Happy New Year’s!

Now that the year is coming to a close, I thought that I’d just put up something. It’s a time of year right now when it’s good to thank the Lord for the blessings He’s given us for the last year. Psalm 100,

“Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
   come before Him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
   It is He who made us, and we are His;
   we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving
   and His courts with praise;
   give thanks to Him and praise His name.
For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
   His faithfulness continues through all generations.”

And as the new year comes to us, remember that we are a light and salt to the world. Acts 20:24,

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”

And another verse where Paul talks about the Good Race again . 2 Timothy 4:1-8,

“In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing.”

Happy New Year’s everyone! May it be a blessed and lovely one, and for all of us to be good servants of the Lord!

 

Shalom