Getting a Fresh S.T.A.R.T in the New Year

Getting a Fresh S.T.A.R.T in the New Year

Getting a Fresh S.T.A.R.T. In The New Year

December 30 & 31, 2017

 

 A Fresh Year Means A Fresh S.T.A.R.T.  

 

Micah 7:18Where is the god who can compare with you - wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? The Message

 

Philippians 3:13 No, dear brothers, I am still not all I should be, but I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, Living Bible  

Start With Fasting

Moses fasted forty days. Elijah fasted forty days. Paul fasted fourteen days. Jesus fasted forty days. If the children of God do not fast, how will we ever fit into the armor of God? Jentezen Franklin

 

Fasting helps us…

 

·         Overcome barriers

 

Fasting helps us…

                                 

·         Solve problems 

 

Fasting helps us…

 

·         Make decisions 

 

Fasting helps us…

 

·         Change the ones we love

 

Fasting helps us…

 

·         Satisfy spiritual hunger 

 

Fasting helps us…

 

·         Seek and discover God’s will for our lives

 

Sweets & Junk Foods

 

Meat/Fish/Dairy

 

Dinner

 

All Food

 

Media

 

Take Inventory

 

 “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw

Hebrews 12:1 Since we have such a huge crowd of men of faith watching us from the grandstands, let us strip off anything that slows us down or holds us back, and especially those sins that wrap themselves so tightly around our feet and trip us up; and let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us. Living Bible

 

Add Vision

Proverbs 17:24 An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions. Good News Translation

 

“Everything that can be invented, has been invented.” (U.S. Patent Office Commissioner Charles Duell, 1899)

 

“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’ the idea must be feasible.” (Yale University management professor’s comment on a paper written by Fred Smith proposing an overnight delivery service.  In the early 1970’s Smith went on to start Federal Express)

 

“He’ll never be any good.” (Baltimore Colts owner Robert Irsay, 1983, evaluating future Pro Bowl and Super Bowl champion quarterback John Elway) 

 

“You ain’t going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.” (Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny, 1954, firing Elvis Presley after one performance)

 

Run Forward

 

The Bible says, “Make your vision clear and write it down so those that read it can run with it!”  There comes a time concerning your vision where you have to move forward!  B.C. Forbes

 

Ecclesiastes 11:4 “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” Living Bible

Trust God 

 

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. New King James Version

Proverbs 16:9 We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it. The Message