Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past

Resources for Changing Lives

by Robert D. Jones

Do memories of your past haunt you? Is there help for people who suffer because of their own past? Most people who suffer from bad memories want them to disappear. On the other hand, some want to deny the problem and ?just forget the past.? Robert D. Jones shows that God provides a solution to the haunting problem of nagging bad memories. What is God's answer? If you belong to Jesus, God does have something better for you, Jones writes. God does not want to remove your memories; he want to transform them into something good. Your bad memories of past sins-even the worst ones-can be opportunities for life-changing growth. You do not need to avoid, run from, or get rid of your past. Jones points out that painful thoughts may still intrude, but you need not escape them. God is bigger than your past.

Genres: Counselling, Theology

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

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Robert D. Jones (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as a biblical counseling professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a certified biblical counselor, a Christian conciliator, an adjunct instructor, and a church reconciliation trainer with Peacemaker Ministries. Jones is the author of Uprooting Anger and has written numerous ministry booklets and articles.

Reviews

[Leonan Féres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Um livreto que trata sobre os sofrimento por conta das lembranças ruins do passado. Leitura viva e nos faz refletir constantemente sobre o que direciona nossos passos (más lembranças ou a transformação do Evangelho).

[Gabriel J. Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this tiny book quite a bit honestly. I didn’t realize it was a religious book at first, and I probably wouldn’t have started it if I did honestly. Because I find religious books to be a bit annoyingly preachy a lot of the time. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the overall message of the book, which is that your bad memories of what you’ve done in the past don’t have to haunt you. You can use them as reminders to strengthen your resolve to be better, and see them as such. Let your mistakes and your bad choices be your moral guidance for behaving better in the present and in the future.
I believe this can be adequately summed up by the first paragraph of the book’s conclusion. Which reads: “You may not be able to prevent sinful memories from arising. Painful thoughts might still intrude without invitation. Yet you don’t need to erase them or escape them. They do not have to destroy you. Birds of guilt may land on your head but they need not rest there. Your Redeemer is bigger than your past.”

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short booklet from CCEF and P&R Publishing. Brought up a few good questions to help me start thinking about this topic— which was definitely needed. Addresses bad memories of sin in the past— not necessarily abuse or trauma. Would love to dig into a more comprehensive work on this topic, especially one that also addresses lingering temptation from those bad memories of sin from the past.

[Daniel Piva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Livreto pequeno, e que vai direto ao ponto.
Ele lida, principalmente, com a dificuldade que muitos crentes (se não a maioria...) tem de lidar com seus pecados do passado, olhando mais para eles, do que para o perdão e a Graça divinos.
Trata o assunto com propriedade, com embasamento teológico, e aplicações devocionais muito práticas.
Tem dificuldade com seu passado? Seu passado está moldando mais seu presente do que o próprio Deus? Leia este livreto