PHILIPPIANS 3,

1: Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2: Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3: For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4: Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6: Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8: Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9: And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11: If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12: Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15: Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16: Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17: Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

We can always divide the time of our lives into three, the past, the present, and the future, though we usually move from the present into the future, even as we can only anticipate the future.

In Philippians 3: 13-14, Paul says he forgets the past so he could move forward, and in verse 15, he says those who are perfect should have the same mind. The book of Philippians is quite an epistle that addresses our mind. In verse 5 of chapter of the book of Philippians, Paul says we should have the mind of Christ, as he humbled himself unto death, by being subject to God, we too should have the same mind. In another place in the same book, we are told what ever is good, virtuous, etc, we should think on these things.

No matter how good or bad the past is, and let's face it, we all face the same things in life, though in different ways,and we should always forget the past. The past is gone, and it is only the past. Usually, I have found through experience, that no matter how good or bad or even evil the past is, I really enjoy the present by totally forgetting the past. Even if you win a Nobel prize or something very good, my advice to you is that you forget the past and press forward for more achievement, as this "good" can only hinder you more, if you do not forget the good thing.

When I say forget the past, I am not saying you should not remember the past, what I am saying is that you should forget the past, that is all things that would hinder your present and your future, and also keep you from being perfect in Christ.

The Bible says as many as are perfect (that is, mature in Christ), should forget the past. Even if you are a lady, and you have ever had an abortion, to which you are now feeling guilty, this same principle applies to you: Forget the past! Everybody has one thing or the other in their lives, they would not like others to know about. You are not the only one who feels in such a way.

Therefore in Chapter 3 verse 1, the Bible says we should rejoice in the Lord, only by doing so do we have peace of mind.

LET US GO ON TO A NEW BEGINNING.,