Let Go Of Our Painful Past—Part 12
 
 
 
These questions will help you affirm what you’ve read in the previous blog posts:

FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION

1. Have you recently heard someone in a conversation give evidence of holding on to a painful past experience? How common a problem do you think this is?

2. Why do painful past experiences often inhibit people from dreaming God’s dreams for themselves or for the church?

3. Almost everyone has had a negative church experience of one kind or another. What is a memory like this which you might do well to put behind you?

4. Do you, like Moses, have any memories of trying to serve the Lord and being hurt in the process?

5. If a person said, “I don't know how to put memories like this behind me,” what advice would you offer?

6. How good does “daring to dream again” sound to you?
 
 

 
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Sunday’s coming. Do you have your sermon ready? Is it relevant? Will it effectively motivate your congregation to walk more in step with the Master? What about that Sermon Series you’ve been thinking about?

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David Mains and Mainstay Ministries can help. We offer a wide variety of Sermon Starters and Full Sermons that will give you Sermon Ideas to help you prepare for regular Saturday or Sunday sermons, Mid-week Bible Sermons, and Sermons for special occasions.

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