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THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD . In this New Year we must dedicate, consecrate, consult, and put the Lord first in everything. Give thanks for the gift of life and eternal life that we can have in Him. That all the things we have as health, family, work, friendships even the smallest things are results that our Father loves us and that we are important to Him. The word says in Proverbs 16: 3: "Commit your plans to the Lord and your thoughts and works will be affirmed." Other versions say: "Put your acts in the hands of the Lord and your plans will be realized".  This tells us that we must take it into account. Clearly the Word tells us in Proverbs 3: 5-8. That we trust in God that means we trust in Him, that we walk in Faith, that we act in His Word, that we do not lean on our intelligence because He sees beyond, his plans are much more prosperous and wise. Jeremiah 29:11 "... plans for peace  and  well-being"  ! And it says "... in orde
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Lift Your Head Up Although there are "crushers" in life, there are also "lifters". In Psalm 3: 1-3, the Psalmist says that in spite of his distressing situation, he does not despair or begins to become depressed, because his trust is in the Lord, who raises his head. When we are depressed, it seems that everything around us collapses. We lose strength; our heads, hands and hearts begin to lower. Even our eyes and our voices are low. We become weary because we are looking at our problems instead of the Lord.   Whatever it is that causes us to despair, the Lord encourages us with his Word to raise our heads and our hands and look at Him. We find one of those many examples in Genesis 13:14, when God tells Abraham, when he had been defrauded by his nephew Lot, to "lift" his eyes and looked around him in all directions, because he would give him as his inheritance all the lands as far as his gaze could reach. In Psalm 24: 7, the psalmist says: