As we come to a close in the year of 2005 God has
blessed our family and we hope He has yours.
Let this be a year of dedicated prayer. If
we do not pray for the lost and one another we
have omitted two extremely portions of prayer.
Satan does not stop just because one gave their life
to Christ, his relentless pursuit of us daily will
never end until we are in heaven! On the
subject of heaven, how many people you know of died
this year and went to heaven? I pray and hope
that all did, but the sad fact is many a family
member, a loved one, or friend died and went to hell
for rejecting God. This is the only
unpardonable sin in the Holy Bible. I would ask
that you continue to pray for the lost and do not
become discouraged if you do not see your prayers
answered immediately. GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS IN
HIS TIME, NOT OURS, He may be teaching us
patience!
Change is a necessity in our lives that is always
about us. Often changes within our lives are
not within the will of God. We often make hasty
decisions that we base on anger and frustration
that arise from conflict that ultimately have
consequences that we really don't desire. For
every behavioral action there is a consequence
whether positive or negative.
Conflict within any organization or church is
inevitable, but can be to the betterment if handled positively
and correctly.
As you enter into 2006 I would ask that you
continue to pray for a sweeping revival in our great
nation. Once men understand and learn to weep
for the lost possibly and then just possibly this may
lead to a great revival. Continue to pray for
our Armed Forces and their families, pray that the
full protective armor of God would surround
them. Pray for the leaders of our great nation,
pray that not only would they come to the
understanding that our great nation was founded on
the believe in God, pray that they would make
prayerful decisions.
One last and final challenge to all this year is
to read your bible completely and to commit to
bringing one that you know is lost to accept Christ
as their personal savior.
Take time to tell someone that you love them, none
of us are promised tomorrow. Have a blessed
2006, we will see you in church God willing.
