Cindy Trimm - Goodbye, Yesterday!: Activating the 12 Laws of Boundary-Defying Faith

Most Charisma House Book Group products are available at special quantity discounts for bulk purchase for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, and educational needs. For details, call us at (407) 333-0600 or visit our website at www.charismahouse.com.

GOODBYE, YESTERDAY! by Cindy Trimm

Published by Charisma House

Charisma Media/Charisma House Book Group

600 Rinehart Road, Lake Mary, Florida 32746

This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwisewithout prior written permission of the publisher, except as provided by United States of America copyright law.

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Copyright 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations marked AMPC are from the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition. Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations marked BBE are from the Bible in Basic English.

Scripture quotations marked ERV are from the Easy-to-Read Version. copyright 2006 by Bible League International. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked ESV are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked MSG are from The Message: The Bible in Contemporary English, copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations marked NCV are taken from the New Century Version. Copyright 2005 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked THE VOICE are taken from The Voice. Copyright 2008 by Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked TLB are from The Living Bible. Copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked TPT are from The Passion Translation. Copyright 2017, 2018 by Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ThePassionTranslation.com.

Copyright 2020 by Cindy Trimm

All rights reserved

Visit the authors website at trimminternational.com.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

An application to register this book for cataloging has been submitted to the Library of Congress.

International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62999-623-3

E-book ISBN: 978-1-62999-624-0

This publication is translated in Spanish under the title Adis ayer!, copyright 2020 by Cindy Trimm, published by Casa Creacin, a Charisma Media company. All rights reserved.

While the author has made every effort to provide accurate internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

20 21 22 23 24 987654321

Printed in the United States of America

We are all at the center of our own narrative, but its a narrative that changes every time we retell it.

RUTH WARE

THERE IS SOMETHING that all of us can learn from our life experiences once we interpret them through the lens of faith. Some lessons are painful, and some are painless, but none of them are pointless. The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is brilliantly written to help us retell our stories so that we can reframe our lives.

The stories we tell ourselves about our past experiences determine our future. According to a recent Forbes article, The single biggest predictor for all these [life] events is not the facts of your situation, but the story you tell. The article went on to explain that there is an epidemic of negative storytelling in our culture that is pervading our personal and interior lives. That sounds grim. But the articles writer adds that the good news is that we have the ability to fix that. And the best news is that its not as hard as you might believe.

Psychologist Kelly McGonigal has observed that small shifts in mindset can trigger a cascade of changes so profound that they test the limits of what seems possible. When you truly believe all things work together for good to them that love God (Rom. 8:28), your perspective will change, and in retrospect you will see God bringing you through the most difficult of timesand you will realize that not one moment of your life is wasted.

What are the words you use to tell your story?

To reset and reclaim your life, you will have to reframe the narrative of your life story so that it mirrors the narrative God originally planned and purposed. If you want to leave behind the baggage that is weighing you down, youll have to learn to tell your story from a different vantage pointthe vantage point of faith. The stories you choose to tell todaywhether woven in faith or fear; resentment, regret, or gratitudeshape the tomorrows of your future. The story God chose to tell in the first chapter of Genesis shaped the world as we know it today. I chose to weave the story of Genesis into the message of this book because it will help you understand how to shape your everyday life. This book is written to help you achieve perspective and gain a greater appreciation for the God who lives inside of you. He is your refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Ps. 46:1).

In the first installment of this three-book series, Commanding Your Morning, you learned the importance of watching your words. So many people walk around with their lives on stutter and auto-repeat because they keep telling the same stories about their past over and over again. In the second installment, Hello, Tomorrow!, you learned how forming a vision for your life can help you break negative cycles because your tomorrow does not have to look like your yesterday. In this final installment, Goodbye, Yesterday!, you will learn that all of us have potential for greatnessfor accomplishing great things, establishing amazing relationships, and creating astounding masterpieces of our lives. Potential is Gods gift to you. Maximizing your potential is your gift to Him.