New!

The song I shared above has been ringing in my spirit this morning. I know I've shared it with you before, but the words are powerful and true: Christ Jesus makes all things new.

It doesn't matter if you feel that you have totally wrecked your life. Jesus can take that wrecked life and turn it around to a shining, glorious testimony of His supreme power. He can take what we view as useless and make it an important facet of the Kingdom of God.

There is no depth we can sink to where He cannot draw us out. There is no sin too great that He cannot redeem us. There is nothing that can separate us from God's love. Not one thing.

Today, bask in the fact that God can make you brand new - He has already made you new when you accepted His Son. He doesn't care about your mistakes. He doesn't care about your missed opportunities. He doesn't care about your failures, your falling down, or your sin.

Under His grace and mercy, He can make you brand new. He can turn those things into tools to build up His Kingdom. Be encouraged! The Lord will cause all things to work together for your good. You've already received His saving power. Now accept the power of His forgiveness, grace, and mercy.

Verse of the Day: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

Happy New Year!

It's a new day, a new month, and a new year! Let's celebrate!

Enjoy your day today and soak up the newness all around you. Spend some time in prayer and get your focus for this new year. Listen to what the Lord is saying and get a fresh, new attitude about how you can accomplish what He's showing you.

God can do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you can think. So, stop thinking yourself out of His promises for you! Just go with what He's showing you. Fall headfirst into His plans, and trust that He will lift you up to your place in Him.

It's 2013, guys!

We're in a whole new place!

Happy New Year!

Verse of the Day: It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22, 23

God's Doing a New Thing!

Today begins a week of prayerful expectation for me. God is doing new things, and I am excited about what He is doing!

In God's Word we have numerous examples of God doing new things with His people. What I love about the Lord is that He always finds new ways to prove His power, might, and sovereignty.

He chose to bless Abraham with his promised heir long after Sarah was past childbearing age. He led Israel out of bondage by splitting apart an entire sea! The Lord brought them into the Promised Land by having their shouts of praise crumble walls that were wide enough for houses to be built within!

God did something new when He caused  fire to come down to consume Elijah's sacrifice in the face of the evil priests of the idol Baal. God showed His strength and power through His judge Samson who was able to carry city gates on his back.

The Lord did something new when He performed the miraculous conception of Jesus in the womb of the virgin Mary. The entire life of Jesus accentuated that God was doing a new thing: the sick were healed, demons were driven out, people were restored, and the Kingdom of God was preached to those who had never heard about it.

Our God loves to do new things.

What new thing is the Lord doing in your life? Don't allow the unfamiliarity of something new to cause you to miss out on how God's trying to bless you! Let the Lord have His way any way He sees fit. Whatever He tells you to do, wherever He tells you to go, make sure you follow! Your something new is at the end of your journey.

One thing is guaranteed: God's new thing is always better than the old thing.

Verse of the Day: Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19