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Time for us to Switch Gears 2021

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"Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." 

Proverbs 3:5-6

    In this New Year we need to Switch to a New Gear, like a bicycle when you switch a gear, it can make climbing up or down easier for us to pedal. This past year we were hit with a huge mountain event and by God’s grace we made it thru. But what lies ahead of us will require us to work smarter and harder. We will need to take the time to really rest so we can keep up the pace.  Mark 11:23-24

    It’s time to prove the Word of God in our lives, By Switching Gears we will be able to cover more ground and at a pace that we can sustain confidently. As a bicycle that Switch’s Gears, this will require for us to make some changes and some quality choices in our lives.  2 Sam. 22:31

 “God’s way is perfect. All the Lord's promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection."

   So if we make those changes in time we won’t lose our chain off the bike. Sometimes this happens when we make too many changes in a short time.  Matt. 6:25-26

   The changing of Gears, to fast can cause the chain to fall off and then we will need to stop, get off the bike and  lose our momentum to fix the chain, this means we will get dirty. We can put the chain back on, but sometimes we move back, to move forward.  1 John 1:9, Ps. 37:24

 Maybe Switching Gears is a timing thing, that we patiently need to work at.

 Ps. 31:15,  Ps. 27,  Eccel. 3:1-8,   2 Pet. 3:8

    As we get older, we may slow down, but because we have made the changes, we will keep the pace. Life in measurements of Time stops for no one and it’s important to make sure you’re in the right lane so you can arrive at your destination, at the appointed time.  1 Cor. 9:24

   What does all this mean to all of us this coming year. It will require us to Switch Gears and prepare ourselves to endure hardship as a good soldier and remind us, not to involve ourselves in earthly matters.  2 Timothy 2:3-4

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   But keep our focus on what lies ahead as we press to the mark of the high calling in Christ.  Philippians 3:13. 

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   Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it on my own. But one thing I do, Forgetting those things which are behind us (like last year) and look at Jesus as the author and finisher of our Faith.  Hebrews 12:2

   So keep your head up and look ahead, something Great is ahead for us all. Amen"

  Pastor Jamie & Yolanda

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