Worship Service 01/03/2021

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: What Will Be New This Year?

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What will be new this year?
- How or Why would they be new?
God doesn’t always reveal what He is doing, or why He is doing it
- But He does give us His truth and His presence to go with us through it
Let us prepare our hearts for 2021 by focusing on our new life in Christ
- We have a new life in Christ
  - Colossians 1-2: What Christ did for us in salvation
  - Colossians 3: What Christ is doing for us in sanctification
- Seek Christ every day
  - “Whatever masters my meditation masters my heart.”
  - Actively seeking Christ keeps us from seeking lesser things–something we are inclined to by nature
  - Our hope is not based on us being as good as others are–our hope is based on Christ and His perfections
  - Christ still continually intercedes for us
- Set your mind on Christ every day
  - Put these off: v5-9
  - Put these on: v12-17
  - These are all active choices
- Remember that Christ is life
- Remember that Christ is coming back
  - Meditating on the truth of Christ’s imminent return will help put the rest of life in its proper perspective
  - The time to reach others for Christ is counting down