Sunday morning January 8, 2017. Reflecting on the new year and the sermon our pastor Dennis Newkirk delivered last night. We started a series titled “Roots”, and we will be walking through the book of Mark verse by verse. I love the way he explained that this was the first gospel written and that gospel means “Good News” and went on to say it actually is “Great News”! Indeed it is and I look forward to the story like sitting in the library as a child … waiting for Story Time.
As we reflect on the New Year he asked us 6 questions to consider:
1. What one thing could I do to increase my enjoyment of God? … Private Worship, Public Worship, Prayer, Praise? All ideas but each of us looking to see how we can come into a walking, talking, listening relationship.
2. What is the most humanly impossible thing you could ask God to do this year? As a faith building exercise we should ask what man considers impossible. I am asking him to heal my ear, in faith believing that by this time next year my hearing will be restored. I also lift up my new business asking Him to touch MANY lives. He has given me hope that even at this age I might see the full potential of the gifts and life He has given me.
3. What can you do to increase the quality of your family? - Tune my heart to God making Him the center of all that happens in our home and in my speech.
4. What Spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress on this year. For me it is discipline of using my time wisely.
5. What is the biggest time waster in your life. For me it is the internet, making poor choices with games or Facebook. The internet will be very valuable to my business, but I must discipline myself to monitor myself and limit time I spend “Playing”.
6. What is the most helpful thing I can do for my church? For me it is building relationships, being a hostess to church member. Praying for our church as we go through the transition in staff.
Such good things for me to fix my heart on. Lord I ask that I live for You as I have never done before. Take my steps, make them yours; take my life and give me joy in giving away my time and energy. You alone Father know what you designed to happen in my life, My desire this year is to let me and others get a view of that. I have my own preconceived ideas of how that might look, but help me to re-evaluate that daily to make sure that I am on the path You have chosen for me and not on a Glenda self serving “Lark”. Too many times I have failed to communicate with you or flatly closed my mind and taken my own path. WHAT A MISTAKE! Oh the consequences I have suffered as a result. Thanking you today for Your Redemption, and Grace! “The GOOD NEW .. THE GREAT NEWS!
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