Death was necessary for new growth!!!!
Happy New year everyone! I thank God that we all made it into the New Year by the grace and mercies of God. It promises to be a fruitful year as there is so much that God has in store for us. It is my prayer that as we draw closer and closer to Him, we begin to see the full manifestation of His wondrous works in our lives! We have prepared our goals for the year, put plans together and are praying through them. In our excitement though, there is a tendency to look back at the previous year and it brings back all kinds of feelings. Some are good, others just make us groan in our spirit. Recently I was listening to a message by Pastor Steven Furtick entitled “I’m glad it happened”. In the message he reflected on how the year 2017 had gone and the kind of mindset that we had to carry into 2018. I was deeply moved by the message and as I listened, the story of the death and resurrection of Lazarus dropped in my spirit. This is a story that we are all familiar and it has been preached ...