How to Let Go of Your Past as a Christian 

How to Let Go of Your Past as a Christian 

Letting go of your past is one of the hardest things us Christian’s have to do in order to move forward in our Christian walk.

It can be daunting, and painful…but it is incredibly necessary. 

So, how do you let go of your past as a Christian?

Let’s begin.

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Step One:
How to Let Go of Your Past as a Christian 

This is an obvious step, but many don’t do it.

Acknowledge what the “past” really consists of.

This step is all about sheer honesty with yourself. You have to be brutally honest so that you know what it is you really have to let go of.

Does this mean, you made terrible choices when it came to the opposite sex?

Did you make a huge mistake that changed the trajectory of your life?

Maybe you cheated on your spouse once, twice, a handful of times.

It could even be something like abuse, like me. 

We first have to figure out all that we need to let go, and this can take some time. 

Try writing things down.

A lot of times we bury things way back in our brain, the traumatic stuff, and we need to bring it all to the surface so that we can acknowledge them and let them go.  

Step two, is also vital, so let’s continue. 

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Step Two:
How to Let Go of Your Past as a Christian 

Bring the shame, guilt, pain and hurt to Christ—and search the Bible

What does this mean? I’ll explain.

For one, bringing this all to Christ is the only way we will be able to truly let go of our pasts as Christians and we do this through deep, honest, and true prayer. 

Pour out your heart in prayer to God, telling him that you are finally ready to rid yourself and let go of your past as a Christian seeking His love and grace.

Now, let’s take it to the Bible.

Find scripture that talks about the past you have had. There are loads of verses that touch on almost all of sin.

If you struggled with sexual immorality, like me…check out this blog post I wrote about how to specially get over a sexual past.

But it you struggled with lying, or deceitfulness, look up verses that deal with that.

The reason why I am telling you to do this, is because, once we see the severity of our actions, we will want to free ourselves from them. And in order to free yourself, you must, must, must bring it all to the Lord.

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Step Three:
How to Let Go of Your Past as a Christian 

Okay, so we have figured out what we need to let go of, we brought it to Christ, now what?

Now comes the “hard” part, that’s oddly simple.

Let it go.

Although this will take time, and it is not some overnight success…there are things we need to be doing now, and I will list them below:

• Never bring up the past, unless for educational purposes 
• Get an accountability partner to help you in your road to recovery. 
• Don’t keep apologizing for the same stuff in the past.
  • (God forgives and forgets our sins, when we come to Him really and truly asking for forgiveness. 
  • So, once we do this, we no longer need to keep asking for forgiveness for things we have already been forgiven for. 
  • However, make sure you are honestly asking for forgiveness and not just going through the motions. Your heart has to be in it.)
• Don’t let anyone hold your past against you anymore.
• Work through the pain you may have caused someone else
  • This can mean having deep and open conversations with them
  • Going to therapy 
  • Praying together
  • Talking to your Pastor or someone you trust and know is God fearing.
• Every time the guilt rises to the surface, (as it will, because the enemy is trying to tear you back down) Acknowledge that it is there and then remind yourself…
  • “I am no longer this person, and I have been forgiven.”
  • Tell Satan to get behind you, for your God is stronger and more powerful.
• Take the steps to help yourself heal from your past
  • Go to therapy (I am a huge Jesus and Therapy believer)
    • Sometimes our pasts were hard because of what others did to us, so therapy is key in helping us forgive and move forward.
  • Talk to a trusted and God-fearing Pastor
  • Bring your troubles to your spouse first (if you have one) before anyone else.
    • If you don’t have a spouse bring it to a parent, a friend, but someone you know is God fearing and trustworthy. (You can ALWAYS email me, I will answer)
• Pray constantly
• Read your Bible daily. 

Letting go of your past as a Christian is not an easy task, like I said before. But…

It is so vital to our sanity, and wellbeing on our Christian walk.

Take these steps, email me if you need someone to talk to, I always reply…and reply quickly, talk to God and go through these steps diligently, consistently, and with dedication surrendering it all to the Lord…

I know you will be able to do this.

I believe in you.

No past is too terrible that you can’t let go of it, trust me.

Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you all in the comments, or in a private one on one email! I love hearing from each and every one of you, so don’t hesitate!