New Year's and All Things New

It's a wonderful thing to evaluate ourselves, our lives, and line them up to God's standards. It can be a wake up call to live life in a God honoring way vs. a self honoring way.  Every year at this time people go crazy with their new year's resolutions. We make resolutions on things we are going to do, changes that we are going to make, and things we are not going to do. It is so easy to miss the opportunities that God has for us when we focus on our own plans and not his. 

It seemed fitting that we would introduce our curriculum for this summer at this time of year; when we are so focused on change. "All Things New: Look What God is Doing!" God is our creator and he is not done creating! In Isaiah 43:19 God talks about the New thing he is creating. There is so much potential within you that God can't wait to create with! 

 See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland.

The wild animals honor me, 

the jackals and the owls, 

because I provide water in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland, 

to give drink to my people, my chosen, 

the people I formed for myself, 

that they may proclaim my praise.

Isaiah 43:19-21

Do not let yourself get wrapped up in the challenges, defeats, and frustrations of your new year's resolution. I want to challenge you in your focus of change to look for God. Let me introduce you to the daily themes of "All Things New" and let's see if they won't help you observe different ways that God is doing something new in your life.     

Day 1 Guide: A New Thing (Isaiah 43:19-21)
Day 2 Guide: New Creation (Psalm 104: 24-33; Genesis 1-2:3)
Day 3 Guide: New Shape (Jeremiah 18:1-6; Isaiah 64:8; Genesis 2:4-7)
Day 4 Guide: New Expressions (Exodus 31:1-13; Luke 10:38-42)
Day 5 Guide: New Understanding (Acts 17:19-34)
Day 6 Guide: New Life (Ephesians 4:1, 15-16, 22-32; Acts 11:26)
Day 7 Guide: New Community (Philippians 1:3-6)

Happy New Year and may God provide streams in your wilderness and wastelands!

Have you created your new year's resolution yet? How are you going to let God do a new thing in you?

More information on the curriculum can be found at www.churchcampresources.com