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Day 180   A New Way Of Thinking

Mark 2:22 (NIV1984)

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.

2012 is a new year (a new wineskin) and it’s a year that none of us have experienced before.  This year is a blank canvas and it can be filled with all that God has for us (new wine).

I say “it can” because it also can be filled the remembrance of the difficult things we may experienced in the last year.

When we are driving our car our eyes are positioned on the road ahead.  We are anticipating our destination.  It can be a pleasant trip as we drive along, but what if we are constantly looking in the rear view mirror—constantly turning around and thinking about unpleasant events that have happened.

I know it is difficult when the thoughts and emotions from last year want to come into this new year and hold us in a place of sorrow, disappointment, guilt, etc.  We can, however, pray that day-by-day God will help us to focus on the future.

Each day is a blank canvas and we can ask God to “cause our thoughts to be agreeable to His will,” for that day.  (Proverbs 16:3 Amplified Bible)  His will is for us to have peace and even joy, and we can only have that as we walk closely with Him—and that is a daily walk.

GPS (Directions)

Read His promises—Get His directions!

·         Proverbs 16:9  Amplified Bible

·         II Corinthians 5:17 Amplified Bible

·         Ephesians 4:23 Amplified Bible

Prayer Focus

Father, cause my thoughts to be agreeable to Your will so that I can think Your thoughts for this new year.