Bible Verse About Forgetting The Past

Dear friends, for those of you seeking guidance from the Bible on how to leave the past behind and step forward, today’s message is tailored for you. I believe this post will inspire you to let go of what’s behind and embrace a new life in Christ with renewed vigor.

Introductions

Dear friends, letting go of the past is a vital step in our spiritual growth. We are often ensnared by the shadows of bygone days, caught in a web of old wounds, past failures, and mistakes. But the Scriptures guide us towards a path of liberation, encouraging us to shed yesterday’s burdens to embrace the freedom of today.

Paul, in his wisdom shared with the Philippians, emphasizes the importance of looking forward and not backward, striving towards the future with the goal of fulfilling God’s call in Jesus Christ. Holding onto our history, whether it’s filled with joy or sorrow, can blind us to the new horizons God has set before us. He beckons us to a life unshackled by former chains, propelled forward by His vision.

Even Jesus, in His earthly ministry, did not let His divine origins dictate His purpose. He chose humility, serving rather than being served, focusing not on what was, but on what had to be accomplished—the divine mission entrusted to Him by the Father.

Forgiveness is a powerful tool for unburdening ourselves from the past. Clinging to grievances binds us to bitterness, but as Jesus taught, forgiving others paves the way for our own forgiveness by our Heavenly Father. In choosing forgiveness, we unlock the prison doors of past offenses.

Each dawn is a testament to God’s renewing mercies, a daily invitation to start anew, unmarred by the former day. Our identity need not be anchored to what was; instead, we are given the grace of a clean slate with each sunrise.

Let us then resolve to release the grip of what lies behind and advance with courage into the future God has in store for us. Now, let us turn our hearts to the Scriptures that speak of “Forgetting The Past.”

Embracing New Beginnings

Isaiah 43:18-19
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert”

Philippians 3:13-14
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, 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”

2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”

Lamentations 3:22-23
“It is of the Lord ‘s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness”

Ezekiel 36:26
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh”

Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”

Finding Strength in God to Move Forward

Psalm 18:2
“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower”

Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”

Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

2 Timothy 1:7
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind”

Joshua 1:9
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest”

Psalm 34:17-18
“The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit”

Releasing the Chains of the Past

Romans 8:1-2
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death”

Psalm 103:12
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us”

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool”

Micah 7:19
“He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea”

1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

Colossians 1:13-14
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins”

Pursuit of Healing and Renewal

Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”

Isaiah 57:18-19
“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal him”

1 Peter 5:7
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you”

Psalm 147:3
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds”

Romans 12:2
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”

Hosea 14:4
“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him”

Fostering Mercy and Releasing Resentment

Matthew 6:14-15
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses”

Ephesians 4:31-32
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”

Colossians 3:13
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”

Luke 17:3-4
“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him”

Mark 11:25
“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses”

Acts 3:19
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”

Building a Future with Hope and Purpose

Jeremiah 31:17
“And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord , that thy children shall come again to their own border”

Proverbs 23:18
“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off”

Job 17:9
“The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger”

Proverbs 4:18
“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day”

1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things”

Philippians 1:6
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”

Trusting God’s Plan Above Our Own

Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts”

Romans 8:28
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”

Jeremiah 17:7-8
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit”

Psalm 37:5
“Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”

Proverbs 16:3
“Commit thy works unto the Lord , and thy thoughts shall be established”