Scripture of the Week

Bulletin Notes

                                                                                         Looking Forward

It is important that we live our lives from heaven's point of view. Heaven is a place of abundance and complete joy. Lack is unknown in our Father's house. Sickness has never raised its ugly head there. Relationships are never fractured there. 
Jesus told us to live and pray this way: 
                                                Your kingdom come                                                                                                                                                Your will be done                                                                                                                                                    On earth as it is in heaven

On earth as in heaven. We can live out of heaven's resources. What a wonderful promise. The new year can be a time of reflection on what has passed, and anticipation for what is yet to come. This is the confidence we have as children of God - if "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" (Romans 8:32).
There is another verse that gives us great assurance as well:
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him. (1John 5:14,15)
Faith is confidence in our loving heavenly Father's willingness to care for His children. We face the future with the knowledge that our Father hears and answers our every prayer and heart cry.