Happy New Year 2018!

Happy New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year 2018 to our friends who have already transitioned into the new year - our friends in Samoa, Australia, North Korea, China, India, Afghanistan, Greece and many more.

When thinking of a New Year’s verse, there is a section of scripture which has become a staple verse for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Indeed, it has become such a standard recitation for the New Year that I almost developed a lackluster attitude concerning its content. I had lost some of the awe and wonder which accompanied my very first reading of that verse.

“Do not remember the former thingsNor consider the things of old.Behold, I will do a new thingNow it shall spring forth;Shall you not know it?I will even make a road in the wildernessAnd rivers in the desert.Isaiah 43:18-19

Yet, as I reflected on the coming year, I began to think about the gift that God grants us with the dawning of each new day. He truly does a new thing ... daily. Each day is filled with opportunities to hear His voice, to feel His presence, to see evidences of His supernatural movement in my life individually and in the lives of others. It holds an opportunity to be an extension of His hands in the earth to be a blessing and encouragement to someone we encounter along this path called life.

And what makes a Happy New Year but a series of happy days, woven together to make a beautiful tapestry of days and weeks and months.

Looking in the dictionary, one of the first definitions of happy is noted as ‘favored by luck or fortune’. It is based on happenings. And while we cannot control all of the things which will happen in 2018 - we can control our approach and response to them. So let's do it with a joy-filled attitude of expectancy … with a teachable spirit and a determination to extract the best life lessons from every situation.

This year …

·         2018 may be a year of reconciled relationships

·         2018 might be the year of renewed health

·         2018 could be the year for a positive financial reversal

·         2018 may hold a series of divine connections and enhanced business effectiveness

·         2018 could see the realization of dreams which have long been dormant

·         2018 could be the year that the LORD connects you with that one special person who will become your life partner

Whatever it holds, know that God will be right there with you … every step of the way.

He is Emmanuel … God with us

He is Omni-present which means it is impossible for Him not to be present in your life.

Even when you cannot see where He is working … or understand how He is working … trust that He is present and that He is working still.

Keep Trusting … Keep Believing!

The year we lost our home in 2011 was nothing compared to the moments in 2017 when I lost hope.

Never lose your hope!!!

You can get through anything as long as there is a hope and expectancy for the next day.

I pray your New Year will be blessed with peace, strength and unending joy.

Happy New Year!

Zenobia