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Message Title: Instructions for a New Year

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord\xa0and who admonish you.\xa0Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (NIV)

1. Create and fight for a culture of HONOR.

RELATIONAL PEACE is a result of MUTUAL RESPECT.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle\xa0and disruptive\u2026 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NIV)

1. Warn the IDLE and DISRUPTIVE.

\u2026encourage the disheartened, help the weak,\xa0be patient with everyone.\xa01 Thessalonians 5:14 (NIV)

1. Look beyond YOURSELF.

Looking beyond YOURSELF is how you get beyond WHERE YOU ARE.

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,\xa0but always strive to do what is good for each other\xa0and for everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15 (NIV)

1. Live for the OTHER person\u2019s good.

Love is living for the other person\u2019s good.

Rejoice always\u20261 Thessalonians 5:16 (NIV)

1. Make a HABIT and a PRACTICE of rejoicing.

\u2026pray continually\u2026 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)

1. Pray CONTINUALLY.

21 Days of Prayer and Fasting\u2026 Worship Night

If you get up and pray in the dark, you will have more strength and clarity in the light.

\u2026give thanks in all circumstances;\xa0for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)

1. Give thanks in ALL circumstances.

Giving thanks in ALL circumstances is a sure fire sign of spiritual maturity.

Do not quench the Spirit.\xa01 Thessalonians 5:19 (NIV)

1. Don\u2019t quench the SPIRIT.

You can be Spirit Led, filled and driven\u2026 without being weird.

Do not treat prophecies\xa0with contempt\xa0but test them all;\xa0hold on to what is good,\xa0reject every kind of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 (NIV)

1. Don\u2019t write off the PROPHETIC.

May God himself, the God of peace,\xa0sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul\xa0and body be kept blameless\xa0at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.\xa01 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV)

1. Allow God to SANCTIFY you through and through.

Sanctify = purify, cleanse, separate, dedicate

The one who calls\xa0you is faithful,\xa0and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 (NIV)

The life God promises IS on the other side of instructions He has given us to follow!

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 NIV