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Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.
1 Corinthians 10:31, HCSB
God created a home for us with all we need to enjoy Him and be with Him, so may we worship and honor Him in everything we do, thanking Him for all good things and every provision.
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over you.
Isaiah 60:1, HCSB
God created everything to make a home for us and be with us, and He calls us to see His light and dwell with Him.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2, HCSB
God created everything for us and to be with us, yet we often want this world more than Him. Let us be changed by the Holy Spirit to want Him and all that is good, to know good from evil and know Him more.
I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple.
Psalm 27:4, HCSB
God created everything to give us all home, and He wants to dwell with us. Our greatest desire is to dwell with our God.
Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:27, HCSB
Remember that God created not merely to show His power but to make a home for humanity. The Sabbath is for our good, and we obey God believing He knows what is best for us.
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16, HCSB
We confess Christ, believing that He died and rose again to bring us forgiveness of sins and new life. While we await His return, we may still suffer in this life and long for eternity, but the new life begins inside our souls, giving us hope and not merely wishful thinking.
“Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19, HCSB
We confess Christ as our Savior, believing that His death and resurrection has washed away our sins, forgetting our shame, and given us hope for eternity with Him.
That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.
John 1:5, CSB
We confess Christ as Lord and Savior, knowing and believing that the Light of Creation has come to redeem us from sin.
Quite a bit of this, I admit, I just copied and pasted! I changed and added what was needed.
Did you know more stuff happened this year? (*extreme sarcasm)
On some positive notes, my Youth Group managed to have a lot of fun this year, especially in the fall semester as we went through the Gospel of Mark and discussed missionaries of today and history. There was also a major focus on evangelism training this year. I also stepped down as youth pastor in mid-December, rounding out 7.5 years. More than likely, more news is to come on the ministry front.
The Instructional Assistant (one step below professor, but I still teach … but mostly grade work and keep students on task) for Christian Worldview at Grand Canyon University job continues proving fruitful in many ways, and I added PHI-101 to my list of classes. A major fruit is that I personally have gotten to lead several people to faith in Christ and help others grow deeper in their faith, as well as helping some who had been antagonistic to religion in general and Christianity in particular be more open-minded. That is pretty cool. A negative this year has been the amount of AI usage in writing. (The CWV textbook was apparently written by such authors as Wes Anderson, Edward B. Adams from 40 years ago, and several people who were not Christians until very recently.)
I had another full year in seminary, including taking biblical Greek. Unlike many seminarians who get super-academic and feel the need to give their hearers “all the information” and then find themselves getting pulled out of the devotional side of Bible reading and discipleship, I actually found my love for ministry deepening and my teachings getting more pastoral and *gasp* fun! Even more than last year, to the point that some people were getting excited about my excitement. God is so good! I also am set to graduate with my M.Div. in April!
There were new controversies (the biggest probably being Michael Tait of Newsboys/DC Talk fame having his dramatic fall), Christian persecution increased globally (the biggest being Nigeria’s violence and assassination of Charlie Kirk), and many wars and rumors of wars and even newfound peace.
Overall, we had a good year in our house.
And God is still good and in control.
This next year will definitely be … 2026.
In any event, may you receive an abundance of bunches of blessings this year. And though life may take some effort to trudge through, fall on the promises of God, this year and always.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.Numbers 6:24-26, ESV
In His Love,
Daniel
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17, CSB
We confess Christ is Lord, believing He was raised from the dead, and we are made new, beginning the process of becoming Christ-like having been adopted into God’s family by faith in His blood.
a simple man of God 