What does a New Year make you think of?

All the things you didn’t do last year that you wanted too?

All the things you want to strive for in the new year?

It always makes me think about a chalk board

No matter how many things are written on it, they can always be erased; and you are left with a brand new space

Old things have passed away and all things are now New

As a believer in Christ, there is a verse that comes to my mind

The old has passed away and the new things have come; just as 2021 is gone and 2022 is here.

The great thing about a new year, is that it hasn’t been written yet. Everything you do is the first time this year.

“Now ALL things are from God”

“who gave us the ministry of reconciliation”

I’m sure that I’m not the only one that made mistakes last year

This is a new year for us to be reconciled again with God, and for us to reconcile with others because of God

One of the greatest barricades to destroying racism is the unwillingness to reconcile with the past

In order to be better this year, we need to be purposeful about reconciling with others

This means we must use the power that God gave us if we are ever to get there

He gave us the word of reconciliation, and, as we are reconciled with Him, we lead others to do the same

The only hope that we have for this world of ours is to show everyone Jesus is the ONLY answer

It is another year and another chance to be an ambassador for Christ

RA stands for Royal Ambassadors for Christ

You see, what we have another chance to do this year is be the child of the King that we are supposed to be

We can serve as an ambassador to show every person the way to the King and eternal salvation

He became sin that we might become righteousness

Another year means another chance to lead people to Christ

Last year and the year before that I challenged you to strive to lead just one person to Christ

In order to lead one, you have to talk to many

I wonder how many actually met the challenge and led someone to Christ.

Another year, another chance

Last year, in this church, the baptismal pool remained dry

Let’s be His ambassadors this year and see that pool full often.

You can’t be His ambassador if you haven’t committed your life to Him yet