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Ten Words and a New Beginning F
or some of us, the new year is the time when we resolve to take better care of ourselves — exercise, eat healthily, and, perhaps most important of all, evaluate and concentrate on our relationship with God. The last two years have been challenging for many of us, but God has been our refuge and strength even as we move forward from crisis to crisis. Nevertheless, these adverse times have brought closeness to both each other and the Lord.
"Not With Our Father, [2022]?” Pastor Hamstra's but with Us" question to the audience was, It was the first Sabbath of the "What is it that we expected new year; David Hamstra, out of this new year anyway?” our senior pastor, extended a The encouragement from timely and inclusive welcome Pastor Hamstra was to be and new year greeting to optimistic and hope this year all those physically present will give us a new beginning. as well online viewers. He Pastor Hamstra indicated introduced his topic with that the ministerial plans some sense of humor by for the first quarter of this saying, "You may have heard year would be to address the about this year twenty-twenty, Ten Commandments. Why? but have you heard that He explained that this series twenty-twenty won [2021]? is significant and essential: And what is this year going God offered His people a to be? twenty-twenty, too new beginning by giving
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You may have heard about this year Twenty- Twenty, but have you heard that Twenty- Twenty won. And what is this year going to be? Twenty -Twenty too?"
Pastor David Hamstra delivering his message. MARCH 2022
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