Hey Dear beloved,
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Hope you all are doing great and had a blast celebrating the birth of Christ.
All set to face 2014?
Today I would like to share with you what God has put in my heart. Hope this will help prepare yourself for 2014 and every blessing God is bringing your way.
Before we go any further, let’s take time to thank God for everything He has done in 2013. As the Psalmist says;
“Praise the Lord o my Soul, all my inmost being praise His Holy name.
Praise the Lord o my soul and forget not all His benefits” Ps. 103:1-2
As we thank Him for His goodness and mercy let us also take time to seek for forgiveness. Cry out with all your heart and ask forgiveness for the lack of faith, inconsistent prayer life and for not seeking and walking in the light of the word of God.
As we are about to step into 2014, it is very important that you prepare yourself for it and every blessing God has in store for you, else we would probably miss few of them.
I would like to remind you a verse from the gospel of Matthew 9:17: Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskin. If they do, the skin will burst and the wine run out and the skins will be ruined. No they pour new wine into new wineskin, and both are preserved.
What makes Jesus such profound teacher is, He thought in the way His listeners could understand.
Wine wasn’t new for them; they exclusively use wine for various occasions like wedding, birthday, party or any other gathering. Just like biryani in our land. Yummy..!
I would like to share few things from this verse and try to explain what I have in my heart. Wine here symbolizes blessings, wineskin represents our life and man here is God.
1.Renew yourself:
If you wanted God to pour out new blessings into your life it is important that you throw off your old self.
You cannot expect God to bless you while you are living with old sinful, old self-centered, old selfish lifestyle. God will not trust you to anything new when you did not bother to be faithful with what He has given you in the previous year.
I believe, “If God can trust you to something and knows that you will be faithful and trustworthy, then there is no such thing that God won’t give you”.
Apostle Paul in his letter to Romans said, “Be Transformed by renewing your mind” Rom 12:1-2. You don’t have to change anything, just change your mind and you are on right way. You wouldn’t have already reached your destiny, but you are definitely on the right track.
2 .Blessings can be a snare, if you are not ready:
Usually at the start of every year, we all make new resolutions. Most of us we decide not to sin from now, NO to bad habits, YES to God, YES to Church, YES to prayerful life and YES to righteous living which is very good thing. We need to earnestly seek for a renewed and surrendered life to God. But the saddest part is that most of us slide back into our old lives in no time.
God wants to bless us more than we desire for ourselves. He is faithful to make a way when we slide away from Him but yield to His saving grace and return to our old lifestyle.
The Bible has a record of people who are blessed and anointed yet failed miserably at times. And the only reason is they did not know how to handle the blessing of God.
3. Prepare yourself for New Blessings in 2014:
Unless there is a renewal of mind and new heart we might fail in receiving the blessings of God. New blessings will and can be poured only into new life!
Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Unless a person is born-again he cannot see the kingdom of God. If you want to see Jesus as the King and Lord over your life and His Kingdom then it’s time for you to be born-again.
But if you have already received Jesus as your Lord and Savior then it’s time to re-dedicate your life to Him all over again.
Eph 4: 22-24: Put off your old self and put on new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
In this New Year, Let us pursue to be like Jesus. Paul imitated Christ! We should also try to talk, try to see things, and try to do things like Jesus does. Above all it is also important to seek a prayer life of Jesus’. In all that we are Let Jesus be displayed in and through us.
I know this is not as simple as it is read but there is always an option to try. So, why not we try? Ask God to help us be like His Son Jesus. Surrender to the Holy Spirit completely!
Let it not be a decision you make today or just for a week or the first month. I pray that you will live your decision to the last.
Let us all live a life pleasing to god and hear Him say “You are my beloved son/daughter and in you I am well pleased”. This is the ultimate blessing!!
I pray that this year 2014 will be the best year ever for you are your family. May God bless you with every blessing that you are looking for in every area of your life.
Be Blessed, Be fruitful in Jesus Name. Amen..!
Wishing you and your family, A blessed and Prosperous New Year 2014.
Much Love,
Jeevan n Leena
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