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Dear Friends, Every once in a while I find that I have to hit “Restart” on my phone because it is messing up in some way. The same holds true with a computer, rather than just choosing “sleep” mode it needs to be shut down and restarted. Many electronic devices are the same way. If things aren’t working right, try restarting (or rebooting). Fortunately, God recognized that we need something similar built into our lives and designed an end to one year and the start of a new year to give us a chance to reboot. We can look at what isn’t working for us in the past year and make corrections in order to be healthier in some area of life. Of course, there are other times when we can reboot such as coming to Him seeking His forgiveness for sin and allowing Him to help us to make the necessary changes in our lives. Perhaps there are areas in your life where you are ready to give up (or already have given up) where what you need is to allow God to give you a reboot opportunity. You may be ready to throw something away when you just need to take the opportunity for a fresh start. I don’t know where you might need to apply this principle right now, but I know that if you are open the Holy Spirit will show you where to apply it. “God, where do I need a reboot in my life?” As we start the new year I am beginning a new series of messages based on our favorite stories from the Old Testament and applying the timeless truths that we find in them to our lives today. The series is called “Ancient Words—Ever True.” Each Sunday, I or one of our pastors will be sharing a different story from the Old Testament and pulling out the truths for our lives today. Many of you have shared with me what your favorite stories are and many of them will be finding their way into the messages for the next several months. I am still developing sermon titles and choosing Scripture passages, but here is where we are going to be going for the month of January: Sunday Morning Messages (11AM) January 6 “Ancient Words—Ever True” –an introduction to the series January 13 Creation January 20 Adam and Eve January 27 Noah and the Flood In our Small Group on Sunday evenings we will be using lesson material from “The Discipleship Place” which is a ministry of the Church of the Nazarene that offers lesson material in Biblical topics, theology, and church leadership. Some of our people have used the site a great bit. If you are reading this online, just click on the name above to go to the site. Materials will be printed for the Sunday PM group, but if you cannot join us and want to do the study on your own, just click on this link: Old Testament Study. You may also request materials to be printed for you by contacting me. Here is the schedule for the Small Group study: Sunday Evening Bible Studies (5:30-7PM) January 6 “Introduction to Old Testament Studies” January 13 “Literary, Historical, and Geographic Divisions and Important Archaeological Discoveries January 20 “Introduction to the Pentateuch” January 27 “Primeval History and Patriarchs/Matriarchs” February 3 “The Exodus Event and Covenant at Mount Sinai” February 10 “Entering the Promised Land and Call for Monarchy” February 17 “Period of the United Monarchy in Ancient Israel” February 24 “Divided Monarchy and 8th Century BC Prophets” March 3 “The Period of the Exile” March 10 “The Postexilic Period” March 17 “Poetic and Wisdom Literature” March 24 “Synthesis: With a View to New Testament Fulfillment” In Christ’s Love, Pastor Wayne
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