01/24/2026
Hello everyone!
I know the weather is going to be pretty bad tomorrow morning so I have decided to spare everyone the dangerous drive to church and be live on Facebook at 10:30 tomorrow morning!
I have attached notes for the message here for you to follow but I challenge you to take notes as well!
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God bless you all and please stay safe!
A Better New Year 5
Notes
I want to continue my New Years messages with a very important one that will help you, starting today, to be the best you can be and for the rest of the year.
4 things that will make or break you in 2025!
The first 2 are ;
Lack of Planning
Fear of Failure
"Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand." Isaiah 41:10
from the book of Matthew chapter 19, "With God all things are possible"!
From the book of Luke chapter 1; “For nothing will be impossible with God.”
From the book of Mark chapter 10; “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”
And of course from Romans chapter 8, "If God is for us, who can ever be against us?"
Our fears come from a lack of faith in God because He even says, "I will never leave you nor forsake you!" Hebrews 13:5
Our plans will never work well without trusting God or not believing He will help us!
And, the last 2 are;
Being Positively Contagious and Trusting God More
"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." Philippians 4:8
Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take."
Trusting God more is programmed into our hearts and can change defeat into victory very quickly!
Here again are the 4 things that will make or break us this new year;
Lack of Planning
Fear of Failure
Being Positively Contagious
Trusting God More
But, finally, I must remind everyone, we can't trust someone we don't know and don't believe in!
To know God is the easiest thing in the world to do because if God made it as difficult as jumping over a building or swimming across the Atlantic, no one would be saved.
Jesus said in the book of Matthew, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."
He just says, come! He already did all the heavy lifting on the cross. All we have to do is come and surrender to His Lordship!
God bless you and share what you have learned today with others who need this message!
