Posts with the tag “new-year”

By Pastor Nikki Bailey: You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of Joy. - Psalm 63:5 A new year is a great time to reflect and dream of what is to come. We often say, the best is yet to come, but what does that truly mean?  Read More

By Guest Author: Heather Hamilton: Happy New Year, friends I don’t know about you, but I love the start of each year. It is a clear marking of a fresh start, a new beginning. It offers us hope for all that God will do in the upcoming year. Many of us start the year with great intentions.   Read More

By Whitney Bailey: I’m a fraud. Do I have your attention? In the circles and groups of people I find myself, claiming to be a sinner saved by grace is an easy tagline, one we all assume, claim, and project with even some of our victory laced throughout like we actually did any of the work to arrive in that grace-filled place.  Read More

By Rachael Wynne: The beginning of the year is often spent with great intentions and many lofty goals for bettering ourselves for the year. We feel so inspired by the opportunity of a fresh start in a new year.   Read More

By Pastor Aaron Kennedy: In this past season of intentionally slowing down, I feel like a student being taught and rewired. So often, I think I have used the business of ministry as an escape. Being about what I thought was His business.  Read More

By Guest Author | Megan Wamer: The start of a New Year is viewed differently by everyone. Personally, I welcome the fresh feeling of a new beginning. I’m all on board with making resolutions or setting goals, all the motivational things!   Read More

By Mary Beth Barefoot: As we turn the corner into 2024, which is wild to even think about if I’m honest, I’ve found myself focusing on how grateful I am for God and His sovereignty, for Jesus and the sacrificial compassion shown toward me as a believer, and for the provision and assurance of the Holy Spirit in my life.  Read More

By Elder Elliotte Pearson: The New Year usually brings about new beginnings, people making resolutions, clearing out the old, and bringing in the new. Back in high school, I made a resolution that I would never make another resolution again, and I have kept that.   Read More

By Theresa Golden: As we close out the first week of 2024, maybe it hasn’t gone quite as well as you planned. We have such high expectations for this fresh start.   Read More

By Pastor Nikki Bailey: Google says that only 9% of Americans that make resolutions complete them. In fact, research goes on to show that 23% of people quit their resolutions by the end of the first week, and 43% quit by the end of January.  Read More

By Rachel Wynne: As we step into the grace of the new year, there is excitement about what the future holds. We plan and set goals about who we want to be in the coming year. It is also a valuable time of reflection. What did we learn this year?  Read More