31 December 2012
Hi All!
So how are you celebrating my birthday today? Yes, it really
is my birthday. I’d like to honor God, Mom, and Dad for giving me life so many
years ago by saying thank you to them! I’m glad I was born! : )
Two questions to ponder as we close out 2012 and open 2013:
- For what one important blessing are you thankful that God gave you in 2012?
- In what new way will you covenant with God for Him to use you to bless Him and others in 2013?
May God continue to bless and grow us all so we may be made more
into the image of Christ Jesus and live our lives more as the Body of Christ
truly caring for and embracing one another so that non-Christians would see the
love we have one for another and so be drawn through our lives to Christ Jesus for
their salvation.
42 They devoted
themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the
many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the
believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They
sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every
day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in
their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising
God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their
number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2.42-47 (NIV)
May we all have a Blessed New Year in Christ Jesus each and
every day.
- may we read and study God’s Word more faithfully,
- may we believe God’s Word more intensely,
- may we trust God more open-heartedly and without limits,
- may we pray in faith more confidently,
- may we hope more fearlessly
- may we live our Christian faith with more conviction,
- may we express God’s love more consistently,
- may we witness to others more courageously,
- may we rely more on the presence of the Holy Spirit and less on our plans,
- may we judges not and love more,
- may we boldly journey with God wherever and however He leads,
- may we live so that at the end of our journey on earth we will have no regrets,
- may we live on earth so we will be greeted in heaven by God telling us, “Well done, good and faithful servant! . . . Come and share your master’s happiness!” -- Matthew 25.23
Blessed be the name of the Lord God and all who live as
Jesus taught us!
Blessings in Christ!
1 I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who
fear him, and he delivers them. -- Psalm 34.1-7 (NIV)
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