“For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb.” – 1 Peter 1:18-19

I have always been amazed by people who come from a dark and difficult childhood to end up thriving in their lives and walk with Christ. I have known so many of these people and heard so many stories over the years. How is it that some overcome while others resign themselves to never being anything more than what they come from?

The past is powerful. So much of our past seems to shape us and make us who we are. However, the past does not have to hold us captive. We do not have to take the inheritance that our history offers. Whether it is Adam and Eve, our family line, or simply our past decisions, what we have been does not have to govern who we will become. If you have put your faith in Jesus Christ, you have been freed from the hold that history has on you. You have been purchased by the most valuable currency in all creation; the blood of Jesus Christ. It is that sacrifice that offers you freedom to live a new life, completely released from who you have been or where you have come from. Let go of the past today and live in the freedom of new life in Jesus!

Heavenly Father and Almighty God, thank You for the freedom we have through Jesus. Thank You for rescuing us from the inheritance that the world has given us and gifting us new life in You. Set that reality firmly in our hearts and let us press forward, forgetting what is behind setting our eyes on what You have for our future.

In Christ’s Service,

Pastor Shane Cannon