This episode is all about leaving behind the parts of us that Christ has redeemed and approach God with our arms wide open for all He has for us. Chelsey shares the way God pursued her and showed her all He has for her. That on the other side of the choice to accept Christ are the greatest gifts you could ever imagine! 2 Corinthians 5:17 gives us hope, redemption, and promise for all Jesus did for us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Being Judgmental of Our Past

If we're ever going to move on with our life we have to stop judging who we once were.

I can't outrun and I can't change the sin in my life - I don't get a do over. When I can truly humble myself and accept this verse for what it says I find Gods grace!!

Unrealistic Expectations

We set the bar so high for who we think we should be, when who we think we should be and who God is calling us to be are two very different things.

I'm trying to plan who God wants me to be, I forget to sit with Him and ask God, now that I am a new creation Lord what do you have for me.

Living With Less fear For Who I'm Becoming in Christ

When you ask the Lord with your hands wide open, "Okay God who do you want me to be. My hands are wide open for whatever you have for me." That's a scary place to be sometimes.

When we ask God these questions we have to know He might answer in completely unexpected ways.

We have to trust that because we are a new creation in Him it's going to be good for where we're at and where we're going.

"When I look back at my old life I see what my thoughts, choices, and day to day was like before I knew Christ. I can’t believe this was the life He had for me waiting on the other side of that."

Isaiah 43:1 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

When we can wrap our mind around the fact that He created me just to be His, that is how much He loves us. He loves us despite our past and despite the fears of our present.

Hold these verses as VICTORY over our life

"HE HAS CALLED YOU BY NAME, YOU ARE HIS.

"YOU ARE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST."

"No one can take these truths away from you. Your past cannot take these truths from you."

"The cross goes so far beyond what you have done, He went to the cross because He had so much more to offer for us and He loves us so much."

Big Daddy Weave - Jesus I Believe.

I in my flesh apart from Jesus have nothing to offer to this world, but God in His holiness has everything offer to me and everything to offer for you.

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