I wanted to take a moment to send you a note to let you know I'm thinking of you as you look forward into the new year ahead.
I realize this would be a time for the sharing of new plans, goals and dreams about the future with your (HUSBAND/WIFE), but this is the first year in some time you face the future without them.
As we put this year into the “rear view mirror”, and look forward to all the year of (YEAR) holds for us, we must continue to be mindful of the plans and purposes of God for our lives.
I don't know about you, but I often use this time to reflect and learn from my past, and then do all I can to move ahead without making the same mistakes again… and I do make plenty!
I wanted to take a moment on behalf of the leadership here at (NAME OF CHURCH) to wish you and yours a Happy New Year!
We are just coming out of the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, and have taken time out of our schedules to express our thanks to God for His bountiful blessings, as well as the precious gift of His Son Jesus.
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
A New Testament reference to this prophecy is found in Matthew 1:23 and goes on to share the meaning of the Name “Immanuel” which is “God with us.”
John 1:29 (NIV) 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
When we think of the birth of Jesus Christ, it is often easy to associate Him with the term “Lamb of God” because of the things that come to mind when describing a lamb. Meek and lowly, gentle and even somewhat needy would describe a lamb, much as a child born into this world even today.