01 January, 2010. WORD OF THE DAY!!

01 January, 2010. WORD OF THE DAY!!

NEW AND FRESH: - NOVEL describes things that have not existed or have not been known or seen before.

NEW: - refers to something recently made, grown, or built, or recently found, invented, or discovered: a new techniques.

FRESH: - refers to something that has retained its original properties, or has not been affected by use or the passage of time: fresh strawberries; fresh ideas. NOVEL refers to something new that has an unexpected, strange, or striking quality, generally pleasing: a novel experience.

Michael Notion: we have just entered a new year, a new decade and it will be absolutely a whole new and fresh start to your life and it’s only God who can make the change permanent. A person connected to God is like a tree planted near fresh water: it will prosper and thrive, permanently connected to a source of life and God is our source of Life. God's followers are like trees planted at a river's edge, they remain green and healthy throughout their lives, producing good fruit.

Maybe you need to get on your knees today and say, "Lord, I need a fresh start, a fresh touch, some new victories, a fresh cleansing of the dirt I've allowed to accumulate all this times, a renewing of my attitude, a new Holy Spirit takeover from today." If you've been relying on yesterday's connections, a power failure is inevitable. Each new day from now, go for a new and fresh touch from God - today's connection for today's needs and tomorrow’s connection for tomorrow’s needs.

Maybe you've allowed too much toxic waste to get buried in your heart. Would you talk to Jesus about that new and fresh start right now, today? Let Him help you remove all that toxic garbage that contaminates you and frankly everyone around you. Then, instead of polluting your environment, you can be a breath of fresh air from today!

You can't let your personal Jesus-time be something you do occasionally from now or when you feel like it or when you can fit Him in to your busy schedule. Make your daily time with Jesus Christ non-negotiable. Everything else is going to have to revolve around your time with Him instead of what usually happens, your time with Him having to revolve around everything else.

Now most of us would not go to those kinds of extremes, but some of us do know the feeling of wishing we could start over, have a new start, get that fresh start, and move from a life that’s unfulfilling to a life that matters. Millions of us have discovered where new beginnings can be found. The Bible says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17 ). Now, that’s not just a new environment, but it’s a whole new and fresh you...

Bible Reference:
Psalm 92:12-15 (NIV)
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree;
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age;
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

Possible Prayer:
From this time forward, I want to change the direction of my life and follow you. Give me a hunger for your Word and a desire to spend time with you every day. I pray that I would love you with all my heart and all my soul and all my strength. Help me to obey you without hesitation and be faithful to you until the day that I die. Help me to love others and to demonstrate my love through concrete actions. Protect me from all evil. Give me wisdom to make right decisions that honours God.