#ANewThing Have you ever wanted to start over?

#ANewThing Have you ever wanted to start over? Have you ever had to start over?

#ANewThing Isaiah

#ANewThing “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” – Isaiah 43:18-19

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18)

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.”

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) a) PAST GLORIES

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) a) PAST GLORIES The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the L ORD of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the L ORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!” – Haggai 2:9

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) a) PAST GLORIES “You will not succeed by your own strength or power but by My Spirit, says the Lord.” - Zechariah 4:6

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) a) PAST GLORIES b) PAST FAILURES

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) a) PAST GLORIES b) PAST FAILURES c) PAST FAITH

#ANewThing Will You not bring us back to life once more so that we, Your people, will find joy and pleasure in You? O Eternal One, show us Your unfailing love; give us what we truly need: Your salvation. – Psalm 85:6-7

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a)

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) a) MOWING OVER

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) a) MOWING OVER They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. - Jeremiah 6:14

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) a) MOWING OVER “Sometimes the heart of the problem is a problem of the heart”

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) a) MOWING OVER b) COVERING UP

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) 3. COMMIT TO GOD’S FUTURE (v.19b)

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) 3. COMMIT TO GOD’S FUTURE (v.19b) “I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

#ANewThing 1. DON’T OBSESS OVER THE PAST (v.18) 2. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (v.19a) 3. COMMIT TO GOD’S FUTURE (v.19b) The word of the L ORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. The L ORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” – Jeremiah 1:11-12

#ANewThing 7 For He is our God and we are His people, the flock of His pasture, His sheep protected and nurtured by His hand. Today, if He speaks, hear His voice. 8 “Don’t harden your hearts the way they did in the bitter uprising at Meribah or like that day they complained in the wilderness of Massah. – Psalm 95:7-8