God On Film “Week One: Black Widow- How to Live with Pain from the Past”

10 “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.” – Philippians 3:10-15 

(1) Acknowledge the of my pain so that I can experience for the pain.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”  – Philippians 3:12 

(2) Develop a to through the pain. 

“13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13-14

(3) Break free from the of my past pain. 

“All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.”  – Philippians 3:15 

(4) Maturity is choosing the over the pain of the past.