New Year Messages

To mark the beginning of a New Year we have posted four New Year's Sermons in our Sermons section.  You are invited to have a look and enjoy or use any of the material for the glory of God.

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A New Beginning

A new beginning is always a fascinating and exciting prospect. The drug addict who goes cold turkey in an attempt to throw off the terrible destructive effects of addiction is often motivated by the prospect of a drug free life. The smoker, the alcoholic, the compulsive gambler, each mercilessly a captive of his sinful compulsion, longs for the freedom to be found in a real and lasting new beginning.

All of us are subject to this same fascination at times. If we could just wipe the slate of failure clean and start all over again, geographically, vocationally, financially or even matrimonially- ,the new beginning would ultimately lead to a great success.

But would it? Does an attempt to deal with and eliminate the failures of the past necessarily guarantee success in the future? Does turning over a new leaf guarantee we will not spoil it too? As an ex-smoker I can empathize with those who year after year make New Year's resolutions to give up such compulsive and destructive habits. As a much younger man, my repeated failures to deal with the problem finally led me to consider a resolution to quit trying to quit. Then I resolved to confess my failure to God and ask him to give me a personal victory. He did not fail me.

Herein perhaps lies a lesson for us all. God has told us that all our righteous efforts are as filthy rags before Him. That we cannot through self reformation or under our own steam really conquer sin and change our own character. The power and motive for effective and enduring change must come front outside ourselves. Jesus said, ".The Truth will make you free." "He whom the Son sets free, is free indeed!" - Pastor White

Christian New Year Resolutions

During The Year I Will:

Like Paul, forget those things which are behind and press forward. Like David, lift my eyes to the hills from which comes my help. Like Abraham, trust my God implicitly. Like Enoch, walk in daily fellowship with my heavenly Father. Like Moses suffer rather than enjoy the pleasure of sin for a time. Like Joseph, turn my back on all evil advances. Like Gideon, advance even when my friends are few. Like Andrew, strive to lead my brother to Christ Like Peter, repent of my failures and begin anew as a witness for Christ- The Witness

What Is Christmas?

What Is Christmas? Is it an endless shopping list or a depleted bank account or an overflowing credit card? Is it fir trees, candy canes, holly wreaths, bells, tinsel or toys? Is it the sound of piped music played to set the mood for maximum consumer response to insure a seasonal commercial success? Is it Santa; photos, office parties or holiday breaks?

Is Christmas a family gathering around lavishly spread Christmas dinner or a barbecue and the inevitable over-indulgence that seems to follow?   To give Christmas a sacred touch, is Christmas attending a concert or carol sing or switching channels to catch a traditional seasonal Christmas movie?

A Christ-centred Christmas is about perishing men needing to be rescued and lost men needing to be saved. Christmas is God giving His Son to the world and His Son giving Himself for our sins. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Christmas is Christ the Son of God becoming the Son of Man that sons of men might become sons of God. (I John 3:1) Christmas is much more than tinsel, ribbons, presents and parties or a hectic rushing to and fro; giving and getting temporal gifts that will have no value in eternity. It is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who came to give us the greatest of all gifts, eternal life

If you are one of those seeking to know the true meaning of Christmas, He stands ready to come into your heart this season and share the true meaning of His birth, life, death and resurrection. Is there room in your Christmas for the real Gift of Christmas? Why not open your heart to Him in real faith and He will come into your heart and life? Then you can truly say with Paul and those of us who have received Him, "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!"