Teach me, O God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith. -- Søren Kierkegaard, The Prayers of Kierkegaard, prayer 27.
Ah, regret, guilt, condemnation. Lord, I carry a heavy burden. Help me to repent, if need be, to hand it all over to you once and for all, and to receive - breathe deeply - the forgiveness, the setting-me-free, washing-me-clean, new hope, new life, new creation that you came to give.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43:18-19a
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 (ESV)
Breathe deeply ...
Press on.
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