Sometimes a very big reason that we drift is because we just keep rehearsing the past,

our past mistakes, our past disappointments, our past failures, our past hurt, our past rejection,

our past betrayal. And we end up getting on this treadmill and we obsessively ruminate.

And you know, you cannot move forward if all you do is keep looking back.

There comes a time where we need to place our past at the foot of the cross of Jesus

and allow it to stay there and put it all on him because he has bore our guilt and our shame

and our pain and our suffering. Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.

It's often been said that we shouldn't live in the past but sometimes inevitably our past mistakes

can haunt us. Regret over decisions made, things we've said and done that impacted others negatively

or opportunities missed. But God calls us to a different reality, one that's based on being in

the present with Him and the promise for a future that He lovingly prescribes.

Our guests this week have all had events in their pasts that haven't been easy to overcome,

but each of them took a step forward, a step toward God and stepped away from having their past

to find them. We're talking to author and speaker Christine Kane and the members of the

popular worship band I am they Matt Hine Justin Shin and Abby Parker. We'll start with some

encouragement from Christine Kane about leaving our past behind us. You know, I grew up in Sydney,

Australia and I've got to say Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities on planet Earth.

The daughter of Greek immigrants and so I grew up speaking Greek as my mother tongue and I didn't

really learn English until I was five. You know, I've found that the Lord always uses all of the

elements of our life to help direct us into what He has called us to do. I also found out when

I was 33 years old that I was left in a hospital unnamed and unwanted when I was born. In fact,

my birth certificate doesn't have a name on it. It just simply says child's name unnamed

...