{"id":41020,"date":"2026-07-23T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=41020"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:40:04","slug":"26-0724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0724\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: your future matters more than your past. God\u2019s grace is greater than your sin. You thought the problem was your calendar, your marriage, your job. In reality, it\u2019s this unresolved guilt.\u00a0Don\u2019t indulge it. Don\u2019t drown in the bilge of your own condemnation. What you did was not good, but your God is good, and he will forgive you. He is ready to write a new chapter in your life.<\/p>\n

Say with Paul, \u201cForgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us\u201d (Phil 3:13-14 TLB). Your salvation has nothing to do with your work and everything to do with the finished work of Christ on the cross. Rejoice in the Lord\u2019s mercy.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: your future matters more than your past. God\u2019s grace is greater than your sin. You thought the problem was your calendar, your marriage, your job. In reality, it\u2019s this unresolved guilt. Don\u2019t indulge it. Don\u2019t drown in the bilge of your own condemnation. What you did was not good, but your God is good, and he will forgive you. He is ready to write a new chapter in your life.<\/p>\n

Say with Paul, \u201cForgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us\u201d (Phil 3:13-14 TLB). Your salvation has nothing to do with your work and everything to do with the finished work of Christ on the cross. Rejoice in the Lord\u2019s mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41023,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41020\/revisions\/41023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}