If this isn't a sign...I don't know what is....

I opened my email to find this.... The EX Daily Word for March 2, 2006 "Same Old Same Old" Heb. 12:1 ¶ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. The devil has no new tricks. He keeps using the same thing over and over to test you, try you, and cause you to fall. But God never lives in the past. How many times have you ever heard God say in the word, "if you had done this, you would have this?" Never! God only moves forward. He does not even consider your past when he is working on you. As a matter of fact, he doesn't even care to remember your past. But the enemy keeps bringing situations that once caused you stumble. When it involves your past, or when it's something that you once struggled with, you can bet it's the enemy testing your progress. God matures us, and then God allows the enemy to try us to prove our progress. Before you can move to the next level, you must first pass the test for the level you are on now. So many of us are stuck on the same level for years because we will not let go of people, places, things, that cause us to fall. But until you master your level, you will not be promoted. The key is that you have to see yourself free and doing better. You have to desire more to get more and you have to desire to be free to get free. As long as you are holding on to the same stuff, then you will not make any progress. God wants us to desire to please him and desire a better way of living. Sometimes we can do the same thing for so long that we lose sight of the real way it should be done. This is why church, fellowship, and reading the word is so important because it does not let stay the same, but seeing others and hearing other testimonies and reading what God said will cause us to grow and not stay the same. Anything that does not grow is dead! Plain and simple, you will be walking as a spiritually dead person if you stop growing. No God, no victory, and no progress. Your life will indeed be the same old same old! So, strive for excellence in your walk and get hip to the devils tactics. Know it is him and recognize when you should change things in your life. When that same old temptation comes, start resisting with everything you got! When that same old depression comes, block it out and speak the Word of God. When that same old situation tries to raise it's head, run for your life into the shadow of the Almighty. Do what you have to do, but avoid doing the same old things. Suggested Reading: Eph. 4:15, 1Tim. 6:11, 2Tim. 2:22, James 4:7, 1Pet. 2:2, 2Pet. 3:18,