A new year lies before us. A Year full of opportunities. 2011 was the year of Reflection, Recommitment and Rejoicing, Celebrating the Grace of God,  2012 is the year of FOCUS.  It is during these Uncertain times that our lives seem to get out of focus. We fail to see that we are sometimes headed in a direction contrary to God’s direction for our lives. Paul prayed for the Thessalonians in verse 5 “And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into patient waiting for Christ.” The word direct in the Greek means “to be straightened fully.”  It implies that our focus has become blurred or not clear. Paul prayed that the Thessalonians would get refocused.  That they might refocus their lives on Christ and His will for their lives.  As we stand at the threshold of a new year let us take time to refocus our lives on Christ and His will for our lives. We are in a season right now of such blessing. It’s taking place in the spirit, and it will manifest in the physical. It’s a season of abundance! It’s a season of new things.  Trials will come. Trouble will come.  But this to shall pass:  Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

As we begin to look forward to another year that the Lord has given us sometimes we tend to look back in regret or remorse at the things we did not get accomplished for the Lord in the past year.  But we must not allow the failures of the past to cloud our vision of the future.
With God in our hearts, don’t grow weary in well doing, nor grow slack in our commitment.  A New Year lies before us, A Year full of fresh  opportunities.  A Year that will include some disappointments and defeats.  But in the victories will far out weigh the set backs. This Year we can give more of ourselves to the One who died for us.  We need a new outlook for the New Year.

We need to FOCUS
Dr. Charles J. Southall, III , Pastor

"Church with the Vision and the Faith to Act"
Proverbs 29:18             James 2:18

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