Renewal 2022 Rewind

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Here is my take on those three quotes.

• You can’t end up where you want if you don’t know where you want to go.

• Stronger ’20 Who knew we would need to dig deep.

• Forward ’21 We needed determination and hope to dig out.

• Renewal ’22 We needed a breath from all that digging.

  Lead-Up ’23 We need a purpose/calling for a new season.

  Renewal is something HE does, not us.
  Renewal is received not achieved.
  To receive renewal, I have to position myself for it and anticipate it.

  
  Isaiah 40:27-31 27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

“You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have

been.” Maya Angelou (American Poet)

“Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there.” Ken

Blanchard (Leadership Author & Coach)

“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace

else.” Yogi Berra (Yankee Catcher & Coach)

• To move forward with clarity requires a clear understanding of what you have

been through.

• To move forward with purpose requires a keen sense of your purpose.

Isaiah 40:27-28
27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40:29-31
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Renewal isn’t just a last year’s word, it’s an every year opportunity. Anticipate it!

Renewal

• Re (prefix) = Again

• New (root) = Fresh

• Al (suffix) = Process

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  Four actions that are our part of the renewal process: Aware, Ask, Offer and Obey

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  AWARE
  Until you are aware you are running on fumes, you will never ask God for renewal.

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  ASK

  Psalm 51:10 “ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within

Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

OBEY

“Long Obedience in the same direction” subtitle “Discipleship in an instant society” Eugene Petersen

Renewal is received not achieved.

To receive renewal I have to position myself for it and anticipate it.