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Letting Go of Past Sins

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Armistead

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I'm having trouble letting go of some dumb things I've done in the past. There are lots of reason why to let go but I just can't seem to stop flogging myself over it. Anybody have any thing to help out here?

Do you mean you can't forgive yourself for things done in the past, not letting go, or still having problems now?

Christ let go of your past, so should you.

If you could clarify, you may get more advice.
 
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Hi


I'm having trouble letting go of some dumb things I've done in the past. There are lots of reason why to let go but I just can't seem to stop flogging myself over it. Anybody have any thing to help out here?

I am also in this spot friend.

I know I have confessed my sins to God and have been forgiven of them.

But I have some sins which leave me in doubt. I'll not mention them for only God and I know of these.

I guess its satan throwing these back up in my face.

If satan can make us doubt our salvation, then half of his battle is complete.

I've gotten so deperessed over this that I have actually considered asceticism.

God Bless

Till all are one.
 
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Armistead

I know I am forgiven by God; but I commited these sins under free my will and I have not forgiven myself for doing some of them.


Are there possible reasons you can't forgive yourself. Often there are reasons. Sometimes a person was harmed and you need to resolve the issue with them.

Sometimes we, knowingly or not don't want to forgive ourselves. It can be a form of punishment, wanting attention or pity. For whatever reason, and it can be many based on the issue, we don't want to let go of the issue. Sometimes we are so connected to a past issue, we really don't want to let it go. I have a friend that can't forgive himself for past things he did to his wife. In depth..it's not that he wants forgivness, he still wants a connection to his wife. In a wierd sense, it's his way of hanging on to the past, forgivness would mean moving on.

I don't know the issue. The question needs to change to why aren't you forgiving yourself, instead I haven't forgiven myself. You may need some help to understand why, but there may be deeper sub-concious issues involved. You can PM me anytime if you would like to discuss it.
 
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Forgiving yourself is not always the easiest thing to do. I've beaten myself up over past sins before. The devil loves guilt and uses it to cause us to get discouraged and give up.
So there you go, friend....you KNOW that the whole reason that Satan wants you to beat yourself up is to get you to GIVE UP.
Just decide that you ARENT going to let him win that little battle and that no matter how you feel about the things youve done that you are going to get up every day and keep on moving forward in Christ.

As a note for you brother, if Satan is coming at you and accusing you then typically its because he knows you are getting somewhere and wants to stop you dead in your tracks. Its typically only when satan knows he has you that he lays off.
Youre in this war till the end....and you know who wins it....just pick yourself up every morning, put on your best armor, tell the devil to take a hike and do your best for Jesus.
When you wake up the next day....do it all over again. Some days will be harder when the accusations fly...some days will be easier when they arent so loud.....but BOTH of those days are days you can choose to do your best for your Lord...and in that you DEFEAT your enemy entirely :thumbsup:
 
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Yes people were harmed and there is no way to reach them or even know who they are.

I did'nt even realize they were being harmed until it was too late. My selfish approach at the time stopped me from even seeing that.

Lately I changed my outlook on life; started reading the Bible again and realized some things I was doing were very wrong. I have high standards and can't believe I did these dumb things.

So I've really disappointed myself and God.

Some days are better than others.
 
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Yes people were harmed and there is no way to reach them or even know who they are.

I did'nt even realize they were being harmed until it was too late. My selfish approach at the time stopped me from even seeing that.

Lately I changed my outlook on life; started reading the Bible again and realized some things I was doing were very wrong. I have high standards and can't believe I did these dumb things.

So I've really disappointed myself and God.

Some days are better than others.

People were harmed. I know one man in our church long ago that killed two people while he was driving drunk. The family would never forgive him, nor could he accept God's forgivness many years later. After many meetings with him, I convinced him he could find away to help others in the same situation. He actually started a group for those who live in guilt over DUI killings. Obvious, many of these suffer legal aspect, but many change over time. The group he is in help others through Christ deal with this issue. They help support families that have lost love ones through DUI's and help the actual people that made the mistakes. He mainly works with many teens that have gone through this.

Simply, you many not find or get forgivness, but you can find another way to help others.

If it's nothing like that, still you can find a way to help others.

I don't believe in blaming Satan. We have to be responsible for our actions and not blame them on others. Simple saying "Satan flee" isn't enough. We need actions on our part.

You need to deal with this. I can assure you there is a deeper emotional issue going on here. You may not be able to see it. Find someone like a Pastor, Youth Minister, ect. to talk with.

The worse thing you can do is let any actions stop you from being who you can be. You have your life before you. Guilt is like a ball and chain, it will drag you down. Don't wallow in guilt. Usually, people that can't forgive themselves really don't want to move on. There is an underlying issue here. Are you being honest with yourself? Do you really want to move on?
Do you in some way, even on a sub-concious level just want to hang on to the issue?

Life experineces make us who we are. It may be time to look at your life and past experiences and see if this is a pattern in other spectrums. Could a possible parent or peer ingrain in you a guilt complex, low self esteem, ect. I see possible self esteem issues here. What I'm saying, there is something else going on. Something made your brain react this way to this issue.

Thankfully God doesn't deal with humanity like we deal with ourselves and others. He forgives you, but it doesn't end there. He expects you to forgive yourself and others and take ACTION and move on. God doesn't use guilt to punish us...he uses it as a change motivator.
 
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Hi


I'm having trouble letting go of some dumb things I've done in the past. There are lots of reason why to let go but I just can't seem to stop flogging myself over it. Anybody have any thing to help out here?

From my own experience the best think you can do is to just live close to God and follow his will. When you sow in the Spirit, you harvest good fruits. And these fruits are not like the thorns you have been harvesting from sowing in the flesh, in your past. I don't think there is any miracle cure to instantly feel great, but if you just live like a Christian I am sure that you will find a better life on the road ahead, where you don't feel guilt and shame anymore, but peace and joy from looking at all the good things that God has lead you into.
 
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