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It’s a New Year and a great time to start over with God.  It’s a good time to set up some moments with God in prayer and in the study of his word. There is no better time to seek the face of your Maker. I can think of a million and one things you may need to ask for – kids, job, spouse, finances and many more. If I could give you one advice in 2017 it will be to seek his favor and help. The bible text above tell of how God has a time when he does answer our request and it’s in a moment of Favor. He also has a day when he sends help our way and it’s the day of salvation. Since our days are all numbered in his book and only his plan stands, you shouldn’t spend your time with God this year asking for stuffs. You need his favor and help and everything else will fall into place. So set some time to pray this month, seek the counsel of the All Wise God, read his word and listen for directions before you jump full speed into the year. You need his favor and help more than a...

One of the things I like about coming to the end of the year is that it puts things in focus for you. You take stock, you ask yourself the hard questions and if you are truthful to yourself, you have an opportunity to make amends before it all comes to an end. Which is why, as I made ready to welcome the month of November, I took a minute to think back on the year, what worked and what didn’t. What successes I had and what mistakes I made. Lessons learnt, opportunities lost and the comebacks that presented itself it the most unlikely ways. I know we have all heard, time and time again, wise sayings about finishing strong, the end being better than the beginning, the later more that the former. All true, but I want to take a different perspective to the month of November – I want to look at the month in another light, not as a build up to the end but a kick off to a new beginning. Think about it, if you had to write an exam you wouldn’t begin to study the night before. In the...