FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

Team:

What do we Forget?
What do we Focus on?
What is the Future?

Sometimes we Focus on the past don't we?

Here Paul tells us to Focus on Forgetting the past!

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

"No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
—Philippians 3:13–14

Friends, sometimes we get strangled with the past. The enemy wants us to remember our failures. He tries to remind us of our failures to take us out of the game.

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

Paul was just like us. He had some baggage from the past that kept haunting him.

Paul was saying I have not achieved what I need to achieve.

I cannot be Complacent!

God has so much more in store for our future.

The Lord wants us to Forget the past because He knows the past can strangle us.

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

So how do we Forget the past? Paul says to Focus Forgetting it and to Focus on the Future.

Look Forward to what is ahead! Look Forward to the Finish Line.

Have you ever looked through a telescope that wasn't Focused? You can't see anything because the image is blurred.

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

Our perception is the same way. When we look at our goals are they blurry?

If so we might want to Forget the Past.

Why?

Because sometimes the Past is more Focused then our Future. The enemy tries to Remind us of all our failures.

Martin Luther said, "the just shall live by Faith."

How do we get Faith? "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God."

"Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a light to my path."

If we don't "forget the past" and move on our Future will be dark and blurry.

If our future is dark and blurry then we will be confused wandering aimlessly without a Purpose.

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

We must Forget the Past and Focus on the Future!

FORGET - FOCUS - FUTURE

Just Go!!

Rick