When we think about our future, what keeps us from moving forward? And what is limiting us in our lives today? The irony is that often the answer to these questions is rooted in our past. Failure. Disappointment. Shame. We feel chained to these failed past performances and broken dreams. In part three of our conversation This is Your Permission Slip, we explore the idea that when we make Jesus our Lord, God has given us permission to let go of our past as He takes us into the future He has planned for us.

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‘But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me
out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was
drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He
stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be
loved!’
2 Samuel Chapter 22 Verses 17 -­ 20
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‘God addressed Samuel: “So, how long are you going to mope over
Saul? You know I’ve rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your flask with
anointing oil and get going. I’m sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I’ve
spotted the very king I want among his sons.”’
1 Samuel Chapter 16 Verse 1
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‘David strengthened himself with trust in his God. He ordered Abiathar
the priest, son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the Ephod so I can consult
God.” Abiathar brought it to David. Then David prayed to God, “Shall I
go after these raiders? Can I catch them?” The answer came, “Go after
them! Yes, you’ll catch them! Yes, you’ll make the rescue!”’
1 Samuel Chapter 30 Verses 6 -­ 8
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‘David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They arrived at the
Brook Besor, where some of them dropped out. David and four
hundred men kept up the pursuit, but two hundred of them were too
fatigued to cross the Brook Besor, and stayed there.’
1 Samuel Chapter 30 Verse 10
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‘David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued
his two wives! Nothing and no one was missing—young or old, son or
daughter, plunder or whatever. David recovered the whole lot. He
herded the sheep and cattle before them, and they all shouted,
“David’s plunder!”’
1 Samuel Chapter 16 Verses 18 -­ 20
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‘David noticed that the servants were whispering behind his back, and
realized that the boy must have died. He asked the servants, “Is the
boy dead?” “Yes,” they answered. “He’s dead.” David got up from the
floor, washed his face and combed his hair, put on a fresh change of
clothes, then went into the sanctuary and worshiped. Then he came
home and asked for something to eat. They set it before him and he
ate.
2 Samuel Chapter 12 Verses 19 -­ 24
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His servants asked him, “What’s going on with you? While the child
was alive you fasted and wept and stayed up all night. Now that he’s
dead, you get up and eat.” “While the child was alive,” he said, “I fasted
and wept, thinking God might have mercy on me and the child would
live. But now that he’s dead, why fast? Can I bring him back now? I can
go to him, but he can’t come to me.” David went and comforted his wife
Bathsheba. And when he slept with her, they conceived a son. When
he was born they named him Solomon.’
2 Samuel Chapter 12 Verses 19 -­ 24
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