Deaf Ministry

Many people think about the New Year as a fresh start. People make promises to themselves at the beginning of a New Year because most people want better lives. Some promises are to start good, new habits. Some promises are to stop bad, old habits. These are good goals, but most times, our promises and plans end too soon. We did not change ourselves. We might become sad and blame ourselves. We are disappointed. Maybe some of us realize we can never change. Why not try a new and different way to start this New Year? This year, we should not try and change ourselves. This year, we should allow God to make changes in our lives. Romans 12:1: So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. The Message Romans 12: 1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's

Last Saturday was Christmas morning. Many people, even lots of non-Christians, were thinking about the babe in the Bethlehem stable. Many churches had special services planned the next morning to honor that special birth. God had plans of His own. He spoke quietly last Sunday morning. Did you hear the message? He wrote the message so vividly. Did you see the message? It seemed to come straight from heaven. The message fell from the sky! God says in Isaiah 1:8 "Come now, let's settle this," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool." New Living Translation 2007 Human eyes notice red better at a distance than any other color. This is the reason stop signs are red. Last Sunday afternoon, the red stop sign on the street in front of my house was completely covered by snow. My neighbor's red car was covered by snow. The landscape was a