Someday our children will be able to say, “Our fathers have told us what God did in their days.”  God had done amazing things at Vintage Fellowship in 2006, and we want to give Him all the credit.  Psalm 44:1-8 expresses our thoughts well.

It is His right hand, His arm, and the light of His face, for He loves us.
It is not by our creativity and cleverness that Vintage has come to this day. 

In God we make our boast all day long. 
Vintage will always be about God, for God, and He will get the glory.  And we will praise His name forever.

Where do we go from here?  If this is what can happen in just 3 months, imagine what the next 12 will hold.  Psalm 67 expresses our thoughts well.

May God be gracious to us and bless us, and make His face shine upon us.
Only God’s blessing will take us through 2007.

That your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
We want to proclaim God and salvation to NWAR.  Can you think of someone you know who needs it?

May the peoples praise you, O God, may all the peoples praise you.
We want to worship God in spirit and in truth, and invite others to worship with us.

The earth has yielded its produce and God, our God, will bless us.
We want to see unbelievers and the de-churched be wooed into relationship with God.  We want to meet the needs of this community.  We want to be known for what we’re for, and for being God’s ambassadors to NWAR.  Ultimately, we want to overflow with Joy because of what God is doing in us and through us.

What does that mean for you in 2007?  Psalm 84 expresses our thoughts well.

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.     We’re all on a journey.  Not sure where yours took you in 2006.  But I’d like to challenge you about where it will go in 2007.

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.

Find yourself finding pleasure in this community of faith called Vintage Fellowship.  Be blessed by intertwining your life in 2007 with the life of Vintage Fellowship.  Prize time engaged in Vintage Fellowship more than any time spent elsewhere.

Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
Look with favor on your anointed one.
O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
 

I pray God’s richest blessing on you in 2007.  I ask God to look upon you with favor in 2007.  May you be blessed as you trust in the Lord God Almighty in 2007.

Worship Set:  All by David Crowder

Oh Praise Him

Here is our King

You are my Joy
Forever and ever and ever etc.

Wholly Yours