Building a Closer Relationship With God is The Foundation For The Life you Want
There are few things that weigh down your life more than the regrets we carry. Some regrets you aren't even aware of until something happens in your life and all of the pain comes flooding back into our memory. I know what it's like to be in a place where you really wish you could've done one thing differently because it would've changed the trajectory of your life. But the good news is God specializes in forgiveness. That means even when you make a wrong decision God not only forgives you, God begins the work of repairing your future so you can still walk into the purpose He ordained for you.
ROHO TESTIMONY: Good morning, your Message yesterday lined up with What God spirit has been speaking into my life and family and I could not let the moment pass. It's more than receiving for me it's about doing the work of ministry. I receive that the latter of our personal/business and spiritual life will be greater than our former. I feel like shouting hallelujah in my office right now. Bless you and what you do. ( Niel Young; Elmsford, New York) Give $5 ( SAY THIS PRAYER TO START YOUR DAY God, I thank you for all you have done. For your many blessings towards me, I am so grateful. I come not with a list of wants and requests, but I come before you just to say thank-you. Thank you for keeping me, even when I felt like giving up. Thank you for pulling me out of the worst thoughts in my mind and thank you for carrying me safely into a new day.
God my only request is for peace of mind. It seems so often my struggle is internal. I wrestle with self-doubt and low-self esteem. Dear God, help me to be patient with myself. I ask these things because I know there is a war within me. Between how you see me and how I see myself. And I desire to see myself the way you see me.
Please surround me with kindness and grace. Help me to find comfort in others who will be equally kind to me as I am to them. Help me to seek refuge from destructive people and habits. I pray for your peace to engulf the inner parts of my heart. I pray for your peace to calm my wrestling mind and spirit. I pray for your peace to guide my decisions and actions; and where I fall short, I pray for your peace to lead back to you. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Scripture for Meditation
Philippians 3:13-14 (KJV) — "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
Beloved, God is not asking you to pretend your past didn't happen—He's asking you to stop living in it. When you release yesterday's failures to the Father, you free yourself to run toward tomorrow's purpose with both hands open.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NKJV) — "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
Family, restoration is not just forgiveness—it is active renewal. God doesn't simply erase your mistakes; He transforms them into the very ground where new blessings grow. Your past pain is becoming your future provision.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) — "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
When you surrender to Christ, you are not just forgiven—you are remade. The trajectory of your life doesn't have to be determined by yesterday's decisions. Today, you are brand new.
Walking It Out
Write down one regret you've been carrying, then literally release it—tear up the paper, burn it safely, or bury it. As you do, speak aloud: "God, I give this to You. You are my repairer. I walk free." This physical act seals your spiritual surrender.
Spend 15 minutes in silent thanksgiving, just like the prayer model in your devotional. Don't ask for anything. Simply thank God for three specific ways He has already repaired or redirected your path. Write these down and read them whenever regret whispers lies.
Share your testimony of God's repair work with one person this week. When you speak aloud how God turned your wrong turn into a blessing, you strengthen your own faith and become a living witness that restoration is real.
A Prayer for You
God, I come before You laying down the weight of my regrets. I release every wrong turn, every decision I wish I could undo, and every moment I've replayed a thousand times. I receive Your forgiveness not as a distant concept, but as the active power that is rebuilding my future right now. Repair the broken places in me, redirect my steps toward the purpose You ordained before I was ever born, and give me the faith to walk into a tomorrow that looks nothing like yesterday's pain. In Jesus' name, Amen.
About the Author
Rev. Nicholas S. Richards is an ordained minister, author of Destiny DNA, and founder of ROHO. For over 11 years, he has written more than 6,000 daily devotionals reaching believers worldwide. Learn more about Rev. Richards.