Good day family and friends,
Blessings on this 1st Sunday of the year 2025! As we go to the house of the Lord, let us remember Rom 15:4, which says, these things were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Although we are not under the law, there is profound scripture in Deut 26:9-10, which says..
9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God.
What is first fruits? It is when the people of God recognized the goodness of God throughout the last year, and in the new year purposed in their heart to give God their best praise, worship, and offering!
Why did they do that? They recognized that the first was always Holy to God, because it set a precedent of blessings for the new year!
As we are lead by the Holy spirit of God, let us follow that Biblical standard and start the new year off giving God the best of all that we are, have, and desire to be! To God be the glory!
God bless, Pastor Quinn