Belong Church

As we enter into a New Year and New Decade, we have to put the past behind and focus on what is ahead! Coupled with the beginning of 21 Days of Prayer, we are starting off choosing to take every opportunity.

As we stand on the threshold of another calendar year, we look at how time counted down to Christ's birth, and since has been advancing.

We are progressing day into week, week into month, and month into year. Setting goals is a part of a new year, and the key to making a difference... that next year advances beyond this year!

The story of Christmas is one that most people know or have an idea about. Popular songs celebrate this season, and one even asks Mary, "Did you know?"

While we sing "Joy To The World" as an upbeat Christmas carol, we see that it turned Mary's life inside out, and upside down!

God tells us in Jeremiah 29:11 that He has great plans for us! We look at the progression between a dream to a goal, steps to a plan, and action to success!

God is NOT MOVED by NEED! This is often difficult to understand within our human understanding. As we look at leaving a LEGACY, we see that everything God desires to get TO us requires something FROM us!

Giving is about YOU, NOT the church! It is the instrument designed by God to meet our needs!

Legacy is the common thread throughout the Bible. It begins with God's promises to our forefathers and their covenants with Him!

We continue to leave a legacy, WHO we are... HOW we changed (or not) the world around us!

John 17 reveals the longest recorded prayer of Jesus... He prayed the same request 5 times, and is the only prayer yet unanswered!

Philippians 1:6 tells us that God, Who began a good work, will complete it... Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God has a great plan for our life.

God's plans are His work in our life, but it requires our surrender... I cannot "do" life by whatever I think, I must seek Him.

Jesus' mother, Mary, put a demand on Jesus even before His ministry time was released... His first recorded miracle! She ignored His objection, and told the servants, "do whatever He tells you..."

We know that God desires us to ASK... We can, and He desires us to, pray and put a DEMAND on His anointing!

John 1:1 and Gen 1 start with "In the beginning..." they continue to describe creation. In John, we see that Jesus was the WORD... In Genesis, we see the God spoke.. "and it was so!"

What did God speak? the WORD!