New Beginnings

I just want to thank God for showing me His grace in this new year. I have committed myself to being more focussed spiritually in the many areas of my life. I want to share with you my personal goals, so that I can be accountable to all of you.- I want to be more committed in my personal walk with God.This includes being committed to the 1 year Bible Reading Programme, as well as to consistent prayer. I want to spend more time in worship to grow as a worshipper. I want to be a better witness to others by being more disciplined in all that I do.- I want to become a better spiritual leader as a husband.Mae and me have committed ourselves to completing a daily devotional for couples, in which we'd take turns each day to reflect and to comment on the entry for that day. We started this in mid December, and so far our couple's devotional blog has 20+ entries! We've also decided to set aside time each week for couple's worship, as well as to be more proactive in praying together for each other, our family, our friends, our church, and even our nation.- I want to become a better discipleship leader.I have also started a Men's devotional blog with William, and have committed myself to taking turns each day to post an entry. I've also challenged myself to set aside time to teach him to play at least one worship song on the guitar each week, so that eventually, he would be able to play the guitar as part of the worship team.I want to thank God for giving me the strength so far to do all these things. He has given me a very good seat in my office where I have to privacy to read the Bible and to spend time with Him. He has given me good working relationships with my new colleagues so far. There's a lot to be done in my new job as CCA officer, but I'm looking forward to tackling all the challenges ahead with His strength. I've had really good times of prayer with Mae and William, and God has already answered a number of prayers in His wonderful way. I want to challenge myself, as well as all of you to really rise up this year spiritually. We need to each do our part to catch our own little fires so that together we can be a big fire for Daddy. It is time to move forward as a church, and we cannot continue to fall back on our excuses any more. We need to be united, we need to be open with each other, and we need to pray for each other.