We gladly welcome all of you to the first worship experience here at FEA for the New Year. May God minister unto our hearts today.

We thank God for having helped us to cross over from the old year 2014 to the New Year 2015. Indeed this is unfamiliar territory to all of us. So I cannot help but recall the words of the leaders under Joshua to the children of Israel as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. They instructed them to keep a certain distance between themselves and the ark that they might know the way to go, “for you have not passed this way before.” (Josh. 3:4).
But even though this is unfamiliar territory, there is no need for us to be afraid. We have not received the spirit of bondage to fear, but the spirit of adoption by which we cry Abba Father. God is going before us as He went before His people Israel. Just as He guided and protected them, He will guide and protect us.

Let us hold our heads high and face this New Year boldly and with confidence. God has promised us that His goodness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives. You can be assured that this New Year is also included in that promise. But it is only as we believe God that His promises become a reality in our lives. Let us believe and prove Him in this 2015.

Have a productive and prosperous new year!

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

1. KINGDOM MEN MEETING
Today, 6:00 p.m.

2. LUNCH HOUR HOTLINE/WARFARE PRAYER
Wednesday, 12:00 noon Lunch Hour Hotline
5:30 p.m. Warfare Prayer.

3. HOUR-OF-POWER PRAYER SESSION
Saturday, 7:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m.

4. NEXT SUNDAY
Worship & Ministry, 9:00 a.m.
Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

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Church Business Meeting
FEA’s Annual Church Business Meeting will take place on Sunday, January 18, 2015 immediately following the morning service.
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THE GOOD LIFE

Beauty, wealth, power, love, marriage, and pleasure are good things, but they’re not the best. The best is loving God and taking in His love—bringing Him glory and making Him our friend for life. That leads to the best possible life because it gives us satisfaction and joy now (John 10:10), and it’s what Christians are going to be doing forever.

That’s why we should make time for God and rest in His love—the love that made you and me. It is the reason for our existence and the means by which we will make the most of our lives.

I like the way the psalmist put it: “It is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works” (Ps. 73:28). In other words, the good life is drawing close to the One who loves us like no other.
And how can we “draw close” to Him? Here’s a practice I began many years ago: Take a few minutes every morning to read some verses from the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) and note what Jesus said or did. After all, He came to show us what God is like (Heb. 1:1-3). Put yourself in the story—in the place of the leper He healed with His loving touch, for example (Mark 1:40-45). Think about how much He loves you and then thank Him!—David Roper

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MEDIA MINISTRY
World Overcomers: WSTA 1340 AM station: Sundays at 12:30 p.m. & Tuesdays at 6:00 a.m.