Do you know where you’re going? Do you have any idea about where you’d like to be when 2021 is concluded? After the passage of yet another year will you still be doing nothing more than merely riding it out; will you be doing anything more than just existing? What about when you reach 2023 or 2025 or 2030? The journey to someplace wonderful starts now. So does the journey to no place. Start the journey to someplace wonderful right now.
The beginning of each year is often used as a way of measuring progress, that is, where a person has been headed. In fact, the New Year is a terrific place for starting over. It is an occasion designed precisely for a renewal and/or a fresh start. I don’t know if Paul ever preached a New Year’s sermon, but I do know that two pithy phrases appear in Philippians 3:13 that give profound insight for any successful beginning or new renewal; phrases that are intensely significant for starting over.
Many are they who want to cancel our beliefs and shut down our freedom to worship. How far are you willing to go if those in authority issue cease and desist orders in holding to and practicing our faith?
Many are they who want to cancel our beliefs and shut down our freedom to worship. How far are you willing to go if those in authority issue cease and desist orders in holding to and practicing our faith?
Am I willing to be dragged away by those who hate me, to appear before those who plot and perjure themselves and truly believe that they’re serving God by their deceit? Am I willing to take the heat of the frontlines?
Many are they who want to cancel our beliefs and shut down our freedom to worship. How far are you willing to go if those in authority issue cease and desist orders in holding to and practicing our faith?