2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  

One of the devil’s best weapons he uses to keep us down is to keep bringing up the past.  He will use thoughts, family, or even our friends to remind us of what we were.  We do not have to listen or let those images talk us out of our new identities in Christ.  We are new, and the old self does not have any power over the new.  We have a better life now with better choices to make.