Lisbon Free Baptist Church
Messages From Our Pastor, Gary Leet and Other Friends

FIRST OF ALL, “HAPPY NEW YEAR” TO EVERYONE. I would like to thank Jeff & Beth for coming tonight as well as Mike & Jazmyn. I appreciate their taking time out of their busy schedules to come and support me and hear what the Lord has to say to them as well as the rest of us. I can’t think of a better way to start out the New Year than having my family in church with my husband and I on this New Year’s Day Night! Please turn with me in your Bible’s to: ISAIAH 42:9 "Behold, the former things have come to pass, and the new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them." Here we are again, at the beginning of a New Year - a time of reflection, re-evaluations and of course, new beginnings. We cannot live on yesterdays blessings, nor should we dwell on yesterday’s failures or disappointments. PHILLIPIANS 3:13-14: Paul says: "BRETHERN, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED; BUT ONE THING I DO, FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE, I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS." Many people all over the world are in the process of making New Year’s resolutions, of which many of them will never come to pass. The beautiful thing about being a Christian and knowing the Lord is that we don’t have to live our lives in guilt or condemnation for our failures and un-achieved goals. We get to wipe the slate clean and start over. God doesn’t hold our past against us as long as we sincerely repent and continually press toward the goal of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. We are a new creation in Christ every day of our lives. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17: "THEREFORE, IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD ALL THING ARE BECOME NEW." No matter how miserably we failed in life or in our Christian walk, God’s desire is for us to receive His forgiveness and move forward. PSALMS 103:13; "AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE REMOVED OUR TRANSGRESSIONS FROM US." One of God’s principles concerning new things, is to forget the past and not to walk in condemnation and guilt, but rather to walk in the freedom and the liberty of His forgiveness. We are the light of the world! I am His light in the world; You Are His light in the world; MATTHEW 5:16; "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." I’m sure most of you have seen the commercial on TV for Verizon, they show a map of the United States and put lights on every State where Verizon has customers. Then the camera pulls away and shows a panoramic view of the country as if you are in space looking down at all of the Twinkling lights. It is a beautiful sight. I’d like to think that that is what God sees when He looks down from Heaven and looks across the land, and sees each one of His Children, we are lights, shining in this dark world. Prove me saith the Lord of Hosts! MALACHI 3:10; "BRING YE ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MIGHT BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE, AND PROVE ME NOW HEREWITH, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, IF I WILL NOT POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT." JOHN 10:10; "THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY; I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." This does not mean just monetarily, but in our body, mind and spirit, in every part of our every day life. The Chaos we sometimes feel, the Inner Turmoil, the Loneliness, Sadness, the Stress we go through in life, God sees, and knows. God sees us when we are alone in the middle of the night, He sees the tears, He hears our questions. HE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. AND HE CARES. THERE IS NO ONE WHO CARES MORE FOR US THAN JESUS. HE LOVES YOU. PROVE HIM AND TRUST HIM; HE WILL HEAL OUR SIN SICK SOUL HE WILL HEAL OUR DISEASES HE SAID HE WHO’S MIND IS KEPT ON ME, TO HIM WILL I GIVE MY PEACE! Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world! I do not have to fear today or tomorrow, for God is with me. He will take care of me. HE LOVES , HE KNOWS , HE CARES FOR ME. God Bless You All, Pastor Cheryl

Doctrines of the Bible

Comfort is from the Lord

Encourage

Exodus 3 & 4

The Day of the Lord

Pastor Cheryl

The book of Daniel