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Hey, Brother.

Well, it's good to be with you on the first.

First day of the week of 2022.

And so that's a, a joy that we can share together in this new year.

And certainly it's good to be with each other as we worship Our God together.

It's good to be on the earth at this time.

That's good to be alive and in the care of God at this time, and it's great to be alive.

It really is great to be alive at this time, and we're so blessed by God for all the things that he's brought us through, not just last year, but Years Gone by and we look forward to this year into the future, and we look forward to what he's going to do for us now, and we look forward to that.

And so just want to talk a little bit tonight about Our new year and as we think about a new year, can't help.

But think what Paul said in Philippians chapter 3 beginning of verse 13, He said this.

But what did this one thing?

I do forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those which are ahead.

And then he says, I press onward.

I press onward.

I press onward to the goal, the call of the upward prize of Christ Jesus in God.

And so we look at that we think about What Paul had in mind?

Well, the fact that he had a horrible life in the past.

Now, we think that because he worked for God, that he was a from The Tribe of Benjamin.

He, he worked his way up to the high ranks of his profession and he became a Pharisee of Pharisees.

And so he was well, study well-groomed.

He was highly educated and and yet he had a horrible past into that.

He actually worked to oppress Christians and oppress Christ and worked against God.

And so he reminds us all that.

He was the most vile.

That he blasphemed God.

And yet he obtained Mercy from God.

And so Paul look forward to the future.

And when he said this one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind, he's not saying literally forget the things of the past.

He can't those things are forever etched in our minds, but we don't live by them.

We don't have them make us to be identified by them that everything was in Christ and for Christ and by Christ.

And that's what his life was at.

So he becomes an example for all of us.

As we look at being committed, committed to Jesus and I think if there's one thing that we can do this year and in our minds begin today, that is to commit ourselves to Jesus Christ.

To commit ourselves to the work of the church.

There's things that we have left undone in 2021 and now it's time to correct those things and he's giving us this opportunity together.

And so when we think about the blessings that we enjoy, we can't help but be thankful for everything that he's provide us with.

Now that reminds me of the story of the ten lepers, you remember that story from Luke chapter 17.

It's a parable.

That's only Luke records.

And so he put together this Parable that Jesus spoke of and in the parable or ten lepers who were calling out when Jesus was approaching and they were making a Ruckus and finally got Jesus's attention and they wanted to be restored, they were lepers.

And so their skin was falling apart and they were banished from the people and Jesus heard them and he said, I want you to go to church.

It's what I want you to go.

See the priest in the temple.

And I want you to tell him what happened.

It so well.

Luke record to see.

He says well, on their way.

They were healed.

The leprosy was gone by the time, they got to the priest to show them what was going on in their lives at.

So they have to go to church.

One of the things that Jesus was reminding people about was that their love for God and their Reliance upon.

God also means relying upon worship.

Do those things that God has desired for his people to do.

But unfortunately, when you think about the pain that had gone and were healed, only one came back, only one came back because he felt so thankful.

And it's hard for what Jesus had done for him.

And he came back and he fell at the feet of Jesus, and he just offered him worship.

That's all he could do that.

So, Jesus reminds us about the other night.

In fact, he tells that one man that came back.

You said, weren't there 10.

Where are the other night?

Only one is thankful.

And so, when we think about what we owe Jesus and really what we all want, another are Thanksgiving on two beef.

Because of what Jesus has done, that oughta be the motivating factor for our commitment to Christ in our commitment to one another in 2022.

And so, as we consider the idea of commitment, I came across this.

Quote.

Until one is committed.

There is hesitancy the chance to draw back.

Now, you remember the Hebrews Rider and Hebrews chapter 10 talks about drawing back to Perdition, and he was talking about Christians who started out strong and tries.

They were going to bible class.

They were going to church, they were hanging out with the Christians and they were growing and something happened.

They just stopped.

Are they stopped going to church?

And they stopped at taking the Lord's?

Supper?

They started hanging out with other people who weren't Christians and they abandoned their own brethren.

And the Hebrews Rider says they have gone back.

They have drawn back to Perdition.

Isn't that a description of Judas who betrayed Jesus that he was the son of perdition?

But then he offers hope to the people to whom he's riding and he says, but we are not there who draw back and we're not brother.

And so he says, when one is not committed in this quote, there is hesitancy, we pause.

And then there's that chance to draw back concerning all acts of initiative and creation.

There is one Elementary truth, the ignorance of which killed countless ideas and Splendid plans that the moment one definitely commits oneself.

Then Providence moves, too.

In part, what he saying is, when we move God moves, when we move, God wants to move with us, and he is with us.

But until we move God's not moving.

No one's moving because God is relying upon you and he's relying upon me to do the work that were called to do.

So, he says, all sorts of things are trying to help one, that would never otherwise have occurred a whole stream of events issues from the decision.

Raising in one's favor.

All manner of unforeseen incidents in meetings and material assistance.

When we move and we actually in our mind say, I'm doing it.

I'm going forward with it.

And then we commit ourselves and we actually do it.

We actually follow through on the plan.

God is with us and he sang here.

There's so many things that can happen because of that one decision.

Any sane, a multitude of blessings, can come your way because you have made that commitment.

And that's exactly how God moves.

God, doesn't blast.

With abundance.