This Year....

            May the God of peace…equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.       (Hebrews 13:20,21)

This year, Lord,
             … let us continually, each day move toward who You want us to be and not give into discouragement that we are not fully there yet.
           
             …let us say ‘Yes, Lord” to everything You call us to do and live in radical obedience…. by the power of Your Holy Spirit within us.
                (Let us not just say ‘Yes’ this year, but actually DO ‘Yes’)

          
           ...let us surrender our will to You absolutely and irrevocably.
          
            ...let us say, “On the ground of Your Word (at Your bidding), I will….
                                              ....walk in obedience … I will do as You say
(even though I have tried exhaustingly before and seemingly failed)."₁                                                  

  Let all that You say of us in Your Word be true and real in us- yes, and amen.

Let us LIVE!
       ………..LIVE abundantly in all the exciting extraordinary stuff and also LIVE extraordinarily in all the everyday, ordinary, stuff of life…  doing all things as unto the Lord and for Your glory.

May this year be a year of purity and a year of growing in holiness and faith.
May we seek You first and all these things (faith, purity, holiness) be added unto us.  May we follow the Lord our God fully.

       Lord, grow our faith and incline our hearts to You as we continually, habitually fix our eyes on You.                                                                       
                                                                                         ¹see Luke 5:1-11