“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he can never lose” (Elliot).

“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14).

We tend to overcomplicate evangelism in theory and undervalue evangelism in practice. Here’s a simple method from the mouth of Jesus in Mark 5: “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Go and tell of His mercy.

In Genesis 12, God promised to make Abraham a great name and a great nation. Abraham responded by making God an altar in Shechem and Bethel. “he built there an altar to the Lord” “there he built an altar to the Lord” May we make God’s name great wherever His promises take us.

Genesis 3 gives us excellent lessons in leadership and followership: Eve followed Satan Adam followed Eve No one followed God In order to lead well, we must follow well. Satan wants nothing more than to distract us from our devotion to God and from God’s design for our lives.

Psalm 19 says the Word of God is: perfect and revives the soul sure and makes wise the simple right and rejoices the heart pure and enlightens the eyes May we be revived, made wise, filled with joy, and enlightened in 2023.

“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” (Kuyper).

“All the powers of hell may set themselves together against us. But they can never win, since God is on our side” (Stott).

“He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).

Sin is inconsistent with sonship.

“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68).

“God’s love is the most awesome thing about Him. It is not His justice, nor His majesty, nor even His blazing holiness, but the fact that He has made and keeps a covenant of personal commitment and love to His people” (Ferguson).

“I have learned to kiss the wave that strikes me against the Rock of Ages” (Spurgeon).

“Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14).

“Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation” (Psalm 146:3).

Evangelism is simple: "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5:19).

No matter what this year brings, let’s remember, “blessed are all who take refuge in Him” (Psalm 2:12).

Psalm 136 = “His steadfast love endures forever” x 26!

“For Christians, the past is not just the past. The past, as it reveals the God who is, is power for the present” (Mathis).

Jesus became the Son of man so that we could become sons of God.