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2019: Trusting The Cornerstone

Hello again,

Praise God for a new year. It's 2019. Thank you, Father God, for this new day. This is the day that the Lord has made, and we rejoice in it. Halleluyah!

Every single day is designed by God, not just the beginning (in Genesis) but every day. Amos 5:8 indicates this with some detail - that God actually "turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night,...". He does all that for everyone all over the world, at different time zones.

And just at the right time He turns the midnight into a new dawn and we say good morning - and sometimes, to me, it feels like nothing happened, but something spectacular just happened - the miracle of a new day, and this, a new year. What a God! And who better to entrust with something other than the creator of it.

Psalm 118:22-24
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord's doing;
it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Father God, we submit all our days this year to you, take them, breathe into them and be the cornerstone. We trust in you Lord completely for 2019, and we call forth your purposes - all you have in store for us - into this year, by the power of your Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, Amen.

Trust God completely in 2019, don't stop.

God bless you exceedingly.
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