It’s a New Year and the perfect time for us to ask God what He wants to do “NEW” in us this year!

I LOVE new things…new shoes that I put on and wear and never want to get dirty!

New plans to follow that bring excitement because I am starting something I’ve never tried or starting over again fresh!

New places to visit and explore!

New foods to taste and savor!

And my very favorite of all, NEW freshly fallen snow to ski on, make snowballs out of, to step on one foot at a time as I see the freshly made footprints and listen to the crunch, crunch, crunch that only NEWLY fallen snow can make!

There is nothing like experiencing something NEW! And each New Year as the calendar turns over and I am challenged to once again remember to write the New Years date correctly I love asking God for a New Word from Him for me for the New Year!

This year I believe He gave it to me early as I was writing my blogs through the month of December!

As I was praying through my December Blogs on Advent, I felt God clearly speaking to me on the faithfulness of God’s people. Common, everyday people just like you and I that faced fear, ridicule, persecution, and even death!  

As I continued studying for my December blogs while at the same time simultaneously praying for God’s divine leading and provision in my life, the theme of FAITHFULNESS grew increasingly more clear as God’s intention for my focus this New Year!

My word from God for the year 2024 is, FAITHFULNESS!

I know that I have so much to learn in being found faithful to my God and His purposes.

I also know that God will lead and guide me every step of the way!

I love this quote I found by John Piper: 

“My job is FAITHFULNESS;

God’s is FRUITFULNESS!”

Paul says it best in I Corinthians,

“What after all is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe-as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but ONLY GOD, who makes things grow.”

In other words we can plant and water and be found faithful to God and His leading and calling, but at the end of the day it is “ONLY GOD” who makes things grow and bear fruit!

This year of 2024 I want to be found faithful to God’s plan, leading, direction and working in my life.

FAITHFULNESS to God’s plan led Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem where Jesus Christ our Savior was born according to God’s plan, will and leading! Where will my FAITHFULNESS to God’s plan lead me in this New Year of 2024? I am anxious to discover this in my life!

I encourage you to seek God’s Word for you during this New Year.

There truly is something thrilling in starting NEW!

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