How To Start A New Year (07)

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+ Events this past yeart

> January 3 - Twelve deceased coal miners and 1 survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster

> February 11 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend, Harry Whittington, in the face with a shotgun on a south Texas ranch.

> May 27 - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia, killing more than 6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless.

> September 15 - Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills 1 person and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States

> Oct . 2 - Five Amish girls were shot dead and five injured

> 300 million Estimated U.S. population as of October

> 3,278 U.S. military deaths in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, as of Dec. 15

> $502 billion Amount the U.S. has spent in the war on terrorism

> 2040 Year the effects of global warming could cause the Arctic Ocean to be mostly water--instead of icebergs--in the summer

> 50 Years until ocean seafood will be virtually extinct, at current rates of overfishing and pollution, according to a study by marine biologists

+ Time Person of the Year is

> “YOU”

+ Gadget of the year Plasma TV

> Worth $1500

+ Top TV Shows

> The Wire

> The Office

> Friday Night Lights

MSNBC Poll

+ How would you describe the past year for you personaly

> 29% – OK

+ How would you describe the past year for the country

> 38% – Poor

+ How would you describe the past year for the world

> 46% – Poor

- So how do you start a New Year?

+ 1 Sam 30 David at the End of His Rope

> Ziklag burned

> Goods taken

> Family captive

> Tears exhausted

> Stoning threatened

> v.6 - BUT David encouraged himself in the Lord his God

> v. 7-8 - Bring forth a word from the Lord

> 2 Pe 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

+ Today

❶ Believe The Promise

There are 44 Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled at the Messiah’s first coming.

> x Born of a Virgin - Isaiah 7:14 (KJV) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

> x Born of the tribe of Judah Genesis 49:10 (KJV)The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

> x Born in Bethlehem

- Micah 5:2 (KJV) But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting

> x King riding on a donkey - Zechariah 9:9 (KJV) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

+ 2 Peter 1:4 (KJV)

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

+ Believe the Promises

> Ro. 6:23b -the gift of God [is] eternal life through

Jesus Christ our Lord."

> Jn 1:12 - the right to become sons

> Mt. 28:20 - I am with you always

> Jn 14:2-3 - I go to prepare a place for you ..... that

here I am there ye may be also

> Philippians 4:19 (KJV)

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

- Christ is not an emergency number to

be used when in trouble

- Believe his promises is action that you

step into

+ Crater of Diamonds State Park

Murfreesboro, Ark

Is the only diamond-producing site in the world where the public can search for diamonds. And the policy here is “finder’s keepers.” The diamonds you find are yours to keep.

> Strawn-Wagner Diamond, which was noted as

the most perfect diamond ever certified by the American Gem Society - $33,790,

> Uncle Sam - Largest ever found in NA - $150,000.

- You won’t receive a nickel unless you

start the journey