DON'T SETTLE

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Tree down? Check.

Lights packed back up? Check.

Returns taken care of? Check.

Nativity bubble-wrapped and secured? Check.

New Year's Eve confetti cleared? Check.

Sigh…

January has settled in. The cold settled in. The snow has settled in. The year has settled in.

Those silly Mayans got it wrong and here we are "settling" into 2013.

But can I encourage you?

Don’t settle in 2013.

Don’t settle with the same old. Ignite something new in your Spirit while the year is fresh and the slate is unblemished.

And I am not talking the typical; lose a few pounds, stop smoking (which by the way are both still good ones ). No what I am encouraging is for you to ignite some new passion for your “relationship”; you’re Jesus relationship.

Intensify it! Speak it! Pray it!

Isaiah 26:9

My soul wants to be with you at night,

and my spirit wants to be with you at the dawn of every day.

It is important to place at the top of that “little resolutions list”,more time with GOD!

And perhaps while you have some momentum add another.

More gratitude in 2013!

Isaiah 25:1

Lord, you are my God.

I honor you and praise you,

because you have done amazing things.

You have always done what you said you would do;

While you are on a roll, put more trust, more dependence, more Word, and more surrender on the docket too!

The benefits are extraordinary.

Isaiah 26:3

God, you give true peace

to people who depend on you,

to those who trust in you.

Summing it up, don’t be content to “settle”. Advance your relationship with Jesus. Start today! Thank
Him, praise Him…you know the rest.

Strive to...

1 Thessalonians 4:1-3

...please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance.

Have a blessed weekend…

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney