Title New Morning Bright (Jos 06:12-21)
There is no one who doesn't like the new morning when the bright sun rises after a dull, dark, boring night.
In Genesis 1, in the beginning, when the earth was void, empty, and darkness was over the deep, God said, Let there be light, and the light began to shine and a new morning in the universe began.
A spring morning when the morning sunlight shines on the dewdrops on a weak bud is good, a summer morning when the clouds rising above the horizon are decorated with dazzling colors of light, and the morning sunlight shining on the white snow that fell last night is good. Winter mornings are also good.
In this way, the morning of the universe created by our God, the morning of all things, the morning of the seasons is only beautiful and good.
It is often called New Year's Day, which means a new morning to start a new year.
I earnestly pray that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit will always be with us throughout the 365 days of this year.
If you look in the Bible, you will also find that many good things happened in the morning.
1. There is a new morning of holiness.
In Job 1:5 we read, “After the feast day had passed, Job called them and sanctified them, but he got up in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to their number. Job's deeds have always been like this.” You said.
In this way, Job, a righteous man from the East, got up early in the morning and offered a sanctifying burnt offering on each of his children's birthdays, according to the order of his children.
Of course, there are meal offerings in the evening, but the burnt offering in the morning for sanctification is more sincere, and God's blessings come.
A new morning dawned in 1993.
I hope that the holy people will receive more sanctifying grace, gather at church, read the Bible, and worship the Holy Trinity in holiness, believing that God will give the holy city, New Jerusalem, an eternal blessing.
As the Lord says in Isaiah 1:18, “Come, let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.” May you be cleansed in the name of Jesus and welcome a new morning of holiness.
2. There is a new morning in a new start.
Genesis 8:13 says, “In the first month, that is, on the first day of the month, when Noah was 601 years old, the waters were lifted from the surface of the earth, and Noah took the lid of the ark and looked, and behold, the water was gone.”
After Noah's family got out of the ark and gained freedom and liberation, what was the first thing the family of eight did?
Noah first offered a burnt offering of thanks to God with an animal.
At the same time, Amma harassed Noah and all eight members of the family united in faith and decided on the first day of the new year.
“Like so many human beings who were judged by the flood and perished, we must not betray or depart from God.
Let's be more obedient to God's word and call on the name of the Lord God with more earnestness.” He said, and started a new start of faith with the whole family on the first day of the first month of the new year when the morning dawns.
People often say that the plans for the day are in the morning, and the plans for the year are on the first day of the new year.
Therefore, we also want you to make a new plan and make a fresh start in faith.
So, what kind of plan do you plan first?
May you decide to live a year for the glory of God.
I hope that this time will be a time for you to decide two things before God.
(One). Please help me to keep 52 weeks of the year as the New Year's Eve in 1993.
(2).Please allow me to evangelize more than one family this year.
When we make this determination and act on it, then God will bless us.
Also, we have three wishes as a church.
(1). Please allow me to relocate the church, revive the church, and develop the church.
(2). Show me true workers.
(3). Give me the filling of the Holy Spirit.
I earnestly pray that you will receive these beautiful wishes as a blessing by praying for them.
3. There is a new morning of victory.
In verse 12, it says, “Joshua got up early in the morning” and in verse 15 it says, “In the morning of the seventh day, they got up early and went around the city seven times in the same way as they had done.”
The priests carried the ark of the LORD, the seven priests blew the seven trumpets, the armed men went ahead, and the rear armies followed the ark of the LORD and went around Jericho.
The walls were strong and the gates were locked, but according to God's word, they circled once a day, and on the 7th day they went around two or seven times in one day.
When the priests' trumpets sounded loudly, the people of Israel all shouted out in unison, and at that moment the wall began to fall.
The first city of Canaan, Jericho, fell across the Jordan River.
There were no survivors except the family of Rahab, a prostitute who treated the two spies of Israel with love.
So, what was the secret to the victory that was able to destroy the huge fortress of Jericho?
It was because Joshua got up early in the morning, and all the Israelite army got up early in the morning and just obeyed what God said.
They didn't even have any special weapons.
There were no good tactics.
All they had was the weary bodies that had been tormented for 40 years in the wilderness.
But they were able to win because they had faith that obeyed the word of Jehovah God.
That is why the Bible also says, “The horsemen are prepared for battle, but the victory is with the Lord” (Proverbs 21:31).
Therefore, there are three secrets to our victory in the spiritual battle.
(One). You must have faith in Jehovah God of hosts.
(2). You must live a separate life.
(3). There must be a prayer of earnest supplication.
This is because God always listens to the prayers of the saints who cry and pray sincerely.
In the same way, I hope that our members will win all the spiritual battles this year through the Word and prayer.
(1). When the morning dawned, Job was blessed by offering a sanctifying burnt offering to God for his 10 children.
(2).Noah came out of the ark at the dawn of the new year and made a new start in human history, becoming the ancestor of a new human race.
(3). When the new morning dawned, Joshua went around Jericho from early morning and was able to win the battle in the end.
Dear saints,
Now, the new morning of the new year is bright.
I beg you with all my heart, like Job, like Noah, like Joshua, to all the saints who attended the first worship service of the new year
(1). I hope you have a new morning of cleansing with the Spirit and the Word.
(2).I hope it will be a new morning in the new year with a new start of faith.
(3). I hope that it will be a new morning in the new year when you overcome the strong enemy the devil.-Amen-