New Year

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. …

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.