Prayer on Letting
Go of the Past
Father, I realize my helplessness in saving myself, and I glory in what
Christ Jesus has done for me. I let go and put aside all my past
sources, counting them worthless than nothing, in order that I may
experience Christ and become one with Him.
Father, I have received You Son Jesus Christ as my personal savior, and
He has given me the authority (power, privilege, and right) to become
Your child.
I unfold my past and put into proper perspective those things that are
behind. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but
Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me. I trust in You, Lord,
with all of my heart and lean not on my own understanding. In all of my
ways I acknowledge You, and You will make my paths straight.
I want to know Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection and to
fellowship with Him. So, whatever it takes, I will be one who lives in
the fresh newness of life that Jesus died to give me.
I don’t mean to say that I am perfect. I haven’t learned all I should,
but I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Jesus
Christ saved me for and wants me to be.
I am brining all my energies to bear on this one thing. Regardless of my
past, I look forward to what lies ahead. I strain to reach the end of
the race and receive the prize for which You called me.
In Jesus Name, Amen
Scripture
References
Philippians 3:7-9
I once thought
these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of
what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared
with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I
have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I
could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own
righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous
through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right
with himself depends on faith.
John 1:12
But to all who
believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of
God.
Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged
my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my
transgressions to the Lord [continually unfolding the past till all is
told]--then You [instantly] forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin.
Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
Philippians
3:12-14
Pressing
toward the Goal
I don’t mean to
say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already
reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which
Christ Jesus first possessed me. 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.
Galatians 2:20
My old self has
been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives
in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave himself for me.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Lean on, trust
in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not
rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know,
recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and
plain your paths.
Germaine Copeland,
Prayers That Avail Much (Tulsa: Harrison
House, 1997).