Strain Forward To What Lies Ahead‏

Php 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet.
But this one thing I do:
Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Php 3:14 I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.
(ISV)

Closing out the year and forgetting the things in it
Let us open the new year with a quickened spirit
Let us make real efforts to attain what God has laid out for us.
Let us embrace his word that has already gone out.
And Strain to fulfill his word in our lives.

2Co 5:17 You ARE The New‏

2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation.
Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new!
(ISV)

There is so much goodness in this little passage.
Many wait and hope for good things in the New year
But PLEASE Note that once you are in the body of Christ
YOU ARE the new thing that is coming into the season
It is YOU shining the light of Jesus Christ in a new way for the new season
It is YOU manifesting his Truth and Love in a new way
It is YOU bringing something new to all the old places;
YOUR new view on your marriage
YOUR new view on your job, or on how to get a job
YOUR new relationship with the body of Christ
We can go on and on, just remember
The newness of the new season is YOU
For YOU ARE the new creation.