2008 is a year of new beginnings; God has got your back! I resolve that 2008 will be a banner year. In 2002 it was echoed “…God has a blessing for you in 2002”, In 2004 it was said, “…your troubles will be no more” and in the year 2005 it was said “…2005 it is so great to be alive!
Clichés seem to resonate from the mouth of believers whom haven’t seen each other in quite some time, clichés flow and even rhyme in a mystical sort of way from their mouths but they don’t encourage or strengthen you simply because its not Gods word. What ever happened to words of substance? What happened to words from the heart? Or what about what is written in Gods Word? Remember when the saints would say, “I love you” Remember when the saints would call you on the phone to encourage you? You knew they cared because they showed it!There was a song that we use to sing, “…and they will know that we are Christians, by our love…by our love”. Remember the time when you did see the people of God, you felt there was hope, there was prayer, there was strength and encouragement in their presence. Clichés, resolutions of a better tomorrow and promises that are not written in Gods word are all we seem to hear and that’s just about all the church folk have to offer; they sound real good and catchy like a slick advertising campaign, but those words fade away with each passing wave of life’s challenges.
If I were to offer words of encouragement for the New Year, they would be:
Put no confidence in the flesh and when you have done all that you could do to stand, stand there for having your loins wrapped in the truth of Gods Word!
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