Every year we believe we have a certain way we are to look when that year ends. But most of us at the end of every year as the ball is droping comes to the end thinking "I didn't do all I could have to be all that I was supposed to be." (Lets just be real honest, many of us by the third week of January already know we are not where we are supposed to be, which is why some experts say January 24th is the most depressing day of year.)

Also for many of us it is to be more than that if we confess Christ as our Lord. He has a standard that he has called us to and expects us to live at that standard. But again many of us at the end of that same year or even before the year ends knows he or she is not living at that standard. (Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.)

Come this Sunday, the first Sunday of the year and look at how we can reverse engineer our lives. Lets get a biblical perspective on how we are to live our live this 2009 year, so that when we get to the end of this year we may look back in the mirror and see although we were not perfect we did what Jesus asked of us nand our lives and the lives that are lived around us are better for it for the gospel's sake.

Sunday 10am Jackson High School