00:01I think that's perfect, are you right?
00:03No.
00:04No.
00:05Yeah.
00:06No winter.
00:08I'm good.
00:09So now it is your vacation, right?
00:12When are you back?
00:14School.
00:15Year 35.
00:16Really?
00:17That quick?
00:18Not that fast, huh?
00:19Oh, wow.
00:20So, Asia, how are you?
00:23Enjoying your holidays?
00:24Good.
00:25Good.
00:26When are you returning to school?
00:27Same thing as you.
00:28Really?
00:29One line of the same deal?
00:32Oh, are you missing school?
00:35Are you missing school?
00:36True.
00:37True.
00:38I don't blame you for being that way.
00:41Now, this is the last Sunday in 2025.
00:45And normally as we begin the new year, that is when people make what it's called, oh,
00:51new resolutions.
00:52Meaning to say they make promises.
00:54Take a hold of my mic for me.
00:56Now, instead of giving you the new year's resolution, I'm going to give you an illustration.
01:01Now, all of you, most of you did this today.
01:04This is the shirt.
01:05Can you be a model?
01:06Yeah.
01:07Okay.
01:08Okay.
01:09It should fit here.
01:10Okay.
01:11Come out here.
01:12Come out here.
01:13Come out here.
01:14Okay.
01:15I'm going to put this on.
01:16Okay.
01:17It's your fifth because it is huge.
01:18Okay.
01:19The other one.
01:20Now, when you button up your shirt.
01:22Come out here.
01:23When you button up your shirt, you have to start the right spot.
01:28Okay.
01:29Now, I'm going to button up your shirt.
01:32It will take me a few.
01:34And, uh, Asia help me out.
01:36Continue buttoning up the shirt.
01:39Continue buttoning up the shirt.
01:41Beginning to the third, the fourth, and the fifth.
01:44Let's see how it looks.
01:46Let's see how it looks.
01:48Style.
01:49Style.
01:50Style.
01:51Style.
01:52Okay.
01:53Now, they're doing it right, right?
01:55They're doing it.
01:56They're putting on the right button.
01:58The right button hole.
01:59But what's wrong?
02:01Uh-oh.
02:02What's wrong?
02:03You started wrong.
02:04You started wrong.
02:05If you start wrong with buttoning up your shirt.
02:08Believe me, no matter what you do, it will end up wrong.
02:11Right?
02:12Right.
02:13Now, how do we correct that?
02:14First of all, let's start with the right button.
02:17Right button.
02:18Right button hole.
02:19There's a right button.
02:20And then the right button hole.
02:22We're going to put it in there.
02:24And, uh, it isn't that I was that big before.
02:28Okay.
02:29Now, let's start with this, India.
02:32Start with this.
02:33Button up the shirt.
02:34Let me start the buttoning up the shirt with the right button.
02:39And most of all, the right button hole.
02:42Nothing magical.
02:44So, just a very powerful lesson to learn.
02:48Okay.
02:49So, Asia, continue.
02:53Okay.
02:54Alright.
02:55Now, let's see how it looks.
02:59Let's see how it looks.
03:01It's even the color of the season.
03:03It is purple.
03:05Because, uh, we are actually the season of Advent.
03:09Now, you get the picture, right?
03:11You get the picture.
03:12If you start making it wrong, now, things will not work out right.
03:18Now, let me see.
03:20What are some of the things that we can do right the first time as we welcome the new year?
03:26How about when it comes to time?
03:28Okay.
03:29What should we do with time?
03:31Begin on time.
03:33Right?
03:34And, uh, what about reading the Bible?
03:37Read the Bible.
03:39I'm giving you some clues.
03:40What should we do with the Bible?
03:41Wait until 10 years before you read it.
03:44When do you start reading your Bible?
03:47Okay.
03:48How about?
03:49Take the issue anybody first.
03:52Do you read it tomorrow?
03:54Okay.
03:55Do you read it today?
03:56In other words, start with habits that are right and do it right the first time.
04:03Such as prayer.
04:05You know all of these.
04:07Reading your Bible.
04:08Doing good.
04:09And, uh, how about this?
04:12Prioritizing church.
04:13Do it right the first time.
04:15So, God comes first.
04:17And the rest, believe me, the Bible guarantees that everything will work out fine.
04:22Now, do you like that shirt?
04:24You can have it.
04:25Okay.
04:26Although, I should not give it to you because Ethan Grace gave that to me.
04:30All right.
04:31So, also, um, it is a beautiful shirt.
04:35It matches the season.
04:37So, my lesson today is very simple.
04:39Even our parents and also friends watching us by way of television.
04:44As we begin the new year, start right.
04:47Start right.
04:48There is a saying.
04:50It is never too late to begin doing that with your survival.
04:54Close your hands.
04:55Close your hands.
04:56Close your eyes.
04:57Pray with me.
04:58And say, loving God, as we begin another year, help us to do things correctly.
05:07In Jesus' name.
05:09Amen.
