Think back about the day when you were born again. Remember your life before? This is your testimony. Sharing where you were and where you are now is a powerful way to be a shining light in this dark world. Pastor Terry's exhortation is a good one. This year, take the time to write your testimony down. You will be blessed!

There's endless ways that we can grow in this new year. But, today Pastor Terry focused right in the home...right with the relationships that each of us interact in on a daily basis. Those who are married, let's focus on growing in our relationships this year. Parents and children, let's focus on walking in the truths of God's Word this year.

In this special New Year's message Pastor Terry helps us to see this coming year as not drudgery...but as another opportunity of time to grow and serve the LORD. Pastor Terry will share a few simple principles of things that any of us CAN do to continue our growth and service unto the LORD...one of those being, reading...a powerful way to expand the mind.

The disciplined life of a disciple of Christ may seem daunting. There's a tendency in all of us to just coast...to just get by with doing what we've done the year before. Pastor Terry exhorts us today to allow the LORD to change and make us into the people that He's called us to be.

1This coming new year is full of opportunities for you! The first, and most important, is your relationship with God. You start over right now! Maybe you've sinned in a way that you don't feel you can be forgiven. That's a lie from the enemy! God can and will forgive you if you'll simply humbly approach Him with a repentant heart.

Although we hear it in various Christmas songs, the fact that Jesus was born from a woman who was a virgin is an absolute miracle. This had never happened and it will never happen again! God conceived the Baby Jesus in Mary's womb so that He would be untainted by the seed of man...so that Adam's sin nature would NOT be passed on to Him.

God's plan of salvation began before the foundation of the world! And yet, in time as we know it, it began when God sent His only Son, Jesus to be born a man over two thousand years ago. And during this time of year we rejoice in the fact that God did this...that He sent His only son for you and for me!

The symbolism that Pastor Terry was just eluding to is important to consider during this holiday season. Are you more enraptured by the traditions of the Christmas season than Jesus? Isn't this supposed to be the time when our Savior's birth is celebrated? Then why do we allow our traditions to get in the way?

The world sits and scratches its head about some of the most basic questions that are answered by the Christian faith. We can actually open up God's Word and receive understanding about some of life's most perplexing concepts. Life and death, life after death, the origin of humanity...all addressed in the Holy Word of God.

The world sits and scratches its head about some of the most basic questions that are answered by the Christian faith. We can actually open up God's Word and receive understanding about some of life's most perplexing concepts. Life and death, life after death, the origin of humanity...all addressed in the Holy Word of God.