What shall I ask for the coming year? What shall my watchword be?
What should Thou do for me, dear Lord? What can I do for Thee?
Lord, I would ask for a holy year, spent in Thy perfect will.
Help me to walk in Thy very steps; help me to please Thee still.
Lord, I would ask for a trustful year, give me Thy faith divine,
Taking my full inheritance, making Thy fulness mine!
Lord, I would ask for a year of love; O let me love Thee best!
Give me the love that will not fail beneath the hardest test.
Lord, I would ask for a year of prayer, teach me to walk with Thee;
Breathe in my heart the Spirit's prayer; pray Thou Thy prayer in me!
Lord, I would ask for the dying world…stretch forth Thy mighty hand;
Thy truth proclaim, Thy power display this year in every land.
Lord, I would ask for a year of joy; Thy peace, Thy joy divine,
Springing undimmed through all the days be they days of shade or shine.
Lord, I ask for a year of hope, looking for Thee to come,
And hastening on that year of years that brings us Christ and Home.
- Author Unknown
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A NEW YEAR’S PRAYER
May God make your year a happy one!
Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain, but by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes.
Not by making your path easy, but by making you sturdy to travel any path.
Not by taking hardships from you, but by taking fear from your heart.
Not by granting you unbroken sunshine, but by keeping your face bright, even in the shadows.
Not by making your life always pleasant, but by showing you when people and their causes need you most, and by making you anxious to be there to help.
Wishing God’s love, peace, hope and joy to you for the year ahead.
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Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17 NLT
… throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:22-24 NLT
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. John 13: 34-35 NLT
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17 NLT
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 NLT
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NLT
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