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new year. new opportunities.

 


It is a new year with lots of new opportunities.  Yet we do not always see the opportunities.  We don’t always recognize the positive things happening around us.  Why is that?  It is often because we are looking at thins in the wrong way.


2024 is a gift from God.


Your life and all you have is also a gift.  Even with the challenges we have been blessed.  There are more things ahead of us, but if we can see them and be ready for them is the question.


This last Sunday we asked our church family to share Scriptures that give them strength and for each to share what they want to see and experience at The Community Fellowship in 2024.  The testimonies were strong and encouraging.  I left the service smiling and ready to move forward.


Most people said that they want to see our church family closer to God and closer to each other.  Many also shared that they pray our new campus is completed.  Lots of great words and testimony.  


Matthew 6:31-33  NLT  

“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.


I challenged our church to be faithful in their giving, their praying and their living.  Give a tithe and more.  Pray personally and with the church.  Also, if you are near our new campus, go stop by and pray.  Finally, live by faith.  Since Jesus is in you, live our your faith each day.


2024 is here.  Are we ready to embrace the opportunities God has for us?

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