"New" things in 2011

Isaiah 43:18-19, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I  am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." (NIV)

I truly sense in my heart a strong urgency of the Spirit to remind you that we need to be alert and aware of all that God is doing at this present moment and we need to allow our faith to expand so that we can receive what God is going to reveal in our tomorrows.  I have shared from this passage of scripture the past two Sunday mornings in Radcliff, KY.  Many of us need to move beyond our past and walk into the liberating freedom of our future.  God has new and fresh life that He desires to place in your walk with Him.  Will we listen to the direction of the Spirit or will we chose to live in the defeat and discouragement of our past?  It is so easy to allow the failures of yesterday to set the pattern of our thinking today.  The enemy seeks to capture us in the bondage of yesterday; he does not want us to embrace the theology of Paul spoken in I Corinthians, "...old things are passed away and all things have become new."  I firmly believe that we must look ahead and realize that God has wonderful and dynamic plans for our lives.  Prepare your hearts to walk into your future fully believing that God is at work and that He will accomplish His purpose in your life.  Be blessed as you walk with hope and faith into 2011and prepare to receive a fresh anointing of the Spirit in your walk with Christ.