{"id":2094,"date":"2026-04-01T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:04:24","slug":"the-power-of-the-cross-the-warning-remember-lots-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Cross &amp; the Warning: \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s Wife\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luke 17:32 \u2014 \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Cross Calls You Forward, Not Backward<br>When Jesus went to the cross, He wasn\u2019t just dying\u2014He was opening a new path. The cross is a dividing line between your past and your future.Lot\u2019s wife escaped Sodom physically, but her heart was still tied to it. When she looked back, she rejected her deliverance.<br>&#x1f449; The cross delivers you out of sin, bondage, and your old life\u2014but you must not look back with desire.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key Insight:<br>You can leave a place, but if the place hasn\u2019t left you, you\u2019re still bound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Looking Back Cancels Forward Grace<br>The power of the cross is forward-moving grace\u2014it pushes you into new life, new identity, new purpose.<br>Lot\u2019s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt\u2014a symbol of stagnation and lost destiny.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#x1f449; When Jesus said \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife,\u201d He was warning:<br>Don\u2019t let nostalgia for your past destroy your future in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Cross Says:<\/strong><br>Your past is forgiven<br>Your chains are broken and your future is open<br>But looking back in longing can freeze your progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Cross Demands Total Surrender<br>Jesus didn\u2019t die for partial transformation\u2014He died for complete surrender.<br>Lot\u2019s wife obeyed outwardly but disobeyed inwardly.<br>&#x1f449; The cross is not just about coming out\u2014it\u2019s about letting go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Galatians 2:20<\/strong><br>\u201cI have been crucified with Christ\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means:<br>Your old desires<br>Your old identity<br>Your old attachments<br>\u2026must stay on the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key Takeaway<br>You cannot carry your past and your cross at the same time.<br>One must drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord Jesus,<br>By the power of Your cross, deliver me completely.<br>Break every attachment to my past. Give me the grace to move forward without looking back. Let nothing in my heart compete with my destiny in You.<br>I fix my eyes on You and not on where You brought me from in Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makaya&#8217;s sch of Prophetic Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fdb722a2bd049c0dc0e13f9023931357 wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Timothy Afful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 17:32 \u2014 \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife.\u201d Key Insight:You can leave a place, but if the place hasn\u2019t left you, you\u2019re still bound. &#x1f449; When Jesus said \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife,\u201d He was warning:Don\u2019t let nostalgia for your past destroy your future in God. The Cross Says:Your past is forgivenYour chains are broken and your future is openBut looking back in longing can freeze your progress. Galatians 2:20\u201cI have been crucified with Christ\u2026\u201d This means:Your old desiresYour old identityYour old attachments\u2026must stay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-makaya-makaya","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}