“A Fresh Start”

Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Message title: A Fresh Start. 
S – Stop making excuses.
Proverbs 28:13 (NLJV) He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. 

Prov 24:10 (The Message) If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place. 

T - Take Inventory Of My Life
Galatians 3:4 (NLT) Have you experienced so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?
Personal experiences. 
Vocational and Educational experiences 
Spiritual experiences 
Painful experiences 
A - Act in faith
Acts 3:1-5 (NIV) 
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. 
2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. 
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 
4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

Proverbs 29:25 (NKJV) The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.

R – Refocus my thoughts
Prov 4:23-27 (NIV)
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. 
24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. 
26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. 
27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. 

T – Trust God
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.