May this year be filled with God’s rich blessings for your life. May you experience His peace in a new and refreshing way. May the joy of the Lord truly be your strength! And may all your days be filled with a hope that comes from fixing your eyes on Jesus! My prayer is that each one of you and I myself will grow in great ways this new year! May 2015 be our best year yet!
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (Revelation 22:13
I pray that 2014 will be a year you find out who Jesus is for you. For those of you who know the Lord, I pray you will gain a fresh perspective of God’s Word. I pray that you will see how much God loves you and the mercy He so readily pours out on your life. I pray that you will be renewed and strengthened for every step ahead. I pray that you will find joy in every circumstance this year and that you will find reason to celebrate who God is every day. I pray that you will come alive in a new way and with a new awareness of God’s rich blessings on your life.
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord the Lord is the Rock eternal. (Isaiah 26:3-4)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s GRACE that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ. (Ephesians 1:7-9)
It’s a New Year! May you forget your failures from this last year and allow God’s grace to guide you forward! May you receive “the unmerited favor of God”. Yes, this is His abundant grace! The grace He pours so freely on you! Enjoy every ounce of His grace this year!
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)
What does faith look like? Perhaps it looks a little like this…
It took faith for Noah to build an ark for the rain that would come. Something he hadn’t seen before.
It took faith for Abraham to leave his homeland and obediently walk to the land God had called him to.
It took faith for Joseph to believe in his dreams.
It took faith for Moses to trust that God would set His people free.
It took faith for the Israelites to cross the Red Sea.