Top Eleven Predictions for the New Year

new year 2015 written in sand

OK, so they’re not exactly predictions – but they are promises from God’s Word and worth pondering for 2015 & a whole lot better than the usual prognostications for the future. These are also not original but a combination of lists from hither and yon.

1 – God’s love is everlasting
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.” Jer. 31:3
2 – Christ’s blood cleanses from sin
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”   1 Jn. 1:9

3 – We are Blessed in Christ
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” Eph. 1:3

4 –God will provide
“I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.” – Psalm 37:25

5 – God is at work

“…in him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will”  Eph. 1:11

6- God is faithful
“God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.”
1 Cor. 1:9

7 – His promises are true
“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.”    2 Cor. 1:21-22

8 – His Love does not fail

“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lam. 3:22-23

9- God’s grace is immeasurably rich! Eph 2:7

10 – Our God reigns
For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Ps. 4:7-8

11 – God surprises those who wait for him (Lk. 2:25)