RESTART or RESET YOUR LIFE! – IT’S A NEW BEGINNING – PT 1- 1/12/2020

Colossians 3:1-4 (NLT)

Living the New Life

3 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. ² Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. ³ For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.

1. FORGET

Philippians 4:13-14

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Luke 9:62

“Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

Genesis 19:26

“But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”

This is why Jesus told His listeners “Remember Lot’s wife!” (Luke 17:32).

2. FORGIVE!

Matthew 6:14-15 (NLT)

¹⁴ “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sin.

Matthew 18:21-22 (NLT)

²¹ Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”

²² “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!

Matthew 5:23-24(NLT)

²³ “So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, ²⁴ leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.

3. BE POSITIVE!

1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV)

³³ Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

Philippians 4:8 (NLT)

⁸ And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

4. CHANGE!

2 Corinthians 3:18(NLT)

¹⁸ So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

5. FOCUS!

Romans 12:2 (NLT)

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

6. TRUST!

Proverbs 4:25-27 (NCV)

²⁵ Keep your eyes focused on what is right,
and look straight ahead to what is good.
²⁶ Be careful what you do,
and always do what is right.
²⁷ Don’t turn off the road of goodness;
keep away from evil paths.

7. TAKE RISKS!

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 (NIV)

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship your grain across the sea;
after many days you may receive a return.
² Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

⁶ Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.

8. AIM AND EXPECT THE BEST!

Jeremiah 29:11 (NCV)

¹¹ I say this because I know what I am planning for you,” says the Lord. “I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future.