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“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13b-14
This isn’t a call to ignore your past but to refuse to let it define your future. Loosen your grip on old failures, old beliefs, old success, old identities. Paul invites us to fix our eyes on Jesus and toward the calling God has for us. Now is the time to renew your sense of purpose. Let your focus not be shaped by who you were, but who God is creating you to be.
Name one thing from your past you need to release and ask God to help you release it.
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Red Letter Christians is a non-denominational Christian movement founded in 2007 by progressive evangelical authors and activists Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne. The movement emerged as a counter-cultural reaction to the American religious right, seeking to distance faith from partisan politics and shift the evangelical focus away from a narrow set of dogmatic issues toward Jesus’s radical lifestyle commands. Guided primarily by teachings like the Sermon on the Mount, Red Letter Christians emphasize active social justice—specifically advocating for the poor, ending capital punishment, promoting racial reconciliation, protecting the environment, and practicing peace and nonviolence.