Preparing for A New Year Ahead

God’s Family Plan: Establishing Generational Blessing

Preparing for A New Year Ahead

I would like to ask you two questions?

Were you prepared for 2020? Will you be prepared for 2021?

Kathie and I have already begun to listen and to look for insight and Holy Spirit guidance for the new year ahead. Over the past several years, we have learned the significance of the times and seasons revealed in the Jewish Calendar. From a practical perspective, we operate our daily lives by the Gregorian calendar…the calendar used by most of the modern world. However, we have come to see that prophetic, Spiritual insight is contained in the calendar of the patriarchs, kings and prophets of Israel.

The body of Christ where we worship celebrates both Rosh Hashana…the Jewish New Year…. in the fall and the modern new year on January 1st. We find inspiration and insight in both.

I said all of that to say this.....

By preparing now for the Jewish New Year, we get a head start in preparing for the year that begins January 1st.

Let me give you and example….

This time last year, Kathie and I were in the process of finishing our book and preparing it for publication. We came to see that it was necessary to have the book completed for our Rosh Hashana… Head of The Year 5780 celebration in late September 21019.

God’s Family Plan: Establishing Generational Blessing was published in September of 2019. God’s Family Plan is about managing change and revealing God’s strategy for preparing multiple generations for the future.

Given the changes that occurred early in the new year 2020…little did we know how prophetic this book would be.

What if 5781 and 2021 bring us to events that change our lives as dramatically as 5780 and 2020?

Whether you accept the prophetic, Spiritual dimension of the Jewish calendar or not…I believe it is time to begin our preparations for the new year ahead.

But, how? How do we prepare? Do we prepare for good or evil? Do we prepare for plenty or lack in the new year to come?

The answer is…YES.

That answer may sound a bit confusing…but when I read Philippians, Chapter 4, verses 11-13 in the Passion Translation it may help you understand why I gave that answer.

This passage reads…

I know what it means to lack, and I know what it means to experience overwhelming abundance. For I’m trained in the secret of overcoming all things, whether in fullness or in hunger. And I find that the strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty.

So, I hope you will agree….Philippians FOUR seems like a place to begin in preparing for 5781 and 2021.