Abiding in 2025

𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! When I say that out loud it doesn’t seem possible that we could be in 2025 already! Along with a new year comes new visions, resolutions, a brand-new page to be written upon. It’s a time to sit and ponder about what 2025 will bring, a time of hope for the future. We want to do better, be thinner, get fitter, save more, love more. A desire for change is birthed every New Year’s morning!

As I sat and considered my own life a study came across my desk, it is called The Power of 4 Effect. The Center for Bible Engagement surveyed over 400,000 people around their world and their findings were astounding. If you are not reading your Bible four times a week, then your life is statistically the same as that of a non-believer! Your life will not change in any significant way than that of one who never reads His Word! This survey also discovered if you are in God’s Word four times a week, you are 30% less likely to be lonely, 59% less likely to view pornography, 228% more likely to share your faith and 407% more likely to memorize Scripture! Those are some mind-blowing stats!

John 8:31-32 says this; “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙢, “𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚.” If you tarry and remain in the Word of God, then you will know the truth! Not only that, but His Word will also set you free and deliver you from bondage! What a beautiful promise, a promise of change and freedom.

𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱. He will change you, remold you, and set you free. You will be a radically different person by the end of this year. Not only that but when those hard times come you will have something to stand on, God’s Word hidden in your heart!