Fervent by Priscilla Shirer
Week 4: Strategy 3 — Your Past
Read Strategy 3 of Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. Key Scriptures: Isaiah 43:18-19; Romans 8:1.
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The enemy loves to chain us to yesterday — to shame, regret, trauma, and old wounds that keep us from moving forward. Priscilla calls us to pray specifically against the tyranny of the past and into the freedom God has already purchased for us.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Priscilla identifies the past as one of the enemy's favorite battlegrounds — not because the past has power over us in Christ, but because the enemy convinces us that it does. What aspect of your past does the enemy most frequently use as a weapon against you?
2.She distinguishes between healthy grieving and destructive rumination — between processing the past and being imprisoned by it. How do you know when you have crossed that line in your own life?
3.Romans 8:1 declares "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." How does the enemy try to re-condemn you for what God has already forgiven? What does his voice sound like in your particular situation?
a.Is the enemy's attack on your past primarily shame (you are bad), regret (you made bad choices), or bitterness (bad things were done to you)?
b.How would you pray differently against each of those three?
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