Happy New Year!

“The future is as bright as the promises of God.”
William Carey

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    I am the Eternal One.
        I Am is My name.
        My beauty is unique, a weighty splendor all My own.
    And nothing else—no idols could possibly gain My praise.
  Look here, what’s done is done and gone.
        The now is new, and there’s hope in the not-yet.
    I will tell you what’s to come, even before the events are brand-new.
So make up a song like none other. Sing a new song to the Eternal.
    And let His praise echo clear across the earth.
Isaiah 42:8-10a The Voice

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May this New Year bring you a fresh start,
A chance to renew your mind, body, and spirit.

May you let go of the burdens of the past,
And embrace the possibilities that lie ahead.

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For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Eternal,
“plans for peace, not evil,
to give you a future and hope—never forget that. 
At that time, you will call out for Me, and I will hear.
You will pray, and I will listen. 
You will look for Me intently, and you will find Me. 
Jeremiah 29:11-13 The Voice