This year-end message calls the church to reflect on God's faithfulness throughout the year, affirm our victory in Christ, and press forward in renewed faith and obedience.
Joshua 23:14 “And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.” (ESV)
1 John 5:3-4 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."
Philippians 3:13-14 "Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Introduction: Standing at the End of the Year
Victory Remembered: God Has Been Faithful to His Word (Joshua 23:14b)
Victory Refined: What God Has Taught Us This Year (I John 5:3-4)
Victory Reoriented: Forgetting What Lies Behind (Philippians 3:13)
Victory Renewed: Pressing Forward (Philippians 3:14)
Conclusion: Victorious Still