• old patterns 
• old bad habits/sins 
• old pains 
• old relationships 
• old identities 

You cannot walk into a new season while dragging the weight of the old one. I know going into a new season is not easy, but I tell you it is worth it. 

God rarely starts a new season by making you comfortable. He starts by making you uneasy. Before elevation, there is disruption. 

 Abraham had to leave the familiar. Moses had to be driven out before he was called back. David lived on the run. Discomfort is not rejection, it is preparation. When God says, “Get out,” it is not because He is done with you, it is because He is getting you ready for what you cannot reach by staying where you are. Every new season begins with something being removed. People, patterns, comforts, even good things that no longer fit where He is taking you. Not as punishment, but as alignment. God will not drag what cannot survive the next level. Separation feels like loss, but it is actually precision. He is clearing the view so you can see what is coming. God has something new for you —but you must MOVE. 

Point 1 — New Life Requires New Direction

Paul says in Philippians 3 

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” 

Illustration: A track and field athlete cannot win the race if they run forward and look backward. It is also not good if you are in a NASCAR race, not looking whatsoever ahead of you, “You’re going to crash.” 

Forgetting in this verse "It’s not amnesia" — but choosing not to live stuck in the past. 

You cannot: 

• chase destiny while holding hands with history. 
• step forward while staring backward. 

Did you know that the windshield is bigger than the rear-view mirror because where you’re going matters more than where you’ve been. 

If God has forgiven you, stop revisiting the graveyard. He already raised you, He already called you out, and why go back to the old cemetery? (

Point 2 — You Are Not Who You Used To Be 

2 Corinthians 5:17: 

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 

 On this passage God didn’t: 

• polish your old identity 
• repair your old nature 
• upgrade your old life 

He made you new, he made us new. 

But there is this thing, the enemy wants to remind you: 

• of who you were 
• of what you did 
• of the shame you carried 

I don’t know who you were, I don’t know what you did in the past, and I don’t know what you carried. What I know is you are now a new person God has raised up. 

Ephesians 2:5 

“made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” 

The moment you hear these voices telling you of your past, they are not from the Holy Spirit. 

Conviction points to Jesus — condemnation points to your past. 

Romans 8:1 

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 

You are: 

• Forgiven 
• Redeemed 
• Renewed 
• Called 
• Set free 

Walk like it. 

Illustration — The Butterfly 

The caterpillar doesn’t return to crawling once it becomes a butterfly. It doesn’t say: “I miss the ground. Flying is scary.” That would be abnormal!… 

Yet many believers are set free but still live bound. 

You were created to:

• fly in freedom**, not crawl in your past. 

Point 3 — A New Season Requires New Steps 

Hebrews 12:1–2: 

“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles…Let us run with perseverance…” 

To step into what God has for you, you may need to let go of: 

• habits that drain you 
• relationships that pull you away from God
• bitterness that poisons your heart 
• comforts that keep you complacent 
• excuses that delay obedience 

Faith is not passive — it’s a movement, it’s an action. 

Faith compels you to take steps, even when uncertain, like stepping out of a boat (Matthew 14) or preparing for what you're praying for. 

Remember Peter… 

 Every step of obedience is a victory over your past. Obedience is better than sacrifice. Abraham became the father of all nations after he became obedient to what God had called him. 

Point 4 — Jesus Makes All Things New 

Revelation 21:5 — “Behold, I am making all things new.”* 

• Out of the dust God breathed air on it, and he made the first man… 
• Out of a creator’s hand, a new creation is being made. 

Are you praying for a: 

• Healing? He makes new. 
• Hope? He makes new. 
• Identity? He makes new. 
• Future? He makes new. 

Jesus doesn’t give you a better version of the old you — He gives you a “supernatural new beginning”. 

Your next chapter is not a sequel to your pain —it’s a story written by grace. Paul says, "I am what I am because of God's grace."

Give the pen to Jesus, and he will rewrite the story of your life. He is our hope for tomorrow. 

One of the best stories in the Bible is the life of Joseph. 

Conclusion — Hope for Tomorrow 

Hear this in your spirit today: Your current chapter is not your final story. 

• God is making new things in your life. 
• God is not done with you.

• Hope is not lost.

• Healing is coming. 

Just like Joseph, someday you’ll look back and say: “What the enemy intended for evil… God used it for good.” 

• God is already working… 
• Already restoring…

• Already writing redemption into your story. 

So hold on to hope. Stand firm in faith. Your purpose is greater than your pain.