tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642146504035231631.post1204477949128912942..comments2023-05-22T23:08:31.979-06:00Comments on Mike Aleckson: 2012: Looking Ever ForwardMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021188517142388224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642146504035231631.post-73628016257368372842012-07-13T22:28:50.894-06:002012-07-13T22:28:50.894-06:00My encouragement to you is to let the hope of that...My encouragement to you is to let the hope of that Kingdom break in to your outlook for today and for all of 2012. Start the new year resolving to build his Kingdom with all the gifts, talents and strengths you were created with, and then actually spend 2012 doing it.<br /><br />There's a world full of possibilities for your tomorrow. The huge bonus is that, as the Great Story goes, the product of your 2012 can actually last into that Resurrection Kingdom.<br /><br />A year well-spent, with results that last forever - what's not to like?<br /><br /> Father, remind us in 2012 of the beauty of the Age to come. Give us the strength and the self-control to build the beauties of that Age, as much as we can, into the year ahead. <br /><br />The key now is to be reminded of our heritage in Christ. Calming the raging storm of suffering and brokenness with the acknowledgement that our citizenship is in heaven and that we have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken.<br /><br />These are sobering times where the hearts of men are failing them from fear and anxiety... Yet these are the very times where we can go to that hiding place, that refuge, that place where peace is, that place is in God's presence, in that place there is fulness of joy...<br />Hearing that gentle, small still voice saying to us..."Be still and know that I am God" And he that keeps his mind stayed on thee, he will be in perfect peace.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193952742071529503noreply@blogger.com