The same Lord who parted the red sea to make ground so the Israelites can escape  wants to be your Jehovah Rophe, the Lord my Healer, Jehovah Jireh, the Lord my Provider,  Jehovah Shalom, the Lord my Prince of Peace. He wants to take your past and give you a new PRESENT. It can happen this year of 2020!  But you need to let go of the baggage of 2019.

Jesus loves you so much and wants to be the Lord of your past and move you forward. No matter what your past looks like, 'he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters' can make a way in the desert areas of your life and streams in areas you see as a wasteland. Yes, He can friend!

You may have a stigma of things that happened to you that brings you torment;  you may have brought shame to your family, you maybe facing the shame of losing a job because of your fault, you maybe feeling yucky on the inside because of past things you are haunted by; you may have been in perpetual sin over and over that your conscience has become desensitized, etc.

But the Good News you can give in to the Savior who wants to become the Lord of your past so you don't have to live in the past anymore, no you don't!

Whatever happened in 2019 or before, bring it before Jesus. Bring all your pain, guilt, suffering, shortcomings, stigmas, shame before the cross of Christ.

Jesus will  have compassion on you! Jesus will bring restoration to your life.

Yes, He can friend, Oh yes He can! Come as you are and find grace in time of need! He will show you His mercy and grace exhibited by His wonderful compassion to you just as you are. So come to the throne of grace and find help in time of need. He is Mighty to Save!

Friends, each of you has a past and identity; otherise you won’t be in the PRESENT. You know the skeletons from your past. You know the deep hurts and scars that are hidden deep inside. You know the times of rejection, ridicule, etc you may have faced. Many of you may still be carrying them with you as heavy baggage. It will not go away on its own but you can definitely find healing from your past and be set free once you start dealing with what happened and not hesitate to receive the help needed. Jesus wants you to come to Him as you are and He will not turn you away. He wants to clean out your past for you. Yes, He does friend! Come as you are and receive your PRESENT in Christ.

 You do not have to let your past stop you from receiving the help the Lord wants to give you right now! You should not think to yourself, 'what will my family and friends think of me if I give my life to the Lord Jesus Christ'. No, don't think that but come to Jesus as you are. He will help you. Thank you Jesus!

It won't be easy and there could be a lot of inner turmoil and pain but when you pour out your heart to the Lord showing him everything that has caused the wounds and scars you are dealing with and ask Jesus to make you clean so will you be in God's perfect timing. Thank you Jesus!

When you pray to the Lord listen to what He has to tell you through His Word, His Spirit, and His Church remembering that whatever He tells you will never contradict His Word.

 Jesus wants to reach out to you, touch you in every area of your life, and speak to you making you clean.

Whether you have experienced any kind of shame, abuse, a relational break-up, a family-dysfunction, guilt over sins of the past, death in the family, loss of a job, etc because of mistakes of the past, Jesus is willing to reach out to you with His Loving Hands, touch you with his healing love. Take the help He is offering you. He loves you so much.

I don't usually recommend movies during these devotionals but I highly recommend the movie: 'The Sin Eater'

Don't let your past or what other people will think about you stop you from receiving your healing. Just because you may have had bad experiences in the past and they hurt you so badly, don't let that govern your PRESENT and future.

Come as you are and receive cleansing for all your sins. We all have sinned and need a new beginning. Jesus wants to give that to us. Give your past to the Lord Jesus and be healed! Be healed and cleaned by the Lord as you turn to Him!

When we come to Jesus, we have to acknowledge our own short comings before a Holy God, fall on our knees, and beg Jesus to cleanse us and make us Holy by His precious blood.

Friend, we can be set free from the past by the Lord and now is the time of Salvation. You are loved so much and Jesus can redeem wherever or whatever you have messed up. His way will be the best way! Come to Jesus as you are knowing He loves you so much and has a plan for your life. You can be clean no matter what you have done! You are never out of His love and never out of His reach. You will find your true PRESENT in Jesus!

May you receive healing in the Arms of our loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now and forever who wants you to forget the past and find your PRESENT in His precious Arms of Love as He wants to be the Lord of the past and the Lord of your PRESENT 2020.

Freedom From Your Past (Read Philippians 3:12-21)
By Ramesh C. Reddy

Having trouble with your PAST?
Don't know how long it will last?
It's eating you up like a bomb's blast?
Cause missed opportunities coming to you to haunt,
Making you hurt and daunt.
No way to keep count?
ANSWER AWAITS, you can in life mount. (Matt 11:28-30)
You cant look back (Philippians 3:13-14)
Cause your self-esteem will lack. (John 14:1)
Life ain't over, though you are under attack (Ephesians 6:11)
And on the wrong track. (Isaiah 30:21)
You think though it is too late (Matt 19:26)
Because you have messed up each date( day ) (Psalm 50:15)
May make you, yourself hate. (Isaiah 43:1-4)
That is not your fate. (Romans 8:28)
Christ is the Gate! (John 10:9)
Will deliver you from your broken state. (Luke 4:18-19)
Gotta walk by Faith (Hebrews 11:1)
And upon him wait. (Isaiah 40:31)
Jesus has your best interests in mind. (Romans 8:28)
Depending on Him and His Word, will us remind. (Col 3:16)
Loves you so much, for you died on the pole ( Cross ) (1 Cor 15:3)
Please give him your heart and lets do our role. (Psalm 37:4)
Wonderful to know, each day his Blessings and Mercies are new.
How many situations in the past we blew. (Psa 103:17 & Gal 2:20)

 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”-(Isaiah 43:18-19, NIV)

"Present Reveals Eternal Savior's Emancipation Now Today! (P.R.E.S.E.N.T)"What will your P.R.E.S.E.N.T look like in 2020?"

Prayer: 
Dear Jesus, you remember everything. Thank you so much Jesus. Thank you so much for your love. Lord, you know the wounds and scars each of us face from our past or even the present. You know Lord what it has done to us on the inside and many times on the outside. Lord when the pain is too much it is so easy to try to forget it by focusing our minds on other things so we do not have to deal with it. That won't help us in the long run. But, I know Lord you can heal each person who is faced with hurts when they come to you. You can clean us of our sins and make us pure again no matter what we have done or faced with. Oh Lord, we need that cleansing in our lives. There are those right now Lord who need to feel clean but their guilt has a hold on them. Their identity is found in their guilt, pain, brokenness, torment, shame, etc. Please Oh Lord come and break that guilt, brokenness, pain, torment, shame etc. Please Oh Lord, help them to hold on to you. Let them know they are loved and can start over again with new life in 2020. Thank you Jesus. Please Jesus reach out to the one who is hurting and touch them with your love and power. Provide them the means to get the healing you want for their lives. Thank you Jesus so much. Please Lord help them not to let their past influence them from getting the help they need. You know how they can receive that help. Please make it clear to them. Thank you so much Jesus. Use your children to bring healing to others within your family and outside your family so one day they can come into your family. Thank you so much Jesus. Help us Oh God of our Salvation for the glory of your name. Help us that we will always find our identity in you. Thank you so much Jesus! Please deliver us and provide us healing for your name's sake. We are sinners in need of a Savior. Our sin has separated us from you and has made us broken and shattered. Only your love and forgiveness can restore us by the cleansing blood you shed on the cross of Calvary and coming back to life on the third day to save us. So, we come to you as we are and ask you to come into our heart and make our heart your home cleansing all the areas of our lives that need your cleansing. Thank you Jesus for being our Lord and Personal Savior. Thank you that you have heard our prayers and answered us. Thank you that we belong to you and can find our PRESENT in you. In Your Name I Pray Jesus! Amen!