Don’t get Stuck Mentally in the Past | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

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0:44 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. Yes, it's one thing to just tell people, you know, you need to get to the place where you move forward, stop getting stuck to the past and just take the step. And we focus a lot on the physical aspect of moving forward. We focus a lot on the physical steps that people need to take you in order to move forward. But there's also an important thing you need to understand. The scripture says you know as a man think it's so see, which gives us a lot of importance to note the importance of our mental thinking capacity.

1:27 Right. Sometimes you know, yes, you are forced to move forward physically, you know. For example, I mean if you lost a loud one, you know, you can't sit in the graveyard the rest of your life, right, you need to physically move forward with your life, like you need to get back to college or school, or work or wherever you are, whatever you're doing. You need to get back to the game of life. But the thing is this, the biggest challenge is not in the physical aspect of moving forward, but it's actually in you know, the place where your mind needs to move forward.

2:06 Are you getting what I'm saying a place where I want to pray and speak over you guys, that you take the step to deal with your mind, that you take it forward from where you are in life, right, because a lot of people are getting stuck in life. They're not able to move forward. Maybe they're just doing certain things that they need to do, maybe go back to work, go back to school, that they just have to do. They have no the choice, go back to their family, go back you know, there are certain things they have to continue doing it.

2:35 They're forced to do it, they are obligated to do it, and they have no the choice about doing it. But then when it comes to the decisions in their life when it comes to moving forward into the next level of their destiny, maybe taking a step in their career, maybe in their relationships, or maybe with their dreams they're calling their purpose or maybe anything like that. You know, they will really like, you know what, I don't feel like moving forward with life. You know, I'm just giving up on life, you know.

3:01 I just want to just settle where I am. Now, that's where I want to tell you guys, if you need to move forward in that regard, also you need to deal with your mind, because you need to move forward in your mind. I want to share a scripture with you, and I want to take this forward. And this is found in Joshua chapter one, and I'm reading from the Inalti version, and this is what it says. After the death of Moses, the Lord's servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua's son of none, Moses is assistant. He said in verse two, Moses, my servant is dead.

3:33 Therefore the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them, and he gives them, gives a couple of promises to Joshua regarding the same you see here, Joshua knew Moses was dead, right Like, physically Moses was dead. There's no point in looking back or there's nothing that they can do, you know, to bring back Moses, because Moses is dead. But why was God coming and reenterating him, telling him, Hey, listen, my servant, Moses is dead.

4:04 Everybody knows Moses is dead. Why would God have to come and repeat that to him? The point here is God is trying to remind us, you know, yes, in your physical life, you'll come to that place where you're like, Okay, I have to move forward. I can't expect Moses to come back to life, but I just feel like getting stuck. I don't want to move forward anymore. Because Moses was the one who led me thus far. Moses is the one who was the voice. It was giving us direction from God, counsel from God, divine instructions from the Lord.

4:34 And now our Moses is dead. I think it's fine for us to just settle where we are. And those are the moments God is reminding us to say, you know what, Yes, that Moses is dead physically, but can Moses also be dead in your mind? That he's not coming and being a factor that is strying to stop you or hindering you from moving forward in your life. Today, I want to in the name of Jesus Christ, every single person in this podcast who's listening to me, I pray that you'll get to that place where you know whatever.

5:07 Maybe it's a person that you are wondering and you're missing, and you're saying that you went through a loss and your life you know, because of this, I don't want to move forward. Or it could be a physical death, maybe they died, or it could be somebody who betrayed you, abandoned you, left you hanging on a cliff, and you're saying because these people did me wrong, they betrayed me, and because of all the unfair things I've went through, I'm in a place where I just want to give up. I don't want to move forward with my life.

5:32 I want to tell you guys today, whatever you went through in the past, whatever is your Moses. It could be a person, it could be a thing, It could be a failure, It could be an addiction, it could be a sickness whatever you went through that, or it could be an accident that left you with some scars, whatever it is, even if it's an incident that left trauma, I want to tell you guys, yes, that happened in the past, and you have to move on with your life today. I want to challenge each and every one of you that that particular incident, that particular Moses in your life, whatever it was in the past, it could be a good thing or a bad thing, whatever it is, let it be dead in your mind so that you are not controlled by that in any longer.

6:24 That you get to that place where you understand God has a plan to take you forward. He doesn't want you to come so close to your promised land and just give up because your Moses died. He wants to help you and lead you to the next season of your life. I don't know who needs to hear this word, but in the name of Jesus Christ, I pray God that every single person who's having like a Moses in their life that is keeping them from moving forward because they're constantly thinking of those good old days, constantly thinking of those moments they had cherished and they enjoyed with the Moses in their life.

6:57 But God, today I pray in the name of Jesus, whatever happened, whatever incident, whatever it was, I pray that let that Moses in their life be dead in their mind. Let it stop hindering them from moving forward, and let them step into the fullness of the destiny that you have set for them. Let them move towards the land flowing with milk and honey that you have set for them. In the name of Jesus, I pray a man, God bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you.

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