1/02            Ezekiel 11:18-20

18 “When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols. 

19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart, 

20 so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

BE

Be useable.

Be available.

Be faithful.

Be there for the Lord.

Be there with the Lord.

Be about your master’s business.

Jesus is Lord of life.  

1/01            Ephesians 4:22-24

22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 

23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 

24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

RENEW

Renew your mind.

Renew your relationship with the Lord.

Renew your daily walk. 

Whatever you lack in your Christian lifestyle.

Renew it today and through the rest of the year.  

Be about the Lord’s business.

This includes your daily activities.  

Seek growth.

Seek faithfulness.

Seek for the Lord Jesus every day.  

This is God’s will for your life.  

12/31          Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD . “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 

EVERYTHING

We have everything we need from God in Jesus Christ.

He is the Creator.

He always was, is and will be.  

Jesus is Lord.

He seeks to save the lost.

He would that no one perish.  

Jesus loves you.  

12/30          2 Corinthians 9:15

Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

JESUS

Jesus the Son of God,

Came from God to gift anyone who believes,

Eternal life-life like God’s life. 

He came to us in the form of a man.

He sits at the right hand of the Father

And one day soon will come again. 

His 2^nd Coming will be in judgment.  

Claim His gift now.  

Jesus come into my heart and save me. 

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.  

12/29          Matthew 1:21

And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 

SAVE

Jesus will save you.

Come to Him. 

Ask Him to forgive you

And to come and reside in your heart.  

Not my will Lord,

But Your will.  

Jesus saves!

12/28          Isaiah 7:14

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

SIGN

God laid a road map straight to Jesus

In the Old Testament.  

No one else has ever matched the messianic prophecies.  

Not just the majority, or even many, 

But in fact every one of the messianic prophecies of Jesus

Came true in Him.  

Jesus is Lord.  Praise the Lord.  

12/27          Romans 15:13

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

BELIEVE

We must come to God with belief.  

Believing is seeing.  

We know that He is and that 

He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. 

Our hope in Jesus equips us to believe in God and trust His power, 

The Holy Spirit in us.  

Believe now.

Trust Him today.

12/26          Isaiah 9:6

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

NOTHING

Nothing surprises Jesus-He is Creator and Lord of all,

King of the Universe.  

He is the Son of God, our Savior, praise His Holy Name.

We love Him and are so grateful for His love for us.  

12/25          Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt. 

JESUS

Jesus is king.

He is king of the Universe. 

The Lord loves Jerusalem and Jesus is there reigning as our king.

Praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord.

We glorify His Holy Name.

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.  

Our Lord and Master, who loves us more than we love ourselves. 

Jesus we love you.  

12/24          John 1:14

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

FLESH

Jesus stepped down out of Heaven.

He put on humanity and was tested as we are

And yet without sin.  

Jesus is the God/Man who came to die

So that we would have life.