Learning to Forget
by Tony Cooke
What does it mean to forget the past, and how do we do it?  Forgetting is not amnesia, absent-mindedness, or a mental block that keeps you from recalling information, but it is something that we as believers often have to do in order to move beyond the past and to step into the new beginnings that God has for us.  Tony shares vital truths about this important process in the life of the believer in this audio message, Learning to Forget.  

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The Bread at the Door - the Power of Association
Another story that illustrates the power of association comes from the life of Dietrich Bonhoffer, the gifted seminary professor and pastor who stood against the policies of Adolf Hitler.  He wrote the following to his family from prison: “I was just sitting down to a dinner of turnips and potatoes when a package you sent by Ruth arrived.  Such things give me greater joy than I can say.  Although I am utterly convinced that nothing can break the bonds between us, I seem to need some outward token or sign to reassure me.  In this way, material things become the vehicles of spiritual realities. I suppose it's rather like the felt need in our religion for the sacraments.” Read the article.

The God of New Beginnings
Gary Chapman said: "I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday and in doing so pollute a potentially wonderful day."  Some people think the only way to experience change is externally.  They will say: “If I only had a new spouse...” “If I only had a new job…” “If I only lived somewhere else…”  You can change all these and still be miserable unless you get renewed on the inside.  Read the article.

Great Thoughts for the New Year
Are you facing 2008 with faith or fear?  An interesting map is on display in the British Museum in London. It's an old mariner's chart, drawn in 1525, outlining the North American coastline and adjacent waters. The cartographer made some intriguing notations on areas of the map that represented regions not yet explored. He wrote: "Here be giants," "Here be fiery scorpions," and "Here be dragons." Eventually, the map came into the possession of Sir John Franklin, a British explorer in the early 1800s. Scratching out the fearful inscriptions, he wrote these words across the map: "Here is God."  Read the collection.

Quotes for January

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FUTURE
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
- Thomas Jefferson
 


EXAMPLE
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
- Mohandas Ghandi

PRAYER
Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position where God can control me.”
- Charles L. Allen




HONOR
“Don’t drown the man who taught you to swim.  If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.”
- Charles H. Spurgeon
 
PEOPLE SKILLS
“A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.”
- Lisa Kirk

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