Want a better year than last?
Follow Jesus,
Give thanks to Him,
&
No matter
what comes, hold on to the hope you have because of Him.
Maybe the last year
was hard. - many times you struggled to keep pushing on, friends and family
left you or died, or God seemed nowhere near you.
Remember,
if you are a child of God, God promises He will never leave you or forsake you.
Remember,
as James said, God allows trials to come into each of His children's lives to
make them stronger and to help them to grow in Christlikeness.
v Celebrate
that you are a child of God and He loves you so much He wants you to grow to be
more like Him.
v Celebrate
you are a child of God and He has prepared a place for you.
v Celebrate
you are a child of God and you have an eternal hope that this world is not all
there is. There is more! This world
cannot keep you nor can it take away your promised place in God's kingdom.
v Celebrate
in the end, God wins and you are His child!
This year take a stand for
God.
Stand
firm in the hope
Jesus lived, died, and rose from the grace to give you.
Proclaim
God and His glory for His is the glory and He gives the
hope of glory.
Remember
the saints who went before us.
Become
a servant of God and His body.
"I (Paul)
have become its (the body of Christ, the
followers') servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of
God in its fullness-- the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and
generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make
known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:25-27 [NIV])
