1. T HE BLESSINGS OF A SHER New years Message 2012

2. 7 reasons You may never accomplish something significant

3. 1. P ROCRASTINATION  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Jas 1:22 Remember, Procrastination is assassination on the amazing future Gad has for you

4. 2. Y OU A LLOWED YOUR PAST TO IDENTIFY YOU  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. I Cor 6:9-11  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Cor 5:17

5. 3. Y OU ARE MORE OBSESSED WITH WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU  Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Col 3:2,3  For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. Gal 1:10

6. 4. Y OU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT G OD THE HOLY S PIRIT IS IN YOU  13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. Eph 1:13,14  20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Eph 3:20

7. 5. Y OU ARE A FRAID  10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isa 41:10  6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Heb 11:6

8. 6. Y OU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE AN ACCIDENT  13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

9. 7. Y OU ARE OBSESSED WITH THINGS OF ZERO SIGNIFICANCE COMPARED TO ETERNITY  And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 1 Jn 2:17

10. 7 REASONS Y OU MAY NEVER ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT 1) Procrastination 2) You Allowed your past to identify you 3) You are more obsessed with what others think of you 4) You do not understand that God the holy Spirit is in you 5) You are Afraid 6) You believe that you are an accident 7) You are obsessed with things of zero significance compared to eternity

12. T HE B LESSINGS OF A SHER  24 And of Asher he said: “Asher is most blessed of sons ; Let him be favoured by his brothers, And let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be.

13. Judgement Happy/blessed Wrestle But he who is spiritual judges all things, 1 Cor 2:15

14. T HE D IDACHE 14, 1 (C. 90 - 150 AD)  " Assemble on the Lord’s day, and break bread and offer the Eucharist; But first make confession of your faults, so that your sacrifice may be a pure one...For this is the offering of which the Lord has said, Everywhere and always bring me a sacrifice that is undefiled, for I am a great king, says the Lord and my name is the wonder of nations"

15. S T I GNATIUS OF A NTIOCH (110 A.D.) "Come together in common, one and all without exception in charity, in one faith and in one Jesus Christ, who is of the race of David according to the flesh, the son of man, and the Son of God, so that with undivided mind you may obey the bishop and the priests, and break one Bread which is the medicine of immortality and the antidote (remedy) against death, enabling us to live forever in Jesus Christ."