I believe that God wants to make “2012 A Year of Opportunity” for you and our church.  You have just survived one of the most challenging years ever. If you feel like you are beginning 2012 recovering from the shell-shock of 2011, then be encouraged, as it was a year like no other. If you feel in a daze and confused about almost everything you thought you knew to be true – then just know you are in great company. It was a year of challenges for individuals, families, churches, cities, nations, and the world. 2011 was the most devastating year ever for world natural disasters- with a price tag of almost $400 billion.  At a national level it was also a record year for disasters. The United States experienced 14 disasters of over one billion dollars each, breaking the previous record set in 2008 by 5.

Now I want to tell you a few things that will not happen.  The world will not end in 2012!  The economy will not collapse in 2012!  Israel will not be wiped out by nuclear bombs!  California will not fall off into the ocean!

Are there things in your life that the Lord desires you to be free from in 2012?  He wants to give you the tools and use His influence to bring you success.   He wants the fulfillment of your goals in 2012 to bring Him great glory.  This is not your year to be possessed, acquired or controlled but you are free to live a Spirit led life of walking in His freedom!

2012 is the year the Promise Maker becomes the Promise Keeper!  In some specific supernatural ways, the Lord has recently reminded me that He delights in making promises and then keeping promises. We are to see Him as the Romans 4:21 God who is fully capable of performing that which He has promised.  He wants to encourage those who have grown weary in waiting.  This is a year when seemingly dead promises will come alive.  God will do great things in your life and in our church.

Many of us have had our promises aligned to the wrong vehicle of fulfillment; therefore it was impossible for the promise to come alive. Many of us have been stripped of the assumptions we have had of how God was going to fulfill His promises to us. If we will now hang on to the Promise Keeper, He will begin to raise our promises from the dead.  Many have lost jobs they assumed were the vehicle for promises to be fulfilled.  Many have lost relationships they assumed were key for promises to be fulfilled.  Many have lost the resources they assumed would fulfill the promises. You may have lost everything, including your health, over this last year. But, if you have not lost hope in the Promise Keeper, you have everything that matters!  So ARISE and SHINE because your light has come, and the glory of the Lord will arise and be seen on YOU! 

Now is the time to join the other members of this church family in setting goals that will allow God to fulfill His purpose in and through your life for His glory!  On our web page WWW.TULAREBETHEL.COM you will find our 2012 GOALS.  This is to help each one of us to take the steps necessary to see God fulfill His promises to us in 2012.  We need your response!!

You can also CLICK HERE to download the 2012 GOALS