New Beginnings in 2012!

New Beginnings - As I look forward to a new year, I think of new beginnings. When I think of new beginnings, I think of fresh starts, clean slates, new chapters and of course God’s grace. But it is also important to look back as well. Not to dwell on the past but to learn from it and see God in the midst of it all. When I look back on 2011, I think of God’s faithfulness through a very turbulent year for me and how He has carried me through difficult situations.

Duet 1:31 says “In the desert, there you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”

When I think of this verse it makes me want to cry because God has carried me this last year in His strong and faithful arms and He has carried me to this new place in life.

Only God knows what this new place (2012) has in store for me. Only God knows how the path will twist and turn, climb and descend. I do not have control over the future and as I look ahead to 2012, I make no mistake in thinking I do. On this second day of January, I pray God will provide me with a clean slate, a fresh start and grant me His favor in 2012. May He grant me His favor in health, His favor at work, His favor with family and friends, and above all else I pray for favor in intimacy with Him for...

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17

As I look forward to a new year, I am excited to see what God has in store for my future. God has been faithful, and he will continue to be faithful.

Lord, I want an abundance of Your Holy Spirit this year. Show me your Glory in new ways. Please go before me this year and leave the fragrance of Your Glory very presence in Your wake! Have favor on me and met my needs as only you can.

“You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.” Ps 65:11