Hope for a Better Tomorrow

Every individual needs to change and mature in some area of their life. Deciding to change is indicative of imperfections and weaknesses. The chance for a new beginning and a fresh start encourages making some needed changes. While the past may have been painful, it doesn't have to determine your future.

Faith and hope for a better tomorrow give life vitality. Seeing change though to fruition is dependent on believing your efforts are blessed by God. How can this be known? If what you are attempting brings honor to God and you give him credit for what is accomplished, then he will bless your hard work.

So change must be a commitment to God’s purposes for you. Sabotaging yourself is difficult to avoid, but as you continually permit God to empower you to make a new start, success can be achieved. The Apostle Paul proclaimed, “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives me strength.” This can be your confidence.        

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The Lord said: Forget what happened long ago! Don’t think about the past. I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands.

~Isaiah 43:18-19 Contemporary English Version

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A New Year of Hope: Lay a New Foundation with God's Peace

When you think about the word foundation, what comes to your mind? What do you visualize? What are the main ingredients in a foundation that carries the weight of hope and blessings and is supported by the peace that only God can provide? A life based on God’s word provides strength for meeting each day’s challenges.

Secret sins that date far back in your life can sabotage the blessings God wants to bestow on you. So go in search of what you have hidden away from the light of God’s forgiveness and mercy. It is not too late to repent and come clean with Christ Jesus.

Since this is the beginning of a new year, why not break with the past and permit the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ to give you a new start by cleansing  you from all unrighteousness? You may have to make a new start every day, but that’s okay with God. He understands and will help you do it. Don’t hesitate. “Come every soul by sin oppressed, there’s mercy with the Lord.” Happy New Year. 

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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

~Jeremiah 29:11 New King James Version

Everyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.

~2 Corinthians 5:17 Contemporary English Version

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