No Reserves No Retreat No Regrets

58 • No Reserves, No Retreat, No Regrets: SIAFU Men’s Conference 2016

Complete the following statements on how you feel about your past and its impact on your present life, and future.

1. “Of all the things I wish I would have done, I think the biggest thing is ________________________________.”

2. “If I could change one thing in the last five years of my life, I would go back and ________________________.”

3. “When I look back on my life, I think the one great opportunity that I missed for a better life ___________________________________.”

4. “The times I am most ashamed of what I have done in the past are usually _________________________________________________.”

5. “When I think about my past, and how I think it is going to affect my future, I usually think that ______________________________.”

These questions appear to be okay, but they can easily foster much suffering and shame about a believer’s past behaviors and situations. How might the enemy use this kind of thinking to poison a believer’s spirit?

II. Tell the Story: Joshua fulfilled his mission and completed his task without excuse, complaint, or deviation. He had no regrets.

A. Joshua had no regrets in that he thoroughly defeated the Canaanites through his trust and obedience to God’s divine power and direction: When it came to the will of the Lord, Joshua did not play around, hesitate, or vacillate. He was all business for the Lord.