Some thoughts for the new year.
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Always be honest (Proverbs 12:22)
Count your blessings (Psalms 34:1-3)
Bear each other's burdens (Galatians 6:2)
Forgive and forget (Micah 7:18)
Be kind and tenderhearted (Ephesians 4:32)
Comfort one another (1 Thessalonians 4:18)
Keep your promises (Romans 4:21)
Be supportive of one another (Acts 20:35)
Be true to each other (Revelations 15:3)
Look after each other (Deuteronomy 15:11)
Treat each other like you treat your friends (Matthew 7:12)
Love One Another deeply from the heart (1 Peter 1:22)
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Quote from Ann Landers: Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you don't think you can keep. Walk tall. Smile more; you'll look ten years younger. Don't be afraid to say, 'I love you'. They are the sweetest words in the world.
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A New Year's Prayer
Holy Father, God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.
We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.
Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead.
Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more.
To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them; To teach others to love by loving them.
Knowing, when Jesus came to the stable in Bethlehem, He came for us.
So that He could be with us, and we could know You. That we could share His love with others.
Help us, Father, to hear Your song in every sunrise, in the chriping of sparrows in our backyards, in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children. Help us to stop and listen to Your songs,
so that we may know You better and better.
We rejoice in the world You created. Thank You for another new year and for new chances every day.
We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might spread them to others.
Forgive us for falling short this past year.
We leave the irreparable past in Your hands, and step out into the unknown new year knowing You will go with us.
We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what's ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You want..
I say it again, we rejoice!
In Jesus name,
We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.
Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead.
Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more.
To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them; To teach others to love by loving them.
Knowing, when Jesus came to the stable in Bethlehem, He came for us.
So that He could be with us, and we could know You. That we could share His love with others.
Help us, Father, to hear Your song in every sunrise, in the chriping of sparrows in our backyards, in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children. Help us to stop and listen to Your songs,
so that we may know You better and better.
We rejoice in the world You created. Thank You for another new year and for new chances every day.
We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might spread them to others.
Forgive us for falling short this past year.
We leave the irreparable past in Your hands, and step out into the unknown new year knowing You will go with us.
We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what's ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You want..
I say it again, we rejoice!
In Jesus name,
Amen.
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