No Ragrets - From Our Regrets to His Glory
Regret
/rəˈɡret/
noun
a feeling of sadness, repentance or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.“
Romans 8:28
“Great is His faithfulness; His mercies are new each morning.”
Lamentations 3:23
“Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:13-14
Bitterness
• the belief that God got it wrong.
Anxiety
• the belief that God’s not going to get it right.
Regret
• the belief that the mistakes I made are so bad that God can’t make it beautiful again.
“Christ died for a million regrets.”
“Today, you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:43
“If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?”
Psalm 130:3
“Remember regrets to a point.”
“A life without regrets is a life built on a mirage.”
“Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”
Ephesians 2:12-13
“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” -and I am the worst of them all.”
1 Timothy 1:15-16
“Press on in faith.”
“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. That is, I haven’t become perfect. I haven’t arrived yet. But one thing I do: Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:13-14
“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death..”
2 Corinthians 7:10
“Come and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28