We've had quiet and beauty to begin our New Year, staying at the coast, in a friend's house in Netarts Bay with a view of the water and mountains. It's been the kind of get away that seems like it just started, the kind that you always want more time. So. It's been good; however, too short. When we get back, we will step into busyness, unpacking, getting ready to go to work, putting Christmas decor away, and running to the store for groceries. It's always a challenge to enter back in to the stuff of life. But. The thing is . . . I want to start this New Year . . . as new.
Behold,
the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you (Isaiah 42:9, NASB).
God has declared new things before the new has come into our life. There's a mindset of new, which requires us to let go of the old and "unnecessary stuff" in every area of life. When we focus on the new of God, our response to the day changes. It requires taking our focus off the stuff, letting go of such things as fear, gult, bitterness, and unforgiveness which distort our perception, through faith that God makes all things new.
Remember God makes all things new.
Let the old go, welcome in the new work of God in every area of your life--with God, with others, with your health, with your finances, with your work, with all things---live new.
Learning to Kickstart the day by living new.
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
A New Year signifies new beginnings. It's a choice to live new, to not be slowed down or overwhelmed by the old. To live new, we must think and act new. It's how we're created to live the day.Consider.
Behold,
the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you (Isaiah 42:9, NASB).
God has declared new things before the new has come into our life. There's a mindset of new, which requires us to let go of the old and "unnecessary stuff" in every area of life. When we focus on the new of God, our response to the day changes. It requires taking our focus off the stuff, letting go of such things as fear, gult, bitterness, and unforgiveness which distort our perception, through faith that God makes all things new.
Living new requires action, refusing to be comfortable with the old, refusing to let the old have power to hinder us from living in the new God has declared.Think about it: God has declared the new things. So. It's not a matter if new exists, but rather what we do with the old things.
Remember God makes all things new.
Let the old go, welcome in the new work of God in every area of your life--with God, with others, with your health, with your finances, with your work, with all things---live new.
Learning to Kickstart the day by living new.
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)