A Fresh Start to a New Year | 1.23.22

The

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of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Gazing through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away! —Song of Songs 2:8-13

• Songs of Songs 2:8 It starts off by highlighting the

of the Beloved Son, Jesus.

Listen! I hear my lover’s voice.
I know it’s him coming to me—
leaping with joy over mountains,
skipping in love over the hills that separate us,
to come to me. —Song of Songs 2:8, TPT

*Song of Songs 2:10:
*• I’m inviting you into this

with me.
• Rise up – get ready for action; get ready for

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.
• Come away – take this

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with me, be with me.

A spiritual change of seasons.

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has changed,
the bondage of your barren winter has ended,
and the season of hiding is over and gone.
The rains have soaked the earth
12 and left it bright with blossoming flowers.
The season for singing and pruning the vines has arrived.
I hear the cooing of doves in our land,
filling the air with songs to awaken you
and guide you forth.
13 Can you not discern this

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of destiny
breaking forth around you?
The early signs of my purposes and plans
are bursting forth.
The budding vines of

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are now blooming everywhere.
The fragrance of their flowers whispers,
“There is change in the air.” —Song of Songs 2:10-13

Arise, my love, my beautiful companion,
and run with me to the higher place.
For now is the time to arise and come away with me. —Songs of Songs 2:13b

The budding vines of

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are now blooming

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.

• Our vision - We want to bring New Life, the life of Jesus, wherever we go.

• “There’s going to be a multi-

movement that God’s going to do through this.”

Leaders - One of really key things is that we continue to say

to God’s call to raise up leaders in this house.

Personal - we need to receive this word on a personal basis too – to run with the Lord to a

place.

Love, Grow, Serve
• Love God in

. Your lifestyle.
• Grow

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in the family of God. You belong.
• Serve Others in

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and serve teams. You make a difference.

Presence, People, & Purpose
• Presence – My highest

in life is the call into God’s presence.
• People - We were formed for family, created for

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. Love people well.
• Purpose - You were

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for good works that God has pre-ordained for you to walk in.

2022 - “The Great Reset”

During a crisis we need to learn to have faith instead of fear, and seek the Lord. After a crisis, when everything is “back to normal” and we aren’t feeling the pressure anymore, that’s when we need to continue seeking the Lord with

and not let our guards down.

20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. —Genesis 9:20-21

• Instead of drifting according to the world, it’s time to dig into the word.

• 2022 is not a time to

. It’s a time to

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our connection to the Lord and each other.

• We never outgrow the basics, we just learn to do them better.

James 1:22 is for 2022

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. —James 1:22

• Doers -

; performer; doer.
• A poet is a person that possesses special abilities of imagination and

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.

22 Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!
23 If you listen to the Word and don’t live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning. 24 You perceive how God sees you in the mirror of the Word, but then you go out and forget your divine origin. 25 But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God’s blessing in all that they do! —James 1:22-25 TPT

• Truth forms. Lies,

.
• Truth brings

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. Lies bring destruction.

And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. —Deuteronomy‬ ‭6:6 ‬‬

• In 2022, increase the opportunities for the word of God

your heart.

a) Meditate on the word.

it.
b) Memorize the word.

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to memory.
c) Study it to be transformed.

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it with intentionality.

24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Make 2022 the year of the Bible in your life. God speaks through what he has spoken. He spoke and the worlds were formed. He forms you through His word. —Matthew 7:24-27