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8/7/2019 WBC_January 2010 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/wbcjanuary-2010 1/2 January 2010 Radical Thoughts: Rethink the New Year by Kimberley Thompson Out with the old and in with the new “decade”. I am looking forward to the 2010 with mixed emotions: nervousness and excitement. It is funny how they both feel similar, a little tension, twinges of apprehension combined with the thrill of anticipation and great expectations. The very thought of the endless possibilities of what can happen in the next 365 days conjures of images of new hope, new opportunities, new paths, new relationships and new foundations. These will be days that you and I have never seen before and I without a doubt want to be ready for what I am going to experience and see. By the time you read this message our journey into the new year would have begun. Are you ready to for the “new things” (Isaiah 42:9) that God has prepared for you? The good news is that there is still time to prepare for the adventure ahead. One way to get ready is to fast and pray (1 Samuel 7:5-6). Fasting is when you abstain from food and drink for a period of time. Fasting combined with prayer is a sure way to prepare for where God is going to take you this year. Our time of fasting and prayer should focus on God (Luke2:37) and we should diligently seek his face (1 Chron. 16:11; 2 Chron. 7:14). Our love for God is shown when we pursue Him with our whole heart (Matt 22:37). Beginning the year by offering these first fruits will offer great rewards (Isaiah 58; Hebrew 11:6) that will unfold in the days ahead. Living Your Prayer Life: • FAST: Fast the first 21 days of January. Need more information read Jentzen Franklin book titled “Fasting” or go to www.daniel-fast.com for more information on how to start a fast. • PRAY: Deepen your relationship with God by spending time with Him in prayer • STUDY: Study the Word of God and incorporate the Word of God in your prayers • ACCOUNTABILITY: Get a prayer partner • MINISTRY: Join a prayer ministry or small group In your personal prayer time: • Thank God for the opportunity to see another year! (Psalm 90:12). Praise him for what is has done and what he is going to do. • Pray and study the names of God; God want you to know Him intimately. • Repent for your sins, sins of omission and commission and those blind spots we often ignore. Father, I thank you for the privilege to worship and praise your name. As I begin this year I dedicate my body to you as a living sacrifice as I seek your face teach me your ways, guide and instruct me in the way I should go. Amen.

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January 2010

Radical Thoughts: Rethink the New Year

by Kimberley Thompson

Out with the old and in with the new “decade”. I am looking forward to the 2010 with mixedemotions: nervousness and excitement. It is funny how they both feel similar, a little tension,

twinges of apprehension combined with the thrill of anticipation and great expectations. The very

thought of the endless possibilities of what can happen in the next 365 days conjures of images

of new hope, new opportunities, new paths, new relationships and new foundations. These will

be days that you and I have never seen before and I without a doubt want to be ready for what I

am going to experience and see.

By the time you read this message our journey into the new year would have begun. Are you

ready to for the “new things” (Isaiah 42:9) that God has prepared for you? The good news is that

there is still time to prepare for the adventure ahead. One way to get ready is to fast and pray (1

Samuel 7:5-6). Fasting is when you abstain from food and drink for a period of time. Fasting

combined with prayer is a sure way to prepare for where God is going to take you this year.

Our time of fasting and prayer should focus on God (Luke2:37) and we should diligently seek his

face (1 Chron. 16:11; 2 Chron. 7:14). Our love for God is shown when we pursue Him with our

whole heart (Matt 22:37). Beginning the year by offering these first fruits will offer great rewards

(Isaiah 58; Hebrew 11:6) that will unfold in the days ahead.

Living Your Prayer Life:

• FAST: Fast the first 21 days of January. Need more information read Jentzen Franklin

book titled “Fasting” or go to www.daniel-fast.com for more information on how to start a

fast.

• PRAY: Deepen your relationship with God by spending time with Him in prayer

• STUDY: Study the Word of God and incorporate the Word of God in your prayers

• ACCOUNTABILITY: Get a prayer partner

• MINISTRY: Join a prayer ministry or small group

In your personal prayer time:

• Thank God for the opportunity to see another year! (Psalm 90:12). Praise him forwhat is has done and what he is going to do.

• Pray and study the names of God; God want you to know Him intimately.• Repent for your sins, sins of omission and commission and those blind spots we often

ignore.

Father, I thank you for the privilege to worship and praise your name. As I begin this year Idedicate my body to you as a living sacrifice as I seek your face teach me your ways, guideand instruct me in the way I should go. Amen.

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