I cannot. Therefore, I will bless the Lord at all times, I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. There is power in there is power in the name of Jesus, there is healing in the name of Jesus, there is deliverance in the name of Jesus. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!

I don’t know about you, but in my book, He’s alright. My Jesus is awesome. When I think of the many ways He shows His love to me, I am overwhelmed. Heavenly Father, teach me to love others as you love me, visit my heart Lord, and let your truth shine forth. Lord, you are the source of all my joys, show me how to love you more and more. Amen!

The Lord has called us for different ministries, he has equipped us for good works. Why then are we still being rebellious? Why then, are we fearful and do not step out in faith? The same God who called us according to his purpose, will lead us and guide us, but we must be still in his presence and learn to listen to his voice. There is no path that he has prepared for us to walk in that he himself has not walked, there is not a word that he will give to us that he has not spoken, therefore, trust God, believe him that what he called you to do that he will see it through to completion. God’s plans for us are not plans to fail, but plans to prosper. Thank you, Lord!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, seek the Lord, be happy to know his ways, for the Lord is able to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to the let oppressed go free and to break every yoke. He is able to make your light break forth like the morning, and your righteousness to go before you. He will be your rear guard, and you shall call and he will answer, you shall cry and he will say, “Here I am.” Oh praise the Lord!

“He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless. Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays and you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.”

If you ever feel like God has forgotten you, remind yourself that our God is a God who always keeps his promises. He said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you, in the accepted time I have heard you, and will be with you.” God’s time is not our time, but he promised us also, that our weeping may endure for a night or two but that joy will come in the morning. Keep the faith and believe that God’s has you in the palm of his hands.

Then, heed the word of the Lord, follow his commandments, walk faithfully in his ways and your descendants would be like the sand, and your offspring like its grains and their name would never be cut off or destroyed from the presence of the Lord and nothing will make you stumble.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, if you do not yet know Christ, of his goodness and his mercy, my prayer, my hope in the New Year is for you to come to know Him. My prayer is that all of us will offer to God a sacrifice of praise and openly profess his name. Our God is an awesome God, and those who know him should be able to share with others just what God has done in their lives, all of us who know God should be able to readily and without shame openly profess his name. Lord, bless us with hearts to openly profess your name and to offer unto you a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, when we have done all that we can to fix the broken places in our lives, we should turn it over to God, for he is the master potter who can make all things new. “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” God is our peace, and only he could give us this peace.

Let me remind you, that all that you have received is a gift from God, gifts that he intend for you to use for his glory and not only for yourselves. Many are so prideful, that they take all the credit for where they are in life and what they have accomplished, but, know that it is God who has purposed everything that we do and have in our lives, that it is God’s will for us to do good to one another, to share and not to hoard all for ourselves. Some of us are like the rich man Jesus spoke about in the parable who had so much that he was running out of storage spaces, he was busy storing up treasures for himself and not for God. Let us not be like that man who clamored for so much, heaping up worthless goods and yet, not rich in the Lord. It is better for us to have Jesus, and his love in our hearts, spreading his good news, building up his kingdom, than to gain the whole world and in the end loose our souls.