Prayer – Lord God, You’ve given us a New Year…beginning with
a new day. Is this the “last days?” It doesn’t matter as long as we listen to
Your advice…be ready. We should live each day as if it is our last whether it really
is today or a thousand years from now. Wherever You are, Lord, is the most important
place—and right now that is in Heaven. Teach us Your ways…and we’ll gratefully
walk the path that You show us.
Choose your path carefully.
Let the Lord lead you...
and your family...
on His path.
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Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the
mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains And shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it. Many
nations shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall
walk in His paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, And rebuke strong
nations afar off; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their
spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore. But everyone shall sit under his vine and
under his fig tree, And no one shall make them afraid; For the mouth of the
LORD of hosts has spoken. For all people walk each in the name of his god, But
we will walk in the name of the LORD our God Forever and ever. Micah
4:1-5 NKJV
Meditate. Consider what is important to you in this new
year.
Christians will one day do just what
our Lord God want them to do…to walk forever in His will and His way. What a
glorious day that will be. No need for weapons—there will be peace, so the old
weapons will be made into plows and farming implements. For now…we must wait
for that time to come…and yet we still hear of wars and rumors of wars around
the world. It isn’t even safe right now for people to travel to Jerusalem. Can
you imagine being that close to the war in Gaza? We are protected and privileged
here in the United States not to have had true “war” within our nation since
the Civil War. There is division within our country on so many issues today—but
we are still united. Personally, I think one of our biggest issues is
immigration. What is going on beyond our borders that our borders are being
invaded by unknown people groups—not families, but groups of single young men
that look like warriors. Beware. Be ready…just as Jesus warned. Watch out for future
events.
For now…we watch for the coming
events that mark the end of the Christmas season.
The Seventh Day of Christmas
Seven Swans A-Swimming concerns the seven sacraments of the Catholic faith:
baptism, communion, reconciliation (the idea that sins are forgiven once you
confess and repent), confirmation, marriage, ordination, and the ritual of last
rights. As we near the end of the twelve days of Christmas we see what other
things the people several hundred years ago secretly told their peers about
Christianity. Rituals were important—and there were seven of them that the
Catholic church touted. Most of those, particularly baptism, communion, and
marriage, are sacraments that are professed by all Christian churches.
Unity and love for others is the key
to living in the way that God would have all people live—whether the end is
soon or a thousand years away.
But
the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your
prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love
will cover a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:7-8 NKJV
Verse of Salvation ~ Therefore, my beloved, as you have
always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in
you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV
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