It's The Year of the Lord’s Favor

so what does that really mean?

It means there is good news for you!

It means that God has reached out to you through Jesus Christ, offering you hope and salvation.

It means that you can have a new beginning with God.

It means that there are many promises God wants to fulfill in your life!

God really does love you

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NLT)

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT)

God wants to forgive you and make you clean

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. (1 John 1:9 NLT)

God is with you

I am with you always, even to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:20 NLT)

God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5 NLT)

God has a wonderful plan for your life

“For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” 

(Jeremiah 29:11 NLT)

God gives you dreams and desires and He wants to fulfill them

Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires. (Psalms 37:4 NLT)

God speaks to you today

“My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27 NLT)

God gives you freedom through the truth

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings. 

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 NLT)

God gives you His favor

He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, 

"God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble." (James 4:6 NLT)

God gives you power by His Holy Spirit

But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere––

in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8 NLT)