The Year of New Things
Donald Cantrell
Isaiah 43:18-19
New Year's Sermon
Isa 43:18 KJV - Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isa 43:19 KJV - Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
I - The Past Is Behind Us (18)
The Misery of Rehashing Our Past
The Mistake of Recapturing Our Past
II - The Present Is Before Us (19a)
Our Heavenly Invitation
Our Helpful Inclination
III - The Possible Is Beckoning Us (19b)
The Miracle and It's Message
The Maker and His Might
The made-up Roman god, Janus (from whom we get January) was their god of beginnings, transition, passages, and endings. He is depicted with a face looking forward and a face looking back. New Year's Day provides a valuable time to ponder the past while anticipating the future. It is a bit refreshing to think that the New Year might bring us a fresh and vibrant start. There is something about move from December 31st unto January 1st, a new start.
Almost every culture has a New Year's celebration.
The ancient Romans celebrated the new year with the birth of Janus, the two-faced god who could look back into the past and forward into the future. They exchanged gifts, not because they were overjoyed with each other, but as a method of bribery so that your friends would forgive you for the stuff that you had done wrong that past year.
Chinese New Year is typically celebrated with fireworks to scare off evil spirits from years past, so that you can start your New Year with a fresh start.
Italians believe that wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve brings good luck. And, even if you are not superstitious, Italians like doing this and always suggest that you too should be wearing red underwear. They believe that this is the color of luck and everyone can enjoy a new year full of luck and fortune.
Out With The Old, In With The New
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Donald Cantrell
Isaiah 43:18-19
New Year's Sermon
Isa 43:18 KJV - Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isa 43:19 KJV - Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
I - The Past Is Behind Us (18)
The Misery of Rehashing Our Past
The Mistake of Recapturing Our Past
II - The Present Is Before Us (19a)
Our Heavenly Invitation
Our Helpful Inclination
III - The Possible Is Beckoning Us (19b)
The Miracle and It's Message
The Maker and His Might
The made-up Roman god, Janus (from whom we get January) was their god of beginnings, transition, passages, and endings. He is depicted with a face looking forward and a face looking back. New Year's Day provides a valuable time to ponder the past while anticipating the future. It is a bit refreshing to think that the New Year might bring us a fresh and vibrant start. There is something about move from December 31st unto January 1st, a new start.
Almost every culture has a New Year's celebration.
The ancient Romans celebrated the new year with the birth of Janus, the two-faced god who could look back into the past and forward into the future. They exchanged gifts, not because they were overjoyed with each other, but as a method of bribery so that your friends would forgive you for the stuff that you had done wrong that past year.
Chinese New Year is typically celebrated with fireworks to scare off evil spirits from years past, so that you can start your New Year with a fresh start.
Italians believe that wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve brings good luck. And, even if you are not superstitious, Italians like doing this and always suggest that you too should be wearing red underwear. They believe that this is the color of luck and everyone can enjoy a new year full of luck and fortune.
Out With The Old, In With The New
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