“LEAVE IT BE”
Here we are a new year! For many of us that means…..A FRESH START, A NEW BEGINNING,,, LEAVING THE OLD THINGS BEHIND – LEAVING THE STUFF AND STRUGGLES AND DILEMAS OF 2011 IN THE DUST…READY TO MOVE ON….SOME LOST RELATIONSHIPS, LOST MONEY, LOST FRIENDS, LOST HOMES, LOST JOBS. ETCC.
NOW LOOK LETS NOT BE NAÏVE, NOT EVERYTHING WAS BAD IN 2011- SOME PEOPLE HAD A GREAT YEAR – THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPEN – MET SOME GOOD PEOPLE – GOTTEN MARRIED, HAD A CHILD, BOUGHT A NEW HOME, GOT A PROMOTIONS, ETC ETC.
EITHER WAY---LIKE IT, HATE IT, WE CANNOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT HERE WE ARE…IN A BRAND NEW YEAR…AND WITH A BRAND NEW YEAR---COMES NEW PLANS, NEW MINDSETS, NEW IDEAS, NEW PROGRAMS, NEW GOALS, ETC…AND ALL OF THAT IS FINE AND SHOULD BE THE WAY WE THINK……..
…I WANT US TO REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN 2012….IF WE DON’T FIRST CLOSE THE BOOK ON 2011….LET 2011 GO
“LEAVE IT BE”… THERE ARE SOME THINGS AS WE GO INTO THIS NEW YEAR…THAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE IN 2011…. I KNOW YOU MAY NOT WANT HEAR THIS…BUT YOU CANNOT BRING SOME OF THAT STUFF, SOME OF THAT BAGGAGE, SOME OF THAT ATTITUDE, SOME OF THAT NEGATIVITY, SOME OF THAT HURT….LEAVE IT BE! YOU CANT CHANGE WHAT YOU DIDN’T DO, YOU CANT FIX EVERYTHING…LEAVE IT BE!
Philippians 3:13-14
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,[a] but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
FIRST THINGS FIRST THIS YEAR..FOCUSING ON WHAT LIES AHEAD AND WHAT WE CAN DO NOW!!
YOU AND I HAVE TO GET OUR PRIORITIES MORE THAN EVER IN LINE – MORE THAN EVER WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE FRONTLINE..NOT THE BACK ROW..FOCUS ON WHAT CAN BE—NOT WHAT WAS NOT!
FIRST THINGS FIRST---GOTTA GET OUR MINDS RIGHT AND READY FOR GREATNESS!
WE MUST LIVE, AND LEARN…BUT ALSO LEARN AND LIVE!
Hebrews 12:10-11
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way
I HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT LOSS…LEAVE IT BE!
YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT LOSER YOU WERE WITH…LEAVE IT BE!
YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT LACK OF FINANCES—LEAVE IT BE!
YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT LOW LEVEL OF THINKING...LEAVE IT BE!
GOD HAS SOMETHING NEW FOR US DAILY!
Lamentations 3:23
New Living Translation (NLT)
23 Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning
HE WANTS TO GIVE US NEW THINGS – FRESH OPPORTUNITIES…BUT HOW CAN HE GIVE US
GOING INTO THIS NEW YEAR…GOD WANTS US TO PLANT NEW DREAMS, PLANT FRESH IDEAS, PLANT LIFE AND NOT DEATH, PLANT HOPE, PLANT GROWTH, PLANT HOPE, PLANT SERVING, PLANT LIFE…BUT WE MUST STOP REDIGGING DEAD DREAMS, REDIGGING, DEAD WELLS, REDIGGING EMPTY PROMISES, REDIGGING DEAD FAILURES
I GOT TO HAVE IT – CANT GO FORWARD WITH OUT IT..BUT EVERYTIME WE KEEP GOING BACK AND REDIGGING UP THAT MESS – WE ARE COVERING UP AND DELAYING THE HERE AND NOW – AND THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN THE GREATNESS OF TODAY!
LEAVE IT BE…LEAVE IT BE! LEAVE IT BE!!
WE ARE NOT TO LIVE LIKE THE WORLD, WE ARE TO LIVE LIKE CHRIST…
Ephesians 4:17-24Living as Children of Light
17 With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. 18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. 19 They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
20 But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO LEAVE BE THIS YEAR! YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE – YOU KNOW THEY HAVE CAUSED YOU TO LIVE IN THE PAST, MISS MOMENTS, AND EVEN BLAME OTHERS FOR STUFF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH…
TO HAVE A GREAT 2012.....LET SOME OF THE STUFF FROM 2011.......BE.....
"WHATEVER IT TAKES"
