THIS IS DEFINITELY A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL OF US TODAY!!!
Forget the former things — God wants to do a NEW thing with us all! I read this message from Ceri by the God tree, and then this message showed up on TikTok minutes later. Ceri’s message was from 4 years ago, but it’s still so important for us all TODAY!
He said, I want to read from Isaiah 43:18-19:
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Ceri said this verse is so impactful because God reminds us — forget the former things, don’t dwell on it. Don’t keep reminding yourself of your past. Your past is your past, you can’t change it, but the one thing you CAN change is your future. And you change your future by the steps you make TODAY. The decisions you make today determine your tomorrow.
He said everyone deserves a second chance. All of us have a past. Not one person walking this planet has done everything right in God’s eyesight. We all fall short of the glory of God. So who are we to comment on somebody for their past? Who are we to decide what their future will be? That decision doesn’t rest with us.
Ceri said, imagine if I sat back and let people tell me who I was going to be. Imagine if I couldn’t forgive myself for things I did. It took meeting all of y’all telling me — boy get over it, forgive yourself, move on. God has renewed you and restored you. When I got baptized last year, the Pastor told me words that will stick for the rest of my life: “WHEN YOU GO UNDERNEATH THIS WATER AND COME BACK UP, YOU’RE A NEW PERSON.” And I’ve been living like that. Everyone deserves that chance because God gave it to me.
I am sitting there under my God Tree, holding that word — forget the former things — in my heart, and I am like, God, is this You?
God Whisper: “My Girl, stay right here. Don’t move. I am about to show you I am doing a new thing, right now.”
MINUTES LATER, I open TikTok and THIS video pops up — yellow screen, same verse, same chapter! @lovelyogbeide starts preaching Isaiah 43:18 word for word!
She said: Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. You can’t go back, but you can begin where you are right now and change the ending of your story. This is powerful because God is urging us to not waste time or remain stuck. Even if you’re uncertain which path to take, just begin walking. Take one step at a time, trusting God will guide you. He will hold your hand through every twist and turn. Every challenge is shaping you into a wiser, stronger person according to His purpose. Remember, situations are not obstacles; they are opportunities to grow in faith, wisdom, and strength. God’s plan is bigger than you can imagine and His timing is perfect.
My Girl — Ceri by the God Tree. Then TikTok minutes later, SAME Isaiah 43:18-19! 4-year-old message, but God made it show up TODAY for US! That’s not coincidence, that’s CORRESPONDENCE!
God Whisper: “My favorite person, you asked if this was a message from Me to the world today — YES! It is! I told Ceri 4 years ago to preach it, and I told that little yellow TikTok to hold it until you were at your God Tree this morning. I am making a way in your wilderness and streams in your wasteland. Go under the water, come up NEW! Tell them I don’t want them dwelling on yesterday anymore. I want to do a NEW thing with them — with ALL of you — TODAY!”
STEP 2: WHAT AM I TEACHING & HOW TO INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR LIVES
God is not teasing us with a new thing, He is INVITING us into it! But you can’t grab new while still gripping old!
1. FORGIVE YOURSELF — Go Under And Come Up NEW!
Your move: Say out loud: “God, I forgive myself for __ because You already forgave me. I go under, I come up NEW!”
God Whisper: “My Child, I already forgot it — Isaiah 43:25 says I blot out your transgressions for My own sake. Why are you still carrying what I already threw into the sea?”
2. STOP DWELLING — Change The Ending With Today’s Step!
Your move: Do the ONE STEP Rule. Text the apology. Delete the number. Open the business file. Take the walk. Pray 5 minutes. One step proves you believe!
God Whisper: “My Girl, you don’t have to see the whole wilderness road, just take one step with My big hand holding your small hand. I will make streams AS you walk, not before.”
3. LET PEOPLE GO — They Don’t Get To Decide Your Future!
Your move: Declare: “You don’t get to decide my future — GOD DOES! My past is not my prophecy!”
God Whisper: “My favorite person, if I am for you, who can be against you? Their comment does not get to be your compass. My Word does.”
4. LOOK FOR THE NEW THING — Do You Not Perceive It?
Your move: Ask: “God, show me the NEW thing springing up TODAY!” Write down ONE new opportunity — that’s your stream in the wasteland!
God Whisper: “I am not waiting until you are out of the wilderness to bless you — I am making a way IN the wilderness. The new thing is NOW!”
Your Declaration: “I forget the former things! I do not dwell on the past! God is doing a NEW thing in me — now it springs up! He is making a way in my wilderness and streams in my wasteland! I go under, I come up NEW! I take one step today and my future changes! In Jesus name!”
5 VERSES for TODAY’S BLOG – FORGET THE FORMER THINGS!
1. Isaiah 43:18-19 — “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
This is the WHOLE God-wink! Ceri at the God Tree + TikTok minutes later same verse! God doesn’t want us stuck, He wants us looking for the NEW thing He is springing up right now!
2. 2 Corinthians 5:17 — “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
This is Ceri’s baptism word: “When you go under and come back up, you’re a NEW person!” You don’t have to earn new, you ARE new the moment you say yes to Jesus!
3. Philippians 3:13-14 — “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…”
This is how you change your ending — you can’t walk forward while looking backward! Your one obedient step TODAY is you pressing toward the new!
4. Isaiah 43:25 — “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
This is why you can forgive yourself! If God Himself says “I remember it no more,” you have permission to drop it and stop carrying what He already threw into the sea!
5. Isaiah 41:10 — “Fear not, for I am with you… I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
This is your small hand / BIG Hand promise from the TikTok — just begin walking, He will hold your hand through every twist and turn and make your wilderness a way!
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STEP 4: MIGHTIER THAN MIGHTY CLOSE OUT PRAYER
Abba Father,
Thank You that THIS is a message from YOU to ALL of us today! From Ceri by the God Tree to that yellow TikTok minutes later — same verse, same chapter — You made it pop up 4 years later just for TODAY!
Father, we hear You: FORGET THE FORMER THINGS! You are doing a NEW thing!
For my sister reading this who keeps replaying yesterday — Father, we go under the water right now and we come up NEW! We receive Your forgiveness! You blot out our transgressions and remember our sins no more — so we will remember them no more!
We forgive ourselves today, Papa! We forgive others today! We will not let people write our future with our past! You are for us, so who can be against us!
Teach us to take ONE STEP today, God! Even when we don’t see the whole road, we will begin walking! We will trust You to hold our small hand with Your BIG righteous right hand through every twist and turn! Make a way in our wilderness and streams in our wasteland!
Open our eyes, Lord — let us PERCEIVE the new thing springing up NOW!
We declare: We are a NEW creation! The old has gone, the new is here! Our past is NOT our prophecy! Our ending is changing because our TODAY is changing!
We thank You that Your presence IS the present, and Your present today is NEW — new mercy, new grace, new chance, new life!
We seal this in Jesus’ mighty name — we forget the former, we embrace the new, and we walk forward holding Your big hand!
In Jesus’ name, AMEN and HEEHAW!
That is more than fair!
God, help us all forgive ourselves and others for the past and to keep moving forward with You as our Life Partner and Guide, forgetting the former things and being excited about the NEW lives you have planned for us. Amen!
| *Romans 8:31 | Isaiah 43:18-19 | Isaiah 41:10 | 2 Cor 5:17 | Phil 3:13-14* |