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anyann View Profile History	things Posted : 19 Nov, 2012 08:50 AM How important is getting rid of old things in your life and why? Post Reply
View Profile History	things Posted : 19 Nov, 2012 08:13 PM I am a minimalist. Always getting rid of old things because I do not like clutter. Emotionally or other wise. Post Reply
View Profile History	things Posted : 22 Nov, 2012 05:53 PM Old things can keep one trapped in the past, whether emotionally, physically or spiritually. Spiritually, when people become saved, they are made like new; God cleans all the spiritual clutter out. It is removed for a reason. To bring old guilts, old behaviors, old attitudes back in is just un-doing what God did. Emotionally, old things can be both good and bad. Old good memories are good for the heart; but old grievances and anger are unhealthy and should be let go. Physically, old things can hold memories which, as said above, can be good and bad. Some old things need to be thrown away -- not to get rid of a memory, for memories can never be erased, but to prevent clutter and becoming a hoarder. All physical things fray, become rusted, or broken; when it comes to a point where it is not physically needed or necessary, it can be thrown out or given away. Post Reply
Philipian View Profile History	things Posted : 2 Dec, 2012 02:15 AM Its highly important to be rid of the old. The new will however not be the new you expect if you clutch too tight to the old and afraid to lose control of it. In the end, the old still get to run the new. God will want you to take learning from 2Cor 5:17- If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things had passed away and behold all things are new. You will never adore the new, if you still set the old as an alter next to it. Its a decision time. We became believers today, because, we let go of the OLD and accepted the NEW, and not because we kept OLD and NEW side by side! Post Reply