Happy Nude Year
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Jeremy Johnson
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Week 1 Recap:

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Proverbs 29:18 (Message) If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; but when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

I can’t

and make a new beginning, but I can and make a new ending.

We don’t have a blank slate to

, but a rough edit to .

John 5:5-9 (The Voice) In the crowd, Jesus noticed one particular man who had been living with his disability for 38 years. He knew this man had been waiting here a long time.
Jesus (to the disabled man): Are you here in this place hoping to be healed?
Disabled Man: Kind Sir, I wait, like all of these people, for the waters to stir; but I cannot walk. If I am to be healed in the waters, someone must carry me into the pool. Without a helping hand, someone else beats me to the water’s edge each time it is stirred.
Jesus: Stand up, carry your mat, and walk.
At the moment Jesus uttered these words, a healing energy coursed through the man and returned life to his limbs—he stood and walked for the first time in 38 years.

The significance of my

might be found in the story of my .

2 major problems with my memories:

  1. My memory is


  2. My memory is


2 keys to leveraging my past for positive change:

  1. owning what has happened in my past so it doesn’t own me

  2. - owning my next steps that will bring about positive change

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