Goodbye 2008

We are almost at the end of this year, and I think it is a good time for us to reflect on all that has happened plus what we have learnt along the way. But more than that I like us to focus and prepare ourselves to live out God's will and plan for the coming year. Here are some suggestions for all of us to consider.

1. Commit ourselves to continual self development and improvement. In other words, never be satisfied at where you are as far as our character and life in God. We should always have an improvement mentality which can then bring God's blessing into our families' lives, into our work, our studies, our ministries and especially in our personal walk with Jesus.

2. Realize that we must live out our lives from a strong spiritual centre. In other words, everything we do should be an outworking and expression of God's love. When we are passionate for God, we will express that passion in all that we do. Many times God's work in our church suffers not for lack of giftedness, but lack of passion.

3. Pray for what we want to see happening in our church. Sometimes people pray and tell God what they don't want. I would rather that we pray for what we want to see happen! 2009 is a big year for us as we prepare move into our new church building.

We have a passion and a BIG goal to reach and have many people attending our church service. It is not an impossible goal. And I am sure that God would be pleased to see new lives enter His Kingdom. To see this happen, it would take a lot more passion, love for God, love for the lost and intense and continual commitment to excellence in all that we do, and to be impactful and influential people wherever we are (salt & light).

I am very excited about what God is going to do in our lives in 2009. But it takes more than excitement, it takes all of us willingly giving ourselves to glorify God as a church by participating actively to grow God's Kingdom.