Happy New Year and Happy Kwanzaa

Happy New Year! Today is not only the first day of the New Year, but it is also the last day of Kwanzaa, an African American cultural holiday. January 1st represents the seventh day of Kwanzaa, Imani. The word, Imani, is Kiswahili and means faith.

I pray that your faith in Jesus Christ be strengthend this year. I pray that this year brings you increased peace, prosperity, and purpose. I pray that you continue to walk with Christ and that you mature in His grace, in His Word, and in His love. I pray that God's love abound in you and all around you. I pray that the glory and annointing of the Holy Spirit touch your heart, mind, and spirit. I pray that in 2007 you find your purpose and calling. I pray that this year brings you new opportunities, new resources, and new avenues of support to help you fulful the destiny that God has in store for your life!

Psalm 1 (NKJ)

Blessed is the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree

Planted by the rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.