Reset: A New Me For A New Year | Part 7 – A Breakthrough Reset!

2 Corinthians 5:17 (TLB)

When someone becomes a Christian, they become a brand-new person inside. They are not the same anymore. A new life has begun!

Psalm 150:6 (GW)

Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!

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Our Battles!

2 Chronicles 20:2-3 (MSG)

Jehoshaphat received this intelligence report: “A huge force is on its way from beyond the Dead Sea to fight you. There’s no time to waste—they’re already at Hazazon Tamar, the oasis of En Gedi.” (That’s a day away!)

³ Shaken, Jehoshaphat prayed. He went to GOD for help and ordered a nationwide fast.

Philippians 4:6 (NLT)

Don’t worry (don’t be shaken and fear-full), about anything; instead, pray about everything.

“Are you not?” Re-focuses us on – !

2 Chronicles 20:6 (NIV)

O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.

“Did you not?” Re-focuses us on – !

2 Chronicles 20:7 (NLT)

O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?

“Will you not?” Re-focuses us on – !

2 Chronicles 20:12 (NIV)
“God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

2 Chronicles 20:15-16 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. ¹⁶ Tomorrow, march out against them.”

2 Chronicles 20:21-22 (NLT)

King Jehoshaphat … appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him … they sang: “Give thanks to the LORD; his faithful love endures forever!”

²² At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.

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Chain-Breaking !

Acts 16:22-24 (NLT)

A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. ²³ They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. ²⁴ So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

Acts 16:25-26 (CEV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened. ²⁶ Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the jail to its foundations. The doors opened, and the chains fell off from all the prisoners.

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Promise !

Isaiah 54:1-3 (MSG)

“Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who’ve never experienced childbirth! You’re ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women.” GOD says so!

² “Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. ³ You’re going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You’re going to take over whole nations; you’re going to resettle abandoned cities.”

Philippians 4:6,7 (MSG)

Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

Hebrews 11:6 (TLB)

You can never please God without faith, without depending on him … God rewards those who sincerely look for him.