Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Many people are driven by materialism: Their desire to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives. You must move against it with the weapons of faith and love. Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. Many people are driven by fear: Their fears may be a result of a traumatic experience, unrealistic expectations, growing up in a high-control home, or even genetic predisposition. For your sake, learn from it, and then let it go. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness.

Your past is past! Nothing will change it. Listen: Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. Instead of releasing their pain through forgiveness, they rehearse it over and over in their minds. Many people are driven by resentment and anger: They hold on to hurts and never get over them. The bible says, “What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! …What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record.” God’s purpose is not limited by your past. We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it. They allow their past to control their future. Many people are driven by guilt: They spend their entire lives running from regrets and hiding their shame. “ I observed that the basis motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy”, (Ecclesiastes 4:4)

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