Happy New Year

Ready

I think just about everybody is ready for the new year. I think we all realize the simple turning of the calendar is not going to change the factors affecting our lives and our world. But it does seem that the psychological and emotional boost we get as we consider the possibility and promise that the new year could hold. It is important that we remember that as strange, challenging, and different as 2020 has been, this new year, 2021, will also be unique. We must see in this the amazing opportunities that the Lord will give us to glorify Him in this new year.

New

Most of us tend to like new things, at least until the new wears off. But when we think about newness in regards to God's design, we are dealing with ancient new. By this I mean that this first day of the new year was decreed by God before the beginning of time. God knows the end from the beginning and orchestrates everything in between. This is a good reason for us to have great comfort even in the midst of pain or suffering. With great confidence we as believers should be glorifying God in all that is new to us but known to Him.

New Hope

Our hope is not in a passing newness but rather in the perpetual newness of life in Christ. When the Apostle Paul wrote to his protege, Titus, he spoke to him of the hope of eternal life. Paul says that this hope of eternal life was promised by God before the ages began. This means that for all of us who by faith are children of promise, we can have this eternal life hope right now. 

Paul also says that this hope of eternal life was at the proper time manifested in His word. So as we enter this new year where are we sure to find the truth of this hope of eternal life? That's right, in the Bible!

As a church family, one thing that I really believe could help us is to be taking in God's Word on the same plan as one another. So starting today, we are doing a chronological reading plan through the Old Testament in 2021. I would love to invite you all to join us. 

P.S. Thank you all for supporting us with your prayers. I love you all very much and Lord has answered Laura and I with sustaining us with His mercy and grace!

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