New Year Prayer

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Dec.29.06: Light for the Day - "New Year Prayer" (Viet) (C) (S) (F)

-- Jeremiah 29:11-13
11 For I know the Plans I have for you," declares the LORD,
     "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
      Plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and Pray to Me,
     and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek Me and find Me
     when you seek Me with all your heart.

-- Jeremiah 33:2-3
2 This is what the LORD says, He who made the earth,
    the LORD who formed it and established it --
    the LORD is His name:
3 ‘Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great
   and unsearchable things you do not know.’

-- Philippians 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
   by Prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
   Present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
   will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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New Years Prayer

Dear Lord,

In the New Year, we Pray
that You will guide us each new day
in paths that are pleasing to You.
Lord, the New Year gives us another chance
to rededicate our lives to You,
to study Your Word
so that we know right from wrong
and to act in accordance with Your Commands.
Thank You for the sense of
direction, purpose and peace we get
from aligning our lives with Your Holy Will.

We Pray for the strength and the will to obey You
each and every day of the New Year,
and when we fail, we Pray for Your Mercy,
Your Compassion, Your Grace and Your Love.
Help us in the New Year to be Your faithful servants.

In Jesus’ name we Pray, Amen.

-- Joanna Fuchs

-- Jude 1:20
   But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most
   Holy Faith and Pray in the Holy Spirit.

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Christian New Year’s Resolutions

How can I use the New Year
To better serve my Lord?
I’ll read my Bible every day,
And be more in accord.

I’ll find new ways to serve others;
I’ll love my neighbor, too.
I’ll focus on "give" instead of "get"
In everything I do.

I’ll forgive the people I’m mad at;
Angry feelings I’ll discard;
I’ll try to love my enemies,
Even though it’s hard.

In the New Year, I’ll lift people up,
Instead of putting them down.
I’ll fill my heart with love and joy,
And never wear a frown.

I’ll let go of my worries;
I’ll put it all in His hands;
I’ll repent and try to sin less,
And obey all His commands.

These New Year’s resolutions
Are difficult, at best,
But there’s something I can do each day
That will put my soul at rest:

I’ll love my Lord with all my heart,
With all my mind and soul,
And if I do that essential thing,
All the rest will be in control.

-- Joanna Fuchs

-- Luke 6:36-37
36 Be Merciful, just as your Father is Merciful.
37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged.
     Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned.
     Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

-- Matthew 26:41
   Watch and Pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
   The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.

-- Romans 8:28
   And we know that in all things God works for
   the good of those who love Him,
   who have been called according to His purpose.

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New Year Prayer

God grant us this year a wider view,
So we see others' faults through the eyes of You.
Teach us to judge not with hasty tongue,
Neither the adult ... nor the young.

Give us patience and grace to endure
And a stronger faith so we feel secure.
Instead of remembering, help us forget
The irritations that caused us to fret.

Freely forgiving for some offense
And finding each day a rich recompense.
In offering a friendly, helping hand
And trying in all ways to understand;

That all of us whoever we are ...
Are trying to reach an unreachable star.
For the great and small ... the good and bad,
The young and old ... the sad and glad

Are asking today; Is life worth living?
The answer is only in, loving and giving.
For only Love can make man kind
And Kindness of Heart brings Peace of Mind.

By giving love, we can start this year
To lift the clouds of hate and fear.

-- Helen Steiner Rice

-- Mark 11:24-25
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in Prayer,
     believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
25 And when you stand Praying, if you hold anything
     against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in
     heaven may forgive you your sins.

-- Ephesians 4:32
   And be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
   forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

-- Ephesians 5:1-2
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
2 and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up
   for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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Happy New Year

I am the New Year.
I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.

I am your opportunity
to practice what you have learned during
the last twelve months about life.

All that you sought the past year
and failed to find is hidden in Me;
I am waiting for you to search it out
again and with more determination.

All the good that you tried to do
for others and didn't achieve last year
is Mine to grant-- providing you have
fewer selfish and conflicting desires.

In Me lies the potential
of all that you dreamed but didn't
dare to do, all that you hoped
but did not perform.

All you Prayed for
but did not yet experience -
these dreams slumber lightly,
waiting to be awakened by the touch
of an enduring purpose -

I am your opportunity
to renew your allegiance to Him who said,
"behold, I make all things new." (Rev. 21:5)
I am the New Year.

-- Author Unknown

-- John 15:5
   I am the vine, you are the branches.
   He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit;
   For without Me you can do nothing.

-- Isaiah 55:6-11
6 Seek the LORD while He may be found;
   Call on Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts.
   Let him turn to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him,
   and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
   so are My ways higher than your ways and
   My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
     and do not return to it without watering the earth and
     making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for
     the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is My Word that goes out from My mouth:
     It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what
     I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

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A New Year's

Instead of making a New Year's resolution
Consider committing to a Biblical solution
Your promises are easily broken
Empty words, though earnestly spoken
But God's Word transforms the soul
By His Holy Spirit making you whole
As you spend time alone with Him
He will change you from within

-- Mary Fairchild

-- 1 John 2:5-6
5 But those who obey God’s Word really do love Him.
   That is the way to know whether or not we live in Him.
6 Whoever claims to live in God must walk as Jesus Christ did.

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New Life

A New Year,
A New Life.
Free from worry,
Free from strife.
When you have faith to
Turn your life over to God;
There are no limits, He is
Your strength and your everlasting rod.
To be one is His grace,
His truth and His peace;
To live each day to serve Him
And give complete release.

Nothing can compare to
His precious gift;
Of life eternal through our dear Savior He did lift.
High above us is He as we await His return;
To take us all home
With His gentle, loving concern.
He guides and protects us
Like no other friend;
Seek His forgiveness,
And you shall have no end!
He will never let you down
Or turn you away.

He loves you without judgment,
Even if you’ve been led astray.
So enter God’s kingdom,
Begin to do your good works.
And know in your heart
That doubt no longer lurks.
Be happy, give thanks
And believe in His Love;
You’re now a free spirit,
You’re God’s precious dove!
Trust in His strength,
His hope and His joy;
Let nothing stand in your way of your new life…..ENJOY!

-- Tamara L. Cuny

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-- John 3:16
   For God so loved the world that He gave His One and
   Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish
   but have Eternal Life.

-- 1 John 1:9
   If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
   our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

-- Romans 8:1
   There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are
   in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh,
   but according to the Spirit.

-- 2 Corinthians 5:7, 17-18
7 We live by Faith, not by sight.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a New creation;
     the old has gone, the New has come!
18 All this Newness of life is from God, who brought us back
     to Himself through what Christ did. And God has given us
     the task of reconciling people to Him.

-- Philippians 3:12-16
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected;
     but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which
     Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended;
     But one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
     behind and reaching forward to those things which
     are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of
     God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind;
     and if you think differently about anything,
     this too God will reveal to you.
16 But we must be sure to obey the Truth we have learned already.

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-- Lamentations 3:22-26
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases,
     His mercies never come to an end;
23 They are New every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
25 The LORD is good to those whose Hope is in Him,
     to the one who seeks Him;
26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

-- Psalms 28:7
   The LORD is my strength and my shield;
   My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
   My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.

-- Psalms 100
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
   Come before Him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
   It is He who made us, and we are His;
   we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise;
   Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
5 For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
   His faithfulness continues through all generations.

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A New Year's Blessing and Prayer for you:

    May you always enjoy the Love of family and friends,
    May you be blessed with Love, Joy, Peace, Grace,
    Health, Success and Happiness.
    May you continue enjoy New experiences with God,
    and May your walk with the LORD be closer than ever.

Thanking God for you and asking Him to bless you and
family abundantly in the coming year.

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