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Scriptures & Devotional

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

Isaiah 43:18,19

A New Year; A New Opportunity

Let us enter into and welcome this new year with praise and gratitude to the Lord God who has sustained us and carried us through another 365 days!

Let us have a heart of thankfulness.

Let us remember all that He did for us in the previous year and all years prior.

Let us be transformed in our hearts and our minds.

Let us renew our walk with Christ Jesus or take it to the next level.

Let us see all of the opportunities before us and enter into this new year with expectations.

Let us not bring the baggage of last year with us into this year.

Grace and peace,

Rev. Dr. Wendy

Prayer

Father, we thank You for being the God of second, third, fourth, fifth chances. Help us to not take You or Your gifts for granted. Guide us daily that we might operate in Your will and not our own. Let us have the same mind that was in Christ Jesus that we might love, honor, respect, appreciate, and care for one another. Give us a heart of compassion. Father, let us never forget the grace that You extend to us that we might do likewise and extend grace to others. Create in us a new heart, a new mind that we might better serve You and one another. You have called us to be “a light.” Give us the courage to be that "light" in every sphere of our lives. Teach us and show us what it truly means to “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

In the mighty name of Jesus, Amen!