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- Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader dreams.
Today, I wanna talk to you about
how to leave your past behind
so you can focus on your future.
I remember hearing this statement years ago
when I was tormented by memories of my past.
They said a person
with no vision will always return to their past.
Now think about that.
If you don't have a vision for your life in some area,
you will go right back to what's familiar.
Now, let me tell you a story real quick.
Now you may know that each Labor Day weekend in September,
I host a women's event in Dallas, Texas called Icing
and women come from all over the world to
come together to simply invest in themselves
and God put it on my heart years ago
when I first started the Icing women's event
that people would leave their past and go home with purpose,
that they would leave their disappointments
and go home with a dream.
And that's exactly what happens.
Well oh my goodness, I love it,
it's a highlight of my year.
Well one day, I was going through some of the mail
on my desk that Donna gives me and I came
across this letter from a young girl who was 17 years old
and had stumbled upon our videos here on YouTube.
Well, as I'm reading her story, my jaw dropped.
She had been a prostitute
since she was 11 years old, 11.
She was so hurt, so wounded
and when she came across our channel
talking about how God has a plan for your life,
he still thinks you're as valuable as the day he made you,
Satan is the one out to kill, still and destroy your life,
hope began to rise up on the inside of her.
And she heard me talk about how a person
with no vision will always return to their past.
Well, she did not wanna return to her past.
So she got a vision and she actually wrote, she said,
my biggest dream is to come
to your Icing event in Dallas and hear you speak in person.
Well, I looked at where she was from on the envelope
and it said Arizona.
And she said, would you pray that someday I can be there?
Well, I laid my hands on her letter
and I prayed right then just believing God
that her dream was gonna come true.
Well, after I prayed, I went in Donna's office
and I said why can't we just make this happen?
Donna said, let's do it.
So we contacted her mother
and got permission to fly her to Dallas from like Phoenix.
We got our hotel room, we had this precious lady
from our church take good care of her
and look after her.
We had my makeup artist do her makeup that night.
Nobody in the world knew her story.
We kept it all private.
I got to hug her and minister to her privately
and then we had the big event.
Well, when it was all over, she flew back home to Arizona
and then she sent us the most amazing letter
along with a special gift.
But her letter said how she gave her heart
to Jesus at Icing.
She felt so much love
in the building from all the ladies that were there.
She felt so inspired by the messages to go after her dreams
and to never look back again.
She even said, I decided to change my name.
She said, I don't even wanna be reminded
of that old girl in any way.
She said, I have a new name,
a new love for God and a new vision for my life.
Then she said this.
She said, I want to start designing clothing
and I want my first piece to be seed
in the ground for my future,
which she learned that process at Icing
that you got sow where you wanna go.
So she said, Terri,
I want you to have my first gown that I have ever made.
And here it is right here.
This beautiful gown that this precious girl made.
I mean, I was just crying, reading the letter,
pulling this priceless gown out of the box.
This right here is so special to me.
In fact, we display it on a mannequin
in our offices because it's just too special for me to wear,
but I will cherish this gown forever.
Well, the reason I shared that story
with you is because not only did this precious girl
leave her past, but she began to pursue her purpose.
And see, I found out in the word of God,
in fact, let me lay this down.
I like to be real careful with it.
I found out that it's a two step process.
The apostle Paul said there's one thing I do
for getting those things which are behind
and reaching for those things which are ahead.
He said, I pressed toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus.
See, you have to forget the past
and then reach for what's ahead.
And I'm gonna show you exactly how to do that.
I want you to get a vision for your life.
See, you can only conquer your past
by focusing on your future.
And I'm gonna show you with this week's special offer.
It won't always be this price,
but this week I am offering my online Vision Board Course
for only $8.
Now it's normally $97, but I'm gonna show you,
just like this precious girl, how to start dreaming again.
How to get a vision for your life,
your finances, your house, your body, your purpose.
You will not be where you are today, next year at this time.
So I wanted to just summarize that,
click the link in the description and take advantage
of this limited offer the entire Vision Board Course
for only $8.
Now you might be wondering what you're gonna get.
You're gonna get these tools
that are gonna help you awaken your dreams.
You're gonna get the e-book
and the e-workbook plus six short training videos with me.
And let me tell you, three words real quick
that woke me up years ago.
Now, if you wanna get the course, you click the link
in the description, but I wanna tell you this real quick.
There's a verse in Luke 17:32, that simply says three words.
It says remember Lot's wife.
Now you may or may not know that story.
That story happened all the way back
in Genesis in the Old Testament.
Here it is in the New Testament
and God is saying, remember Lot's wife.
Now, if you're familiar with the story,
you know that God was getting ready to destroy the city
of Sodom and Gomorrah because sin was just running rampant
and it broke his heart to see all these people
that he created to love him were doing nothing
but looking for new ways to sin against him.
But he promised to save Lot and his family
from the destruction, but he also gave them one command
which was another three words.
He said don't look back.
Don't look back.
Well, Lot's wife did the very thing God said don't do.
She turned back.
And when she looked back,
she was turned into a pillar of salt.
Now I heard Joyce Meyer say it like this.
When she turned back, she gave the impression,
I care more about my past than I do my future.
And she lost her future by looking back.
You too can lose your future if you keep looking back.
You can be destroyed by looking back.
Your life can be totally ruined
by going back to the past that God is finished with.
So what is it that you keep turning back towards?
What continues to sort of catch your eye
and get you to glance in that direction?
What still captivates your heart back there?
What is it that you know deep in your heart
it's not God's best for your life,
but it hurts too bad to let go.
What is it that Satan keeps dangling
in front of you to drag you back
to a past that God has delivered you from?
You know what it is,
you know what God is dealing with you about.
You don't even have to wonder.
We all know what those things are.
When you lay your head down at night,
what images are going across your mind?
When you have time alone to just sit and think,
what are you thinking about?
If I could see into your mind and look at your thoughts,
would they be more about your past than your future?
I know mine used to be.
Don't destroy your own life by looking back.
I'm telling you it's over, it's behind you.
Everything about your past is finished
and God wants to do a new thing in your life,
but he can't do it if you keep lingering in your past.
Remember, you can only conquer your past
by focusing on your future.
So I wanna help you get excited about where you're going
that you don't even consider looking back anymore.
Now, I believe this video for you is by divine appointment,
that God had you turn on this video and I wanna help you
by getting enrolled in the online Vision Board Course.
Now, like I said, this is normally $97
and for a limited time, we're doing it for only $8
because the number eight means new beginnings,
that's the reason why.
So I want you to start investing in your dreams,
in your future, your new beginning.
Just click the link in the description and sign up right now
while God is stirring this up on the inside of you.
And don't forget, I will be cheering you on
to live your dreams.