Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year! Wow, if your wondering where time went and how did it suddenly become 2011, you are not alone. 2010 went by fast, and it was a year of growth and of healing for me and for my family. It was a year where I chose to think that things happened for me and not to me, where I am so completely in love with Christ, I knew nothing was for nothing, but for everything! 2010 was also a year for achieving goals and putting faith into practice every single day and not just on days when I was needing faith to get me through the day. We rob God sometimes of his grace and power when we get into a slump and feel like giving up, but I thank God every single day for my husband, friends and my Pastors for always encouraging me to fight and keep going forward no matter what the cost. I don’t want to dwell on 2010 but I want to take the things that I learned and put them into use for 2011- I think sometimes people get stuck on the past and when a new year comes, they take the past into the future and thats not what we should do. Taking baggage with you makes you heavy and it hinders your from traveling further into the success and accomplishments God has in store for you. Gods word says “Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” Lamentations 3:21-23. You see God meant for us to keep our Faith in him every single day of our lives, to look forward to his love and mercy, because he is so overwhelming, every single day and not just at the beginning of the year.

The New year starts off with a word from our Pastor- It sets the tone for the whole year and we use that word to keep us going, to motivate us, inspire us, to drive us towards victory! The word for 2011 is “ A new beginning, believe God is going to do something new in your life and have Faith”.

So how do we walk in victory throughout the whole year and not just the first month? lol. Well its simple- Surround yourself with someone who is going to hold you accountable for your goals, and someone who can genuinely motivate you when you want to give up. There are times we share our goals with others and they have the good intention of helping you stay on track, but sometimes they fall off track, taking you with them. Keep your eye on the prize, focus and take your goal to the Lord daily, he is working on your behalf, hearing your goals, and making them happen! Quitting is not an option, you are not a quitter, and if you are, well then stop stopping, keep going! We all have bad days, but I call these days of opportunity, what can we learn from the day? Where did it go wrong? and how do I fix it? Perseverance is the key to everything, perseverance is the ability to stay on course no matter the circumstance. Also remember there are 365 days in one year and not 36, sometimes people set goals that are obtainable, but they need time in order to achieve them. You cannot lose 60lbs in 4 days, but it is definitely possible in 204 days, give yourself time and God time to show you the correct way of doing things, so they don’t just become dreams with dead ends, but obtainable goals with purpose and testimony behind them.

Once again Happy New Year! New Faith! New Hope! New Dreams! New Goals! New achievements! New Fire! New Anointing! New Us in God! Yes!!!!!!!!!