The past is something that should be forgotten, unfortunately, a lot of people let it define them.

They become miserable, cunning, selfish, greedy, and blame it on the past or people in their past, saying, “I am this way because of how that person mistreated me or what so, so and so did to me.”

God wants us to know that the past has no power over us and that we can let go of it because we have been renewed by his love, and redeeming grace.

So, rather than changing negatively because of our unfair past, we should only show God's works in us by saying, “I am nice, smart, forgiving, sweet, so forth, because of Christ’s love and forgiveness in my life.”

"It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)

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Let us all dwell on these 10 Bible verses that encourage us to finally let go of the past.

1. Philippians 3:12; "but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

2. Luke 9:62; "But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

3. 1 John 1:9; "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from ALL unrighteousness."

4. Matthew 6:15; "But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

5. Ephesians 4:31-32; "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."

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6. Proverbs 4:25; "Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you."

7. 2 Corinthians 12:8-9: "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me."

8. Isaiah 12:2; "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

In Genesis 41:51, Joseph names his firstborn, Manasseh, saying, "For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil and all my father's house."

There are a lot of Bible translations that refer to toil as troubles, and we all know how much Joseph suffered in his father's house before God blessed him.

In spite of this, Joseph still chose to let go of the past, even giving the glory to God, showing that the past can be overcome with the grace of God, which is all we really need.