Sermon Tone Analysis

As we enter a New Year, I feel it is appropriate to reflect on God's Word concern the very heart of God since the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden.

Like a parent that lost a child to an enemy that wishes them no good.

It has always been God’s heart to restore, redeem, and renew His children.

The prophet Isaiah made it clear- As he foretold that God has a plan to redeem his people.

At the time of Isaiah’s writing God’s people were in captivity.

The captivity happened because of Israel's disobedience and lack of trust and the hardness of the heart of men.

Spiritual captivity and depravity occurs when people fail to honor God

On the other hand, spiritual freedom, peace, and purpose are given to those that allow have faith trust and obey God.

Allow God to do a new thing through you- Let cooperate with -work jointly and in harmony with God.

Let's break old bad habits by creating new habits that are alignment with God

Let’s discover and fulfill our God-given purpose

Let’s build God's church by being an ambassador of God's kingdom.

Let’s walk into our true identity in Christ

Do not remember the former things: Isaiah 43:18

===== The word ‘remember” in scripture often is connected with a covenant

Example rainbow Gen 9: 15

Therefore for God to do a new thing we must break from, crucify, separate, and put to death the old ties, covenant, and agreement we have with old nature.

Change must begin from within- We can learn from the past but we cannot live in the past.

2. Seek for and look forward to the New Thing that God has for you.

Isaiah 43: 19-20

Hunger for it, thirst for it

Meditate- think about, study His promise

God will - make a way of escape 1 Cor 10:13

3 Celebrate, Praise, - Delight yourself in the Lord (Isaiah 43:21 “This people have I formed for myself; They shall shew forth my praise.”

1 Peter 2:9–10 (KJV 1900)

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.