Hi Newport Church Family,
We hope you had a great week and were able to join us for the start of our 21 days of prayer and fasting, along with our 21 Day Reset daily devotional.
21 Day RESET
I love this time of year because it gives us all an opportunity to RESET, both as individuals and as a church.
A time to refresh our focus with intentionality and purpose, assess what we need to reprioritize and make the necessary course corrections.
If you have not yet joined us for our 21 day RESET devotional you can do so by clicking here.
Last Sunday we launched our first series of the year entitled “RESET, RENEW, REBUILD”, which dovetails with our 21 Day RESET. In this series we are gaining fresh insight and revelation into how Ezra and Nehemiah were used by God to Reset, Renew and Rebuild the nation of Israel and the lessons we can learn for us as individuals, the church and a nation as we Reset after 2020.
If you missed our service you can get the message on podcast or on our Newport Church YouTube channel.
Finding and Keeping our God Shape
Just as our declaration determines our destination, our priorities determine the shape of our lives.
Whatever we put first will always determine the shape of our lives, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
New Year is a time when we often focus on getting in shape, through healthy diet and increased exercise. Without making those adjustments we would never be able to achieve our goals.
God has a “God shape” for each one of us and in the same way that we get in shape physically, we must continually be making the necessary adjustments to our priorities to get into and live according to our “God shape”.
Blaise Pascal a 17th Century French Mathematician and Philosopher said:
“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.”
We find and live our best life when we are living according to our God “Shape”.
We do this when we put God first, along with the principles and truths of His word that help us to find and keep the shape of God’s design for each one of us.
Let’s do all that we can find and keep our God Shape in 2021!
Vision and Anointing Service January 31st
At the conclusion of our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting we will be praying for each one of you in an anointing service with a difference!
Whether in your homes, in our outside service or inside if restrictions allow, you will have the opportunity to anoint yourself and your family and we will pray for God’s anointing and supernatural favor on you in 2021.
This will be a unique but powerful way to conclude our 21 Day RESET, and we will also be sharing our Vision for the coming months and year.
Let’s continue to believe and pray or the very best start to 2021 together!
Pray for our Leaders and Unity in our Nation
Paul wrote to Timothy in a time of civil unrest, disunity and opposition to Christianity:
Most of all, I’m writing to encourage you to pray with gratitude to God. Pray for all men with all forms of prayers and requests as you intercede with intense passion. And pray for every political leader and representative, so that we would be able to live tranquil, undisturbed lives, as we worship the awe-inspiring God with pure hearts. It is pleasing to our Savior-God to pray for them. He longs for everyone to embrace his life and return to the full knowledge of the truth. 1 Tim 2:1-4 TPT
Let’s pray with renewed focus this week for our leaders and unity in our nation as we approach Inauguration Day.
God says, that if we humble ourselves and pray and turn to Him, then He will hear from heaven and heal our land.
Thank you for your Generosity
Thank you for your continued generosity, your giving is making a difference and enables us to continue to meet the significant needs of our church family and our community at an unprecedented time of spiritual, mental and physical need. Without you this would not be possible.
If you would like to make a donation, tithe or offering now, you can do so on Pushpay, and where you can also set up recurring giving.
We are believing and praying with you for great blessing and breakthrough in these next 21 days.
We love and appreciate you greatly.
With love and blessings
Jonathan & Dianne Wilson
Senior Pastors