2023 Considerations

 

NEW YEAR

SAME GOD

 

 

New Year’s Day is a good time to

fix one’s eyes on the only One who

knows what the year is to hold.

~Elisabeth Elliot

 

 

Our hope is not in

the new year but

in the One who

makes all things

new.

 

 

 

Work hard,

dream big,

and never give up.

 

 

 

THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR

LIVES TAKES PLACE THROUGH

THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDS.

~ Sinclair Ferguson

 

 

 

A new beginning is

sometimes

a new day

a new hour

or simply

a new thought.

~Nidhi Kush Shah

 

 

 

We all have the

exact same 365 days.

The only difference

is what we do

with them.

~ Hillary DePiano

 

 

 

“Life is change.

Growth is optional.

Choose wisely.”

~ Karen Kaiser Clark

 

 

 

“Learn from yesterday,

live for today,

hope for tomorrow.”

~ Albert Einstein

 

 

 

“The secret of change is to

focus all of your energy,

not on fighting the old,

but on building the new.”

~ Socrates

 

 

“You are never too old to reinvent yourself.”

~ Steve Harvey

 

 

 

“Although no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.”

~ Carl Bard

 

 

 

“With the new day

comes new strength

and new thoughts.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 

 

“You are never too old to set another goal

or to dream a new dream.”

~ C.S. Lewis

 

 

 

It may be time to put away the

Christmas decorations, but DO NOT

put away your Christmas Spirit.

Keep it all year!

 

 

 

“What the new year

brings to you will

depend a great

deal on what you

bring to the new year.”

~ Vern McLellan

 

 

 

As we begin a new year, may we keep our eyes on Jesus, listen for his voice and promptings, and be willing to trust and obey.

 

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

2 Corinthians 5:17

 

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:9

 

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

     and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10

 

Look to the LORD and his strength;

     seek his face always.

Psalm 105:4

 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart

     and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him,

     and he will make your paths straight.

Prov 3:5-6

 

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

 

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18