Posts Taggged: New Year

Making Room For Jesus This Year

Written by: | January 15, 2018

Practical and helpful encouragement about making room for Jesus as we evaluate our time, home and finances and make new year goals. I used to avoid making New Year’s goals like the plague.  My philosophy has long been that if I set goals for the year, I will likely...
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Scripture Study: Isaiah 43:19

Written by: | January 8, 2018

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 Writer: Isaiah Context: The prophet, Isaiah, is prophesying concerning the Israelites’ deliverance from Babylon where they were in...
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Teaching Our Kids to Have Victorious Hope

Written by: | January 5, 2018

“I don’t want to hear you say ‘I can’t.’ I just want to hear you say, ‘I’ll try!’” This is a phrase I find myself saying often to my children. Life is filled with obstacles each and every single day. Some of them are larger than others, but all...
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How To Let Yourself Off The Hook This Year

Written by: | January 2, 2017

A fresh New Year has begun! It’s January, the time of year when many find it refreshing to look forward to the New Year and think of all the possibilities the future holds – and this fresh feeling is what has some people thinking about resolutions. Every year around...
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A Prayer For The New Year

Written by: | January 1, 2016

  I admit it – I’m a bit of a news junkie. I like to know what’s going on in the world, but for the first time I’m starting to understand why some people don’t watch the news. In 2015, the news was heavy and dark, and I felt...
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A Prayer for Mothering in the New Year

Written by: | January 2, 2015

As we enter the New Year, it is time for a fresh start. It’s that season where we often reflect and refocus. During a tine of the year when people resolve to lose weight, spend less, stop eating chocolate, and get out of bed earlier, what about resolving to...
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Praying Over Your Children In The New Year

Written by: | December 31, 2014

With the New Year upon us, I begin to think about the things that I want to do in the next few months. Some of the ideas come quickly, and some require more thought. But there is one consistent commitment I make each year and that is to grow...
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