A new year, a fresh start, a year full of opportunities both fresh and old, Help us Lord to surrender ourselves to your will for our lives this year. Reveal your purposes and plans in our lives, drawing us forever closer to you, and moulding and changing us to be the people you have called us to be, radiating Christ’s love and grace into the lives of others by our actions, words and lives, in Jesus name…
My daily readings this morning focused on the commands found in Proverbs 27 vs. 23-27, and how we as Christians are to be good stewards of what we have been blessed with materially by God. We are to manage our finances wisely, carefully planning for the future, and giving generously, wisely and prayerfully to Gods work worldwide. In today’s spend-it-as-you-get-it, self-centered, pleasure-seeking society this is a huge challenge to the Christian. Do we stand out from the norm, distinct as salt and light in our attitudes and actions as Christ was?