Without you we are nothing but hopeless, miserable creatures struggling to get through the challenges and heartaches of living in a fallen world.
With you all things -- even impossible things -- are possible. Because of you we have hope. You are Immanuel, God with us, not just during Advent and Christmas but throughout the year, in good times and in bad.
You are our Provider, Protector, Peace, Healer, Savior, Redeemer, Strong Tower, Deliverer...the God who works all things together for good for those who love you and are called according to your purpose (Romans 8:28).
You forgive us when we sin, weep with us when we are sorrowful, and rejoice with us when we are happy. You get us, because you created us.
The greatest thing we can pray for in the coming year is to know you more. In knowing you more we will love you more, and in loving you more we will love others more.
Lord, open the eyes of our hearts to see others as you do and more importantly, to see ourselves as you do -- holy, pure, and beloved because the blood of Jesus has made us so.
Lord, give us more in 2021. Not less heartache, not less stress, not less illness, but more faith in the One who will never leave us or forsake us, no matter what may come. Lord, give us more of you.
In Jesus' name and for your glory, amen.
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