Philippians 3:13-14
Letting Go: A Release Worksheet
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“But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Trees do not lose their leaves by accident. They form a small seal at the base of each stem and let go on purpose, because carrying everything through winter would break them. This worksheet is about that kind of deliberate release.
1 · What you are still carrying
List everything currently taking up room in you. Do not organize it yet — just empty the basket.
Commitments I said yes to and now dread:
Conversations I keep replaying:
Comparisons I keep making:
Old versions of myself I keep defending:
2 · Sort the leaves
Go back through the list and mark each item with one letter: K (keep — God gave me this), R (release — it is finished), or W (wait — ask God, revisit in 30 days).
Which item was hardest to mark, and why?
Which one did you mark K out of guilt rather than calling?
What is one thing you can release today without asking anyone's permission?
3 · Forgetting what lies behind
Paul's “forgetting” is not amnesia — it is refusing to let the past set the pace. Write it out.
One failure I have let define my expectations of God:
One success I have been coasting on:
What is true about God that neither of those changes?
4 · Straining forward
Release makes room. Name what you want the room for.
The goal I am pressing toward this fall:
The first honest step toward it:
The person I will tell, so it is not private:
5 · The letting-go page
On a separate sheet, write the R items as a short letter to God. Then, physically, tear it or fold it and put it away. The act matters.
Date I released these:
What I am asking God to do with them:
What I want to remember when I am tempted to pick them back up:
Letting go is not losing. It is a tree preparing to survive a winter and bud again in spring.
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