What Do You Need to Leave Behind?

Preparing to Change

Today we continue our New Year’s focus on “preparing for change”

I invite each of us to think about “Preparing for change” on three different levels (slides)

Three aspects of Preparation for 2024

Preparing yourself (prayer, scripture reading, service to God/others)

Preparing as the church (Change through prayer and discipleship)

Preparing Communally for what is coming (expect the unexpected this year)

The more we prepare personally/spiritually (prayer, worship, keeping our nose in God’s word)

The more we prepare spiritually as a church (seeking God for changes in ministries, outreach and discipleship)

The more we are prepared for the unexpected in 2024 the more we will be spiritually prepared to weather the storm together.

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Last week I shared with you a few quotes suggesting that a so-called “Black Swan” event…an event of urgent national security that seems to come out of nowhere…was a real possibility this year…

This past week…in Davos Switzerland…world elites and power brokers of buisness…politics…and economics…came together for their annual meeting where they claim to address the most pressing issues facing the world and how to fix them...

Not surprisingly…the fixes to world problems end up giving them more and more power…money…and influence...

Former Vice President of the United States…stating his opposition to Donald Trump…urged people to not read too much into early primary victories…and…I quote… “Something tells me this year