THE ART OF MOVING FORWARD.

17 Afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

Hebrews 12:17 [NJKV]

3 Ways To Overcome Regret.

1. Don't Trade Your Future For A Feeling.

29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” 31 But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” 32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” 33 Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way.

Genesis 25:29–34 [NKJV]

21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice isJacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.    

Genesis 27:21-23 [NKJV]

19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.

Philippians 3:19 [NKJV]

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Matthew 4:4 [NIV]

11 I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:11-13 [NIV]

2.  Learn From It Instead Of Living In It.

34 Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25:29–34 [NKJV]

57 So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” 58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Matthew 13:57-58 [NKJV]

23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 4:23 [NLT]

36 Everyone will be held accountable for every careless word spoken. 37 Your very words will be used as evidence, and your words will declare you either innocent or guilty.

Matthew 12:36-37 [TPT]

13 Be even-tempered, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.    

Colossians 3:13 [MSG]

3. Invite Grace Into Your Regrets.

17 Afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

Hebrews 12:17 [NJKV]

1 It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him…But David remained at Jerusalem. 2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her; and she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

2 Samuel 11:1-5 [NKJV]

15 The Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill. 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17 So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them. 18 Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died.

2 Samuel 12:15-18 [NKJV]

20 David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped…24 Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon.

2 Samuel 12:20, 24 [NKJV]

22 “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.”

Acts 13:22 [NKJV]

13 But one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13–14 [NKJV]

7 “Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.”

Psalm 3:7 [KJV]