Your Past Isn't Your Prison

Have you ever felt like your past disqualifies you? Like the mistakes, regrets, or shame you carry are too heavy to move forward with? In this episode of 10 Minutes In-Courage-Meant Just for You, we lean into the truth that your past is not a prison—it’s a classroom, a backdrop for grace, and a place where God’s redemptive story takes center stage.

Drawing from Isaiah 43:18–19 and Philippians 3:13–14, we’re reminded that God isn’t focused on your failures—He’s preparing your future. The same God who transformed Paul the persecutor into a preacher, and Peter the denier into a leader, is more than able to restore and repurpose your life.

We’re not pretending the past didn’t happen. We’re just choosing not to live there anymore. Because when grace rewrites your story, shame no longer gets the final word.

If you’ve been haunted by yesterday, today is your reminder: you are not disqualified—you are being prepared. The door is open. Jesus already paid for what’s behind you. Now it’s time to lift your head and walk forward in freedom.