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Book Of Years
God has
blessed us
with a new
year, a chance
to leave
behind the
past
with it's
failures, and
an opportunity
to focus on
victories
ahead in
Christ!
We have before
us a fresh,
new year in
which to 'grow
in the grace
and knowledge'
of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Although we do
not know what
this
new year will bring, we can know the One in charge of all our tomorrows.
We can know that He has a plan for our lives, and He has prepared
the way for us.
We can march
boldly into
the future of
2007, or we
can fearfully
dread
what the next day will bring. God has all our years in His capable hands,
and we can
trust Him. He
has designed
our journey
through this
life, and
His Word shows
us the way we
should choose.
His Word says
He will
even go before
us and make
the 'crooked
places
straight!' We
can live the
days of 2007 in power and victory if we so choose. We can make right
choices and
prosper in the
peace and
goodness of
God.
We start the
new year with
a fresh page
in our book of
years, a page
that
as yet has
nothing
written on it.
It is pure and
clean, with no
past failures
and pain carried over from the last page. Our new page is rich with the
promise of new
opportunities,
new
challenges,
new victories
to be
recorded therein. God has many exciting, good things for His children
in this brand new year, but we won't have them if we insist on staying
on the same
page, living
in the past,
repeating old
negative
habits and
patterns. We have an opportunity to change; for if our circumstances is to
change, there
must first be
a change in
us. The year
2006 is gone,
will
never be relived again, there is absolutely nothing we can do that would
change any of it. But we can learn from our mistakes, be a better
person, and
resolve that
yes, this year
will be
different.
Paul says in
Philippians 3
that he is
forgetting
those things
that are
behind.
Forgetting in
this verse
meaning to "
not let the
past hinder or
influence the
future." We
must not let
our past rule
our future,
that is
self-defeating,
and
not pleasing
to God. He has
forgiven us
for our past
sins, and we
dishonor
Him when we
constantly
dwell on and
rehash the
past. We need
to do
as Paul,
forget the
past, and
press forward
to the things
that are
before us.
If our 2006
was a
wilderness of
defeat, a
desert of
dryness, we
have the
power to not allow it to be repeated. God says He will make a
way in the wilderness, and give rivers in our deserts.
( Isaiah 43:18-19)
If we let our
new nature
write the
pages of 2007,
at the end of
it we will
have pages in
the book of
years that is
filled with
power, joy,
peace,
victory, and
many great
deeds done for
Christ,
signifying a
year
well-lived and time well spent.
May we get
into God's
Word as never
before, obey
His
commandments,
and endeavor to work in His vineyard, to bring lost souls into His
kingdom. May
this year be
for every one
a year that is
beautiful in
every way!
Let us be
about the
Father's
business!
God Bless You!
Shirley Miller
If you do not
know Jesus as
Lord and
Savior, there
is no better
time
than right now. His Word says:" Behold, now is the day of salvation."
Invite Him
into your
heart, ask Him
to forgive
your sins, let
Him cleanse
you as white as snow. Then your year 2007 will be your best ever!
God has
promised to
never leave or
forsake His
children. He
does not
ask you to walk this way alone, He will be with you every step of the
way. There is no problem too big or too little that God cannot handle.
Give your heart to Jesus, He will give you peace, and joy in the midst
of your adversities.
Let's
celebrate the
new!
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