📚 MORNING ENCOUNTER 🙇✍️ (JLIM Daily Devotional) 🗓️ Thursday 13 August, 2026 Topic: Keep Moving On Text: Philippians 3:13–14 Memory Verse: "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before." (Philippians 3:13) There are moments when the journey becomes difficult and the heart becomes tired. You may have failed, been disappointed, delayed, rejected, or wounded by the things behind you. But child of God, do not stop here. Keep moving on. Paul understood that yesterday could not be allowed to determine tomorrow. He forgot what was behind and reached forward toward what God had placed ahead of him. Your past may explain where you have been, but it does not have the authority to decide where you are going. Beloved, if you have fallen, rise again. If you have failed, learn and continue. If you have been delayed, wait on God without abandoning the journey. If you have been wounded, let Christ heal you while you keep walking. Do not allow yesterday's pain to steal tomorrow's purpose. Sometimes the enemy wants you to keep looking backward—at your mistakes, disappointments, losses, and failures—until you forget that God is still writing your story. There is still something ahead of you. Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep obeying. Keep serving. Keep pursuing Christ. Even when you cannot see the destination clearly, take the next faithful step. The road may be long, but God's grace is sufficient for every step. You have not come this far to stop now. Keep moving on. Prayer: Father, give me grace to keep moving forward. Heal every wound, forgive every failure, and strengthen me where I have become weary. Help me to leave the past behind and pursue Your purpose with renewed faith. In Jesus' Name, Amen. Reflection Thought: What from my past is keeping me from moving forward into what God has prepared for me?