have a clarity problem. We have a surrender problem. We know what God showed us. We heard Him the first time. But we’ve been negotiating with it, instead of releasing it. And this is where becoming gets delayed. Not because God isn’t speaking but because we’re holding onto what He already addressed. Sacrifice is not just about letting something go externally. It is about breaking agreement internally. Because you can say you’ve let something go but if you’re still thinking it, feeding it, revisiting it… You’re still connected to it. Becoming requires a clean break. This is why sacrifice feels uncomfortable. It feels like: • tension • resistance • stretching • exposure Because something in you is being challenged. Your patterns. Your emotions. Your character (“this is just how I am”). What feels like pressure is actually God refining your capacity. Because the version of you that is asking for new life cannot be sustained by the same agreements you’ve been living in.

DAY 4: Restored from the Inside Out Sometimes what needs rebuilding isn’t around us—it’s within us. Sand is just eroded rock. The things that wear us down—fear, hurt, shame, sin—don’t happen overnight. But slowly, quietly, we stop praying. We pull back from people. We carry wounds God never asked us to carry. The word also says God gives beauty for ashes. But sometimes we’ve lived in the ashes so long, we’ve forgotten what beauty even looks like. Friend, don’t settle for erosion. Let God bring healing—emotional, spiritual, even physical. He’s already made the way through Jesus. He’s not asking you to fake it. He’s asking you to trust Him enough to let Him in. Restoration starts when we open the door to the Holy Spirit. Reflection Questions: 1. What’s been eroded in your inner life? 2. Are there wounds you haven’t invited God into yet? 3. What would healing look like for you today?

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Lent Challenge Day 40 Dedication Day Fast from: Returning to old habits Focus: Rededicating your life to God Scripture: Romans 12:1 Reflection: How will I carry what I’ve learned during this fast into my daily life? Prayer: “Father, I dedicate my life, my heart, and my future fully to You.”