Things we can ALL DO in this New Year...
IN HUMBLED LOVE, RELY UPON THE LORD FOR ALL, and EVERYTHING, tangible, or not...
PRAISE, WORSHIP, REJOICE, and GLORIFY HIM at ALL times...
BE GRATEFUL, CONTENT, and, THANKFUL, for HE IS EVER PROVIDING for us...
PRAY for ALL people, ALL of the time, not only on weekends, or when something happens...
GIVE as much as we can of ourselves to others, be this in ways of aid of ANY kind, or HOPE...
PRACTICE what we are taught, and WALK THE WALK of CHRIST...
LEARN more of HIS LOVE, and BECOME more like HIM in LOVE: kind, patient, tolerant, compassionate, caring, sharing, understanding, forgiving, and so forth...
STUDY HIS nature, and pattern our lives accordingly, in letter, and deed...
BECOME more CONSCIOUS of things that are not aligned to HIM, and CORRECT what needs correcting...
REALIZE that being DEVOUT means a different lifestyle than that of the less devout, and strive to make this the norm for our lives...
BE DOERS of THE WORD, and not only HEARERS, in other words, ALLOW THE WORD to be VISIBLE in our thoughts, actions, and reactions...
PART with things that have no usefulness to our spiritual growth; this covers a LOT of areas of life, and is NOT easy to do, but for the sake of increase, is a worthy endeavour...
ADAPT to a life of VIRTUE; study them, understand them, and LIVE in them...
REMAIN POSITIVE, ENCOURAGED, HOPEFUL, and RELEASE all negative bonds, as much as is possible...
SHARE the bounty of your GOODNESS with others, from the spirit outwardly...
PROVIDE as much HOPE and ENCOURAGEMENT for others as is feasible...
RESIST the evil one, for he is ever near, with tricks beyond trickery; this falls into being CONSCIOUS of things not aligned to THE LORD, and being CONSCIENTIOUSLY discerning at ALL times...
BUILD UP our FAITH, thus FAITHFULNESS, by TOTALLY TRUSTING IN THE LORD, and, HIS WILL for our lives...
DON'T let setbacks take you one step from where you are headed; we ALL have them, but, the HOLY ARE ABOVE them, and KNOW HOW to use them for the greater GOOD...
BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A YEAR OF BLESSINGS, and INCREASE THESE BLESSINGS BY BEING A BLESSING, and GLORIFYING HIS name IN our thoughts, actions, and reactions!!!
I could go on, but, this is enough to put RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE ALL ELSE!!
I wish you, and yours, a most wondrously endowed, empowered, and encouraging 2013, with ALL my LOVE! May HE guide, direct, comfort, protect, and, enrich us every step of the way, and may we be ever so enthusiastic in our gratitude OF HIS presence in our lives!!!
BLESS YOU, and, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2012-2013
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