On this Eve of a New Year we are gathered together to meditate on the goodness of our God during the past year and to pray for his grace for the future. As most years of our lives, this past one has likely been a year of joys and a year of sadness. There have been days when all has worked out well and days when it seems nothing could go right. We have laughed at times, cried at times, contemplated at times, and sometimes just sat back in wonder at life. Such is life in this imperfect world. Yet in the midst of uncertainty we have turned again and again to the Lord our God who does not change. His Word has been our fortress and our Rock of refuge in all times. So as we approach the New Year tonight we turn again to that Word – to its revelation and its promises. It helps us to know God better. It will direct our prayers. It will fill us with hope. It will remind us of the forgiveness which we have in Jesus for our failures in the past and it will empower us to live a new life throughout the coming year. May the Lord bless our meditation and grant us a blessed New Year – connected with Jesus Christ, our Savior!

December 31, 2019 -- New Year's Eve

Pastor Titus Buelow

Isaiah 43:16—44:5