Hope for 2013!

Happy New Year!!  Hard to believe it is 2013 already.  I don't know what your 2012 looked like.  But my prayer is that 2013 will be an awesome year for you.  One way for this to happen is to "Start Your New Year God's Way".  This was the title of Pastor John Mark's sermon this past Sunday. If you haven't heard the message I encourage you to go online and listen to it. 

God desires to spend time with each of us every day.  God desires to have a intimate relationship with you.  God desires to speak to you and show you how to live for Him.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your steps."  Proverbs 3:5-6.

On New Year's Day in my quiet time with God, He spoke to me.  His word for me this upcoming year is Hope.  To forget the past and look forward to what lies ahead.  Don't slide into a pit of despair, depression, apathy, or complacency.  God is present.  "I wait in hope for the Lord, He is my help and my shield, In Him my heart rejoices for I trust in His Holy Name. May Your unfailing love rest upon me, O Lord, even as I put my hope in You."  Psalm 33:20-22. 

For my hope to rest in God, I have to spend time with Him.  Make your time with God a priority.  Set an appointment and prepare for it.  Take your Bible, notebook, and pen and just sit with God.  Pray, talk to Him about everything.  God wants to have an intimate relationship with you.  Start today.  He is waiting, He is never busy, He is always there.  I pray that 2013 be a year of hope for you.  Put your hope in God!

Blessings,
Melody