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00:25A year in review with Christ, from the fall to the restoration.
00:29The transition from one year to the next is not just a simple chronological shift. It's an appointment
00:34-you divine.
00:35It is a moment of pause where the soul, before the mirror of speech, examines its journey.
00:41The Christian life is not a straight upward line, but a journey made up of glorious peaks and valleys.
00:46dark.
00:47Taking stock means accepting to look back honestly in order to run forward with hope.
00:56From fall to restoration.
00:59The transition from one year to the next is much more than a simple calendar formality.
01:03It is a keros, an opportune moment where man's time meets God's eternity.
01:08For a Christian, taking stock of their journey is not a cold accounting exercise, but a pilgrimage.
01:14from the heart.
01:15It means accepting to stop on the side of the road, like the psalmist, to ask "Probe
01:21"Me, O God, and know my heart."
01:24Sum 139.23
01:25This past year has been the scene of a spiritual battle, marked by resounding victories, but also by
01:32Heavy silence and painful falls.
01:35A celebrated Leo, the trace of his steps.
01:37Starting a review with gratitude is a spiritual discipline.
01:41If we look closely, we will see that the high points are not only those where everything was going well.
01:47materially,
01:48but that is where our communion with the Father was vibrant.
01:51Remember those mornings when the word of God burned in your heart,
01:56from these prayerful exhaustions that have strengthened your faith,
01:59and of those moments when you had the strength to forgive where pride demands revenge.
02:04These peaks are proof of God's faithfulness.
02:06They remind us that we are capable of the best when we are connected to the CEP.
02:12This is where we erect our ebony, the stone of help.
02:16recognizing that every step forward in sanctification is a gift of grace.
02:202. The test of lows is the reality of wrongs.
02:23However, Christian honesty compels us to look at the valley.
02:27The lows this year have often taken the form of weariness.
02:31There were those periods of drought when the Bible seemed mute and prayer a chore.
02:36Sometimes, discouragement has led us to doubt our calling or God's goodness in the face of...
02:41'test.
02:42Even more serious are the harms we have caused.
02:45The Christian walk is lived in community, and it is often there that we stumble.
02:50Perhaps you hurt a brother with a careless word,
02:53harbored a secret bitterness or lacked compassion for those who suffer.
02:58To acknowledge these wrongs is to reject hypocrisy.
03:01It is admitting that despite our quantum abilities, our character has sometimes been an obstacle to the gospel.
03:07These shortcomings are not inevitable, but indicators of areas in our lives
03:11who have not yet been fully submitted to the Lordship of Christ.
03:153. The shadow of sin and the pain of the fall
03:18Let's go further in the examination; there are the sins committed.
03:21Sin is not just a mistake along the way, it is a break in trajectory.
03:26During this year, there may have been some moral lows,
03:29compromises with integrity in the workplace or secret idols.
03:33Money, comfort, the approval of men who have dethroned God in your heart.
03:39The fall often produces two toxic reactions.
03:42Pride that denies sin, or despair that makes us believe we are disqualified.
03:47But the Christian record teaches us a third way.
03:50Confessed sin becomes the place where grace abounds.
03:53Ignoring one's mistakes is like walking with stones in one's shoes.
03:58Confessing them allows God to set us free.
04:014. Repentance, the threshold of restoration
04:03Repentance is the cornerstone of our assessment.
04:07It is not simply an emotion of sadness or regret,
04:10but a metanoia, a complete reversal of intelligence and will.
04:14To repent is to say, "Lord, I have sinned against you, I no longer seek excuses."
04:21This is where the magic of the Gospel to the Father comes in.
04:24God is not waiting for us with a whip to punish us for our failures this year.
04:27but with new clothes to restore us, like the Father of the Prodigal Son.
04:31Repentance transforms our past, our falls, into a breeding ground of humility for our future.
04:37Without repentance, the end-of-year review is merely a human resolution doomed to failure.
04:43With her, he becomes a new birth.
04:464. The promise to do better: a new alliance
04:49Based on this assessment, how should we plan for next year?
04:53The promise to "do better" should not be a cry of presumption.
04:57Don't say "I will be stronger," but say "I will be closer to you."
05:02Doing better next year means
05:04Living vigilantly, learning from the temptations that caused us to fall this year
05:09To avoid leaving ourselves vulnerable to the enemy, invest in discipline.
05:13Restoring meditation and prayer to their place of absolute priority, not a market point in concrete love.
05:19To translate our faith into acts of service and impeccable ethics.
05:23Conclusion
05:24Towards the future with hope
05:26The year that is ending is now a book sealed by the blood of Jesus.
05:30Your mistakes are erased, your victories are recorded.
05:34You are not starting from scratch, you are starting again with the experience of grace.
05:39Restoration is not simply a return to the initial state,
05:42It is often a more solid state.
05:44because the Christian who has been raised up knows better the value of the hand of his Savior.
05:49May this new year be one of intentional progress.
05:52Don't run aimlessly.
05:54Look ahead, with your eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
05:59The road is still long, but the one who calls you is faithful and he is the one who will do it.
06:07Celebrate Leo, the faithfulness of God.
06:09Let us begin by recognizing the moments when we felt the breath of the Spirit carrying us.
06:14These victories over temptation, these moments of fervor in prayer
06:18and those times when we acted out of selfless love.
06:22If you have held firm despite the storms, it is not by your own strength, but by His grace.
06:28Thus far the Lord has helped us, 1 Samuel 7:12.
06:33To celebrate its waters is to realize that every spiritual advance is a testimony to the power of God.
06:39'work within us.'
06:40Celebrating Leo, the luminous trace of God's faithfulness.
06:43In the turmoil of a year drawing to a close, our gaze naturally tends to turn to what
06:49missed
06:49about the storms we have weathered or about the prayers that still seem unanswered.
06:54However, taking stock of one's Christian walk requires the opposite spiritual discipline.
06:59that of the selective memory of good.
07:02Celebrating the waters is not to deny the reality of the fighting,
07:05It is a deliberate choice to shine a spotlight on the invisible hand of God that has sustained us.
07:10It is to recognize that, despite our doubts, his loyalty has remained the unshakeable foundation of our existence.
07:17Memory, the hotel of recognition.
07:20The Bible constantly urges us to remember.
07:24In the Old Testament, each time the people of Israel took a decisive step
07:29or won an improbable victory, he erected stones as a memorial.
07:33Celebrating the waters of our year means erecting these spiritual stones in our hearts.
07:37When we look back on the past twelve months, we discover moments of clarity
07:42where the presence of God was almost tangible.
07:45These are those moments of fervor when, during praise or a Bible reading,
07:50A supernatural peace has invaded our soul.
07:53It is these victories over sinful habits that have imprisoned us for years.
07:58Celebrating these moments is to affirm that the Holy Spirit is truly at work.
08:02This is not self-satisfaction, for the Christian knows that every perfect gift comes from the Father of Lights.
08:09Jacques 1:17.
08:10Each water is a divine signature on the parchment of our life.
08:14Loyalty in the details of everyday life.
08:16God's faithfulness is not manifested solely in spectacular miracles.
08:21It often lies hidden in the subtleties of everyday life.
08:24Celebrating Leo is also about giving thanks for the shared grace, the preserved health, the bread on the table.
08:31protection during our travels and the joy found in communion with brothers and sisters.
08:37How many times this year has a door opened just when we thought we were at a dead end?
08:42?
08:42How many times has a word of comfort arrived via a friend precisely when discouragement struck?
08:48door ?
08:49These coincidences are not coincidences, they are the winks of a watching Father.
08:53By celebrating these details, we realize that God has never taken his eyes off us.
08:58Its loyalty is that consistency which does not depend on our performance, but on its unchanging nature.
09:04He is the God of the Covenant, the one who keeps his promise even when we are faltering.
09:10Growth in maturity.
09:12A major spiritual high point, often ignored in our assessments, is the growth of our character.
09:18If, at the end of this year, you have a little more patience than you did in January,
09:22If your heart is quicker to forgive, or if your love for the lost has intensified,
09:28You have here a huge reason to celebrate.
09:30Sanctification is the greatest miracle that God performs in us.
09:35To celebrate God's faithfulness is to praise Him for the work of the divine potter.
09:40who patiently used the circumstances of the year to mold us into the image of Christ.
09:45Every time we have chosen truth over lies,
09:49Purity rather than compromise
09:51or service rather than selfishness,
09:53It is God's victory within us that we celebrate.
09:56These advances are proof that his grace has not been in vain in our lives.
10:00A bulwark against future storms.
10:02Why is it so crucial to celebrate God's highs and faithfulness during a review?
10:07Because this celebration becomes our fuel for the coming year.
10:11Recognition creates a dynamic of faith.
10:14By reminding us how God has helped us in the past,
10:17We are developing the certainty that he will do it again.
10:20The prophet Jeremiah, in the midst of lamentations, said to himself,
10:25“This is what I want to put back into my heart, which will give me hope.
10:29The mercies of the Lord are not exhausted.
10:32They are renewed every morning.
10:34Oh, how great is your faithfulness!
10:37Lamentations 3:21-23
10:39Celebrating the positive is not an exercise in positive psychology.
10:44This is an act of spiritual warfare.
10:46This shuts up the accuser who wants us to believe that God has forgotten us.
10:51By proclaiming our loyalty, we strengthen our inner selves for the challenges of tomorrow.
10:56Conclusion
10:57Transforming assessment into adoration
11:00Ultimately, celebrating the highs of our Christian walk should lead us to worship.
11:05The assessment should not end with "look at what I have done", but with "look at
11:10"What God has accomplished."
11:12God's faithfulness is the golden thread that connects each day of the past year, even those that
11:17We lived in darkness.
11:19As you close this chapter, take a moment to name these moments of grace.
11:24Write them down, sing them, share them.
11:27Let your heart overflow with gratitude, for he who began this good work in you is faithful.
11:33and he will continue to make it perfect until the day of Jesus Christ.
11:37The celebration is the gateway to a new year of glory.
11:40because it places us in an attitude of reception and absolute trust in our Lord.
11:50Recognizing the lows and the wrongs, the courage of lucidity.
11:54The Christian walk also has its deserts.
11:57There have been days of spiritual dryness, moments of indifference towards the Bible,
12:02or prolonged silences in our dialogue with God.
12:05Even more serious are our wrongs towards others.
12:08hurtful words, hasty judgments, a lack of forgiveness, or turning a blind eye to the needs of others.
12:14Admitting one's mistakes is not an exercise in guilt, but in lucidity.
12:19It is admitting that we have sometimes prioritized our ego at the expense of the love of Christ.
12:25Recognizing the lows and the wrongs, the courage of lucidity.
12:28If celebrating victories is the fuel of our hope,
12:32Examining our failures is the foundation of our growth.
12:35To take stock of one's Christian walk without courageously addressing the lows and wrongs
12:40It would be like trying to treat a wound while refusing to remove the bandage.
12:44Spiritual life cannot tolerate makeup.
12:48It demands an inner nakedness before the throne of grace.
12:51Acknowledging one's shortcomings is not an act of self-flagellation.
12:55but an act of liberation.
12:57This is what we call the courage of lucidity.
13:00One, the valley of the lowlands, when the soul burrows.
13:02The lows of our Christian year are not always spectacular sins.
13:07These are often states of neglect,
13:09periods of gloom where the flame has weakened.
13:12Recognizing these moments requires great honesty.
13:15There were those months when reading the Bible became a mechanical routine,
13:19devoid of life,
13:20or those periods when prayer was reduced to a shopping list presented to God in haste.
13:26These stockings are marked by a form of spiritual indifference.
13:29We may have continued to attend church,
13:32to serve in our ministries and to speak the language of Canaan,
13:36But our hearts were elsewhere.
13:38Recognizing this discrepancy between appearance and reality is the first step towards healing.
13:43Clarity of thought consists of admitting.
13:46Lord, this year, I sometimes felt like I was just going through the motions.
13:49I have done your work, but I have forgotten your heart.
13:52It means accepting that we have crossed deserts,
13:55not due to circumstances,
13:57but sometimes through lack of vigilance or spiritual laziness.
14:012. The test of wrongs, the mirror of our relationships.
14:05The quality of our relationships is what makes us walk in the Christian faith.
14:08This is where the exam becomes the most demanding.
14:11Recognizing these wrongs towards others is undoubtedly the most costly exercise for the human ego.
14:17How many times this year has our tongue been faster than our compassion?
14:22How many hasty judgments have we made about brothers or sisters without knowing the weight of their burden
14:28?
14:28Recognizing these wrongs means identifying those moments when we were unjust.
14:33This could be a broken promise, an attitude of spiritual superiority
14:38or even a refusal to forgive that poisoned a relationship.
14:41Clarity forces us to move beyond victimhood.
14:44this tendency we all have to explain our wrongs by the faults of others.
14:49Christian courage consists in saying
14:51"Regardless of what the other person did, my attitude did not honor Christ."
14:56It is about ceasing to justify the unjustifiable in order to allow God's truth to illuminate our blind spots.
15:023. Why is courage necessary?
15:05Clarity is painful.
15:07Looking at one's own spiritual ugliness causes a sadness that the apostle Paul calls
15:12"Godly sorrow" from Corinthians 7:10.
15:16It is different from the remorse of the world that leads to despair.
15:20Christian lucidity requires courage because it strips us of our own sense of justice.
15:26We like to see ourselves as good Christians, pillars, examples.
15:31Admitting our shortcomings and our wrongs shatters this shard of glass.
15:34Yet, without this courage, we remain trapped in a spiral of stagnation.
15:39You cannot defeat an enemy that you refuse to identify.
15:43By naming our wrongs, we take away their hidden power.
15:46The shadow cannot bear to be exposed.
15:49The courage of lucidity is therefore the antidote to spiritual hypocrisy.
15:53this evil that drains faith of its transformative power
15:57and transforms the testimony into a mere social performance.
16:004. Lucidity as a path towards restoration.
16:04God does not ask us to look down on ourselves in order to crush us.
16:08but to invite us to go back up.
16:10Clarity is the bridge to repentance.
16:13Without a clear understanding of our mistakes,
16:15our request for forgiveness remains superficial
16:18and our resolutions to change are fragile.
16:21It's because David had the courage to acknowledge
16:23“I have sinned against the Lord.”
16:25that he was able to experience a profound restoration.
16:28This assessment of our lows and our wrongs allows us to recalibrate our compass.
16:32It teaches us humility and dependence.
16:36He reminds us that we are earthen vessels
16:38And if something beautiful comes out of our lives,
16:41It is only because the treasure, Christ, dwells there.
16:45Acknowledging our weaknesses from last year
16:47makes us more lenient towards the weaknesses of others for the coming year.
16:51This breaks the heart of stone to make way for a heart of flesh.
16:55sensitive and malleable in the hands of the Creator.
16:58Conclusion
16:58The truth that sets you free
17:01Acknowledging one's shortcomings and mistakes is not the end of the story.
17:04This is the end of an illusion.
17:05In concluding this assessment with clarity,
17:08we do not remain prostrate in shame.
17:11On the contrary, we rise up because the truth sets us free.
17:15Free to no longer wear a mask,
17:17free to stop pretending
17:18and free to receive a grace
17:20which is only aimed at sinners who are aware of their needs.
17:23May this courage of lucidity be with you.
17:26Don't be afraid of what you are about to discover
17:28in the folds of your heart at this end of the year.
17:31God already knows everything
17:32And he loves you enough not to let you be mistaken.
17:35By agreeing to see the bottom,
17:36You are preparing to be raised by his powerful hand.
17:40It is on the ruins of our unmasked pride
17:42that God builds his most beautiful temples.
17:48Facing sin, the shadow on the path.
17:50It is essential to name things.
17:53Sin, whether it be of omission or action,
17:55This is what makes our journey heavier.
17:58Perhaps they are just minor sins.
18:00that we allowed to take root,
18:01compromise with the world
18:03or more sudden falls.
18:05Sin steals our joy
18:07and tarnishes our testimony.
18:09But the assessment must not stop there.
18:11upon finding fault.
18:12If we remain fixated on our sins,
18:14We fall into despair.
18:16If we ignore them,
18:18We are falling into hypocrisy.
18:19The biblical solution is unique.
18:21the light.
18:23To acknowledge the shortcomings and wrongdoings,
18:25the courage of lucidity.
18:26If the celebration of victories
18:28is the fuel of our hope,
18:30examining our failures
18:32is the indispensable foundation
18:33of our growth.
18:35Taking stock of one's Christian walk
18:37without addressing, with courage,
18:39the lows and the wrongs,
18:40that would amount to wanting to heal
18:41a deep wound
18:42by refusing to remove the bandage
18:44which hides the infection.
18:45Spiritual life cannot tolerate makeup
18:49and demands absolute inner nakedness
18:51before the throne of grace.
18:53Acknowledge these shortcomings
18:54is not an act of morbid flagellation,
18:57but an act of profound liberation.
18:59That's what we call
19:00the courage of lucidity.
19:02This capacity,
19:03assisted by the Holy Spirit,
19:05to see oneself as one is
19:06to become what God wants us to be.
19:09A Laval and some stockings
19:10when the soul goes underground.
19:12The lows of our Christian year
19:14are not always
19:14spectacular sins
19:16or visible scandals.
19:17These are,
19:18most often,
19:19states of silent neglect,
19:22periods of gloom
19:23where the flame of our first love
19:25weakened until she was born
19:26more than a flickering glimmer.
19:28Recognizing these moments
19:29demands brutal honesty.
19:31There was,
19:32in this year that is drawing to a close,
19:34these months when reading the Bible
19:36has become a mechanical routine.
19:37a task to check off on a list,
19:39devoid of life and revelations.
19:41There were those periods
19:43where prayer was summarized
19:44to a shopping list
19:45presented to God
19:46in haste,
19:48without any listening,
19:49without any thirst for his presence.
19:51These stockings are marked
19:52through a form of spiritual indifference,
19:55a kind of sleep of the soul.
19:56We may have
19:58continued to attend church
19:59every Sunday,
20:00to serve faithfully
20:02in our ministries
20:02and to speak fluently
20:04the language of Canaan,
20:05but our heart,
20:06him,
20:07was elsewhere.
20:09distracted by the worries of the century
20:10or the pursuit of comfort.
20:12Recognizing this discrepancy
20:13between the appearance of piety
20:15and inner reality
20:16is the first step towards healing.
20:18Lucidity consists of
20:20to humbly admit
20:21" Lord,
20:22This year,
20:23I sometimes operated without any input.
20:24I have done your work,
20:26But I forgot your heart.
20:28It's accepted
20:29that we crossed the deserts
20:30not because
20:31of an external test,
20:32but due to a lack
20:33spiritual vigilance
20:35or a slow drift
20:36towards laziness.
20:41The true Christian walk
20:43cannot be measured
20:44to the level of our prayers,
20:45but to the quality
20:46of our daily interactions.
20:48This is where the examination
20:49end of year
20:50becomes the most demanding
20:51and sometimes the most painful.
20:53To admit one's mistakes
20:54towards the next
20:55is probably
20:56the most expensive exercise
20:57for the human ego.
20:59During this year,
21:00How many times
21:01has our language been
21:02faster
21:02that our compassion
21:04How many hasty judgments,
21:06tinged with contempt
21:07or bitterness,
21:08have we worn
21:09about brothers
21:09or sisters
21:10without taking the time
21:11to understand
21:11the prey of their burden?
21:13To acknowledge one's mistakes,
21:14it's about identifying
21:15accurately
21:16those moments
21:16where we were
21:17unjust or selfish.
21:19This can be translated
21:20by a promise made
21:21in emotion
21:22and never held.
21:23an attitude
21:24of spiritual superiority
21:26hidden under a mask
21:27advice
21:27or even a refusal
21:29stubbornly refusing to forgive
21:30who has slowly
21:31poisoned
21:31a fraternal relationship.
21:32Clarity compels us
21:34to go out
21:35of victimization
21:36systematic,
21:37this natural tendency
21:38that we all have
21:39to explain
21:39our own wrongs
21:40by the actual faults
21:41or supposedly others.
21:43Christian courage
21:44consists of saying
21:45" Never mind
21:46what the other one did
21:47or did not do,
21:48my attitude,
21:49my tone of voice
21:50and my thoughts
21:50have not honored Christ.
21:52It's ceasing
21:52to justify
21:53the unjustifiable
21:54to leave
21:55the harsh light
21:56of the truth
21:56of God
21:57dispel
21:57our blind spots.
21:593.
22:00Why courage?
22:00Is it necessary?
22:02Lucidity
22:03is a costly virtue
22:04because it is inherently
22:05painful.
22:06Watching one's own
22:08spiritual ugliness
22:09causes sadness
22:10that the apostle Paul calls
22:11"Sadness according to God"
22:137 Corinthians 7:10.
22:15She stands out
22:16radically
22:17remorse
22:17of the world
22:18who, in turn,
22:19led to despair
22:20and to self-condemnation.
22:22Christian lucidity
22:23requires courage
22:24because it robs us
22:26of our own justice.
22:27We love
22:28the image
22:28that we are planning
22:29that of
22:30"Good Christians"
22:31of "pillars of the community"
22:33of "models of virtue".
22:35Admitting our lows
22:35and our wrongs
22:36that's accepting
22:37to see this mirror
22:38flattering
22:39to shatter.
22:40Yet,
22:41without this courage,
22:42we remain prisoners
22:43of a spiral
22:44of stagnation.
22:45Spiritually,
22:46we cannot
22:47defeat an enemy
22:47that we refuse
22:48to identify
22:49and to name.
22:50By designating
22:51clearly we were at fault,
22:52we take away from them
22:53their hidden power
22:54and their control
22:55on our conscience.
22:56The shadow cannot bear
22:58to be exposed
22:58in the light.
22:59Courage
23:00lucidity
23:01is therefore the antidote
23:02ultimate
23:03to spiritual hypocrisy,
23:05this insidious evil
23:06which empties faith
23:06of its power
23:07transformer
23:08so as not to leave
23:09than an empty shell,
23:10a simple performance
23:11social impact
23:13about eternity.
23:224.
23:23Lucidity
23:23as a passage
23:24towards restoration
23:25It is vital
23:26to understand
23:27that God does not ask of us
23:28not to look
23:29our stockings
23:29to crush us
23:30under the weight
23:31shame,
23:32but to invite us
23:33to put it back together.
23:34Lucidity
23:35is the indispensable bridge
23:37towards repentance
23:38true.
23:39Without a clear vision
23:40of our wrongs,
23:41our request for forgiveness
23:42remains superficial.
23:44a simple courtesy
23:45religious
23:46and our resolutions
23:47change
23:48collapse
23:48at the first temptation.
23:49That's because
23:50King David
23:51had the courage
23:52facing the prophet Nathan
23:53to recognize
23:54without detour
23:55"I have sinned"
23:56against the eternal one"
23:57that he was able to experience
23:58a restoration
23:59including the psalms
24:00still resonate today.
24:01This assessment of our lows
24:02and our wrongs
24:03allows us to recalibrate
24:05our spiritual compass.
24:06He teaches us
24:07humility
24:08and strengthens
24:09our total dependence
24:10towards grace.
24:11He reminds us
24:12that we are not
24:13only vases
24:14fragile soils
24:15and that it's something
24:16of good fortune or good fortune
24:17of our lives
24:18it's only
24:19because the treasure
24:20Christ lives there.
24:21Recognize
24:22our weaknesses
24:23from last year
24:23makes us inherently
24:25more lenient,
24:26more patients
24:26and more loving
24:27towards weaknesses
24:28other
24:29for the coming year.
24:30This breaks
24:31the heart of stone,
24:32proud
24:33and rigid
24:34to make room
24:35to a heart of flesh,
24:36sensitive,
24:37broken and malleable
24:38in the hands
24:39Creator experts.
24:41Conclusion,
24:41the truth
24:42that which sets one free.
24:43Recognizing one's lows
24:44and his wrongs
24:45is never the end
24:46of history
24:47for a child of God.
24:48This is the end
24:49of an illusion
24:49and the beginning
24:50of a resurrection.
24:51In concluding this annual review
24:53with this lucidity
24:54courageous,
24:55we do not stay
24:56prostrate in the dust
24:57from our failures.
24:58On the contrary,
24:59we get up
25:00with a new strength
25:01because the accepted truth
25:03makes us truly free.
25:05Free to no longer
25:05wearing masks is exhausting.
25:07free to cease
25:08and to claim
25:09to perfection
25:09that we do not have
25:10and free to receive
25:12infinite grace
25:13who does not address
25:13than to conscious sinners
25:14of their needs for salvation.
25:16That this courage
25:16lucidity
25:17accompanies you
25:18in recent days
25:19of the year.
25:20Don't be afraid
25:21what you are about to discover
25:22in the folds
25:23of your heart
25:24by remaining silent
25:25before God.
25:26He already knows everything.
25:27He saw everything
25:28and he likes you quite a bit
25:29so as not to leave you
25:30in error
25:31or the avelement.
25:32By accepting
25:32to see the bottom,
25:34you prepare
25:35to be raised
25:35by his powerful hand.
25:37It's always
25:38on the ruins
25:38of our pride unmasked
25:40that God chooses
25:41to build
25:41its most beautiful temples
25:42and his greatest testimonies.
25:48Repentance,
25:49the path to freedom.
25:50Repentance
25:51is not only
25:52a feeling of sadness,
25:54This is a change
25:55management.
25:55It's a cry from the heart
25:57who says
25:57" Lord,
25:58I don't want to anymore
25:59of this version
25:59of myself."
26:00God does not seek
26:01perfect Christians,
26:02but broken hearts
26:03and countries.
26:04Repentance
26:05is the bridge
26:06between our misery
26:07and his mercy.
26:09In confessing
26:10our mistakes,
26:10we break
26:11the chains
26:12that the enemy used
26:13to hold us back
26:14in the past.
26:15The blood of Jesus
26:15not only erases
26:16the fault,
26:17He restores the relationship.
26:19Repentance,
26:20the path to freedom.
26:22In the process
26:23of the Christian balance sheet,
26:24after celebrating
26:25God's faithfulness
26:26and acknowledged with lucidity
26:27our lows and our wrongs,
26:29we arrive
26:29at the decisive crossroads,
26:31Repentance.
26:32Many perceive
26:33repentance
26:34like a sentence,
26:35a dark moment
26:36sadness
26:37or divine punishment.
26:39Yet,
26:39in the economy
26:40of the kingdom of God,
26:41repentance
26:42is the most beautiful gift
26:43done to humanity.
26:45She is not
26:45the dead end
26:46shame,
26:47but the royal avenue
26:48of freedom.
26:49She is that divine mechanism
26:51which allows us
26:51not to be defined
26:53because of our past,
26:54but to be recreated
26:55for our future.
26:56A prowler beyond
26:57regret
26:58nature
26:58of repentance.
26:59To understand
27:01power
27:01of repentance,
27:02first
27:03distinguish it
27:04simple regret
27:05or remorse.
27:06Regret
27:07is an emotion
27:08turned inward.
27:09We are sad
27:10of having failed
27:11or of having been unmasked.
27:12Remorse,
27:14like that of Judas,
27:15can lead to despair
27:16because he is looking
27:17the fault
27:17without seeing the savior.
27:19Biblical repentance,
27:20the Greek word
27:21“metanoa”
27:22literally means
27:24a change of mentality,
27:25a radical U-turn.
27:26It's an act
27:28of the will
27:28supported
27:29by the Holy Spirit.
27:30Repent,
27:31it's stopping
27:32on the road
27:33of sin,
27:34indifference
27:35or selfishness
27:36and decide
27:37to face God.
27:38That is to say
27:39" Lord,
27:40I'm not just changing
27:41your opinion on what I did,
27:42I'm changing direction
27:44for who I am.
27:45Repentance
27:46is the moment
27:47where one stops
27:48to justify his mistakes
27:49to start
27:50to confess them.
27:51This is the passage
27:52darkness
27:52the secret
27:53to the clarity
27:54of the truth.
27:552. The breaking
27:56that heals.
27:57There is
27:58pain
27:59necessary
27:59in repentance,
28:00but it's the pain
28:01of the surgeon
28:02who removes a tumor,
28:04no, that one
28:04of an enemy
28:05which inflicts a wound.
28:06Psalm 51
28:08David shows us,
28:09after his fall,
28:10crying out to God.
28:11The sacrifices
28:12which are pleasant
28:13farewell,
28:13He is a broken spirit.
28:15This breaking
28:16is not a destruction
28:17of personality,
28:18but a break
28:19of pride.
28:20This year,
28:21we may have
28:22accumulated layers
28:23protection
28:24false appearances
28:25and hardness of heart.
28:26Repentance
28:27comes to break this bark.
28:29She makes us
28:30our spiritual sensitivity.
28:32While weeping over our sins,
28:33we allow God
28:34to wash our eyes
28:35so that we can
28:36to see him again.
28:37This breaking
28:38is paradoxically
28:39the place
28:39of our greatest strength,
28:41because that's where
28:42that our self-sufficiency
28:43stops
28:43and that the power
28:44God begins.
28:45A repentant heart
28:47is a heart
28:47that God can finally
28:48to use it,
28:49because he became
28:50malleable and humble.
28:513.
28:52Repentance
28:53as liberation
28:54chains.
28:55Unconfessed sin
28:56is a cruel creditor.
28:58It connects us to the past
28:59through guilt
29:00and binds us to the present
29:02through fear
29:02of being discovered.
29:04Taking stock
29:05of his year
29:05and identify one's sins
29:07without going
29:07through repentance,
29:09it's like identifying
29:10a prison
29:10without going through the door.
29:12Repentance
29:12breaks his chains.
29:14When we confess
29:15our sins to God
29:16and sometimes to men
29:17that we have offended,
29:19the weight that weighed
29:20on our shoulders
29:21fainted.
29:22Christian freedom
29:23is not freedom
29:24to sin,
29:24but freedom
29:25to be forgiven
29:26and start again.
29:27Repentance
29:28liberates us
29:29of the obligation
29:30to appear perfect.
29:31She gives us
29:32the right to say
29:33" I was mistaken,
29:34"But I am loved."
29:35By laying down our burdens
29:37at the foot of the cross,
29:38we stop dragging our feet
29:39the corpses
29:40of our failures
29:41from last year.
29:42We're going out
29:42of the cell
29:43of self-condemnation
29:44to return
29:45in the garden
29:45of grace.
29:464. Restoration
29:48of communion
29:48The ultimate goal
29:50repentance
29:50is not only
29:51the cancellation of a debt,
29:53but the restoration
29:54of a relationship.
29:55Sin creates
29:56a distance,
29:57not because
29:58God is moving away,
29:59but because
29:59we are hiding,
30:00like Adam
30:01in the Garden of Eden.
30:02Repentance
30:03is the act
30:04to get out of the bush
30:05We apologize.
30:06to return
30:07in the light
30:07of the presence of God.
30:09This year
30:10may have known
30:10moments
30:11where you felt
30:12far from God.
30:13Repentance
30:14is the path
30:14the shortest
30:15to return
30:16at his side.
30:17She restored
30:18communication.
30:19She gives back
30:20of the authority
30:20to our prayer
30:22and joy
30:22to our praise.
30:24The prodigal son,
30:25returning to his father
30:26with words
30:27of repentance,
30:28did not receive
30:29reproaches,
30:29but a coat,
30:31a ring
30:31and a feast.
30:32Repentance
30:33triggers
30:34party in heaven
30:35and peace
30:35on earth.
30:36She transforms
30:37our accounting balance sheet
30:38failure
30:39in a testimony
30:40of divine mercy.
30:415. Towards Repentance
30:43active and victorious.
30:45So that repentance may occur
30:46be complete
30:47at the end of this year,
30:48It must bear fruit.
30:50Produce then
30:51worthy fruit
30:52of repentance,
30:53Matthew 3:08.
30:54This means
30:55that our decision
30:56to change
30:57must translate
30:58through concrete actions.
30:59If we repent
31:00our lack
31:01of generosity,
31:02the proof will
31:03our future generosity.
31:05If we repent
31:06from our hurtful words,
31:07the proof will
31:08our research
31:09of reconciliation.
31:10The promise
31:11to do better
31:12next year
31:13takes root here.
31:14This is not a promise
31:15made on the basis
31:16of our spiritual muscles,
31:18but on the basis
31:19of our submission
31:20total devotion to God.
31:21Repentance
31:22gives us
31:23a new blank page.
31:24It allows us
31:25to begin
31:26the new year
31:26not like
31:27repeat offenders
31:28of the fault,
31:29but like redeemed people
31:30of the eternal,
31:31with a conscience
31:32purified
31:33and a renewed zeal.
31:35Conclusion
31:35The Invitation to Life
31:37Repentance
31:38is oxygen
31:39of the Christian life.
31:41Without her,
31:41our faith
31:42suffocates
31:43under the weight
31:43of religion
31:44and legalism.
31:45In conclusion
31:46your annual report
31:47along this path
31:48of freedom,
31:49you do not close
31:50simply a door
31:51about the past,
31:52you open a window
31:53about eternity.
31:55Don't be afraid
31:55to repent
31:56deeply.
31:57The more repentance
31:58is sincere
31:59plus joy
32:00of deliverance
32:01will be dazzling.
32:02Now is the time
32:03to drop everything off.
32:04Leave the blood
32:05to purify Jesus,
32:06every nook and cranny
32:07of your year
32:08sold out.
32:08Accept his forgiveness
32:09total.
32:10Raise your head.
32:11You are no longer
32:12the slave of your falls,
32:14you are the child
32:15of a God
32:15who does everything
32:16new.
32:17The path to freedom
32:18is open in front of you.
32:20Walk there with gratitude.
32:28The promise to act better,
32:31a vision for the new year.
32:33Make the resolution
32:34to do better
32:35must not rest
32:36based solely on human will,
32:38often fragile.
32:39It's a promise
32:40of renewed dependence.
32:41For the coming year,
32:43The commitment must be concrete.
32:45The promise to act better,
32:47a vision for the new year.
32:49At the end of a spiritual assessment,
32:51after crossing
32:52the celebration of the highs,
32:54the confession of the low
32:55and the liberating process
32:56repentance
32:57stand before us
32:58the horizon of a new year.
33:00This step is not
33:01that of a simple list
33:03good human resolutions,
33:04often swept away
33:05by the first storms
33:06of January.
33:07This is a spiritual vision,
33:09of a sacred commitment
33:10taken before God.
33:11The promise to act better
33:13is not the cry of a man
33:15who relies on his own strength,
33:16but the oath of a disciple
33:18who chooses to align his will
33:19on that of his master.
33:211. The foundation of the promise,
33:23renewed dependence.
33:24Promising to act better
33:26begins with a paradox,
33:27recognize that we cannot
33:29to do nothing on our own.
33:31Our past failures have taught us
33:32that human will
33:34is a fragile reed.
33:35The vision for the new year
33:37must therefore take root
33:38in a state of radical dependence
33:40towards the Holy Spirit.
33:42To act better,
33:43First, it's better to stay.
33:49The promise of the new year
33:51is therefore the promise
33:52of a cultivated intimacy.
33:54It has been decided that,
33:55every morning,
33:57our first act
33:58will not be about consulting our screens.
34:00but to seek his face.
34:01It's about understanding
34:02that our external action
34:03will only be the overflow
34:05of our inner life.
34:06If we want to act differently,
34:09We need to be fed differently.
34:11The vision for next year
34:12begins in secret
34:13from the upper chamber,
34:15where characters are forged
34:16and where forces are renewed.
34:192. A discipline of speech,
34:21the anchoring of intelligence.
34:23To act more effectively,
34:24We need to think more clearly.
34:25The Apostle Paul exhorts us
34:27to be transformed
34:28by renewal
34:29intelligence.
34:30Romain, 12:02.
34:32The promise to act better
34:34for the new year
34:34implies rigorous discipline
34:37of thought.
34:38Too often,
34:39our actions from last year
34:40were dictated by our emotions.
34:42through social pressure
34:43or by our carnal reflexes.
34:45The vision for the new year
34:47is that of a saturated mind
34:49through writing.
34:50To promise to do better,
34:51it is committing to doing the Bible
34:53not a book
34:55for occasional consultation
34:56but the compass
34:57of each decision.
34:59Whether it's in our business,
35:01in our studies
35:01or in our time management,
35:03next year must be marked
35:05through this constant question.
35:07What does the scripture say?
35:08That's how we'll pass
35:09a life of impulsive reactions
35:11to a life of inspired actions.
35:13The word of God
35:14is the only safeguard
35:16against repetition
35:17from our past mistakes.
35:183. Love in action
35:19An ethics of relationships
35:21Better action is manifesting itself
35:23in concrete terms
35:24in the sphere of our relationships.
35:26If our assessment
35:27revealed wrongdoing,
35:28our promise for the future
35:30must be a promise
35:31of reconciliation and edification.
35:33The vision for the new year
35:34is that of a Christian
35:36which becomes a bridge rather than a wall.
35:38To act better,
35:39It's about deciding to practice forgiveness
35:41even before the offense occurs.
35:43It's choosing to use our language
35:45to bless, not to criticize.
35:48It also means making a commitment
35:49in the practical service.
35:50See the needs
35:51of the Church and the city
35:52not as charges,
35:54but as opportunities
35:55to manifest the kingdom.
35:57Our promise must be
35:58to no longer live for ourselves,
36:00but to be the hands
36:01and the feet of Christ
36:02where he placed us.
36:03Next year,
36:05our circle should be able to say
36:07Not that we are perfect,
36:09but that we have become
36:10more loving.
36:114. Vigilance
36:12against the old traps
36:13Promise to do better
36:15requires tactical analysis
36:17from our past falls.
36:18If we don't change anything
36:19to our environment,
36:20we will produce
36:21the same results.
36:23The vision for the new year
36:24includes a share
36:25of holy vigilance.
36:27This means identifying
36:28the front doors
36:29of sin
36:30that we left
36:31open this year.
36:32To act better,
36:33sometimes it's about having courage
36:35to sever certain toxic friendships,
36:37to limit our time
36:38on social media
36:39or to flee
36:40Compromise situations.
36:41That's the promise
36:42of an intentional march.
36:44We simply don't want to anymore
36:45let's hope we don't fall.
36:47we actively want
36:48to build ramparts
36:50around our spiritual life.
36:52Discipline is not a prison.
36:54that's protection
36:54of our freedom in Christ.
36:565. Perseverance
36:58run with endurance.
37:00Finally, the promise
37:02to act better
37:03must be accompanied
37:03of a long-term vision.
37:05The Christian life
37:06is a marathon,
37:07Not a sprint.
37:08There will be days
37:09due to fatigue next year,
37:11moments
37:12where temptation
37:13will come back to strike.
37:14The promise
37:15to act more effectively,
37:16that is also the promise
37:17to get back up quickly.
37:18Our vision
37:19for the new year
37:20should not be the one
37:21of a year without fighting,
37:22but that of a year
37:23where we do not give up.
37:25That's the commitment
37:26to persevere
37:26in good works,
37:28even when the results
37:29are not immediate.
37:30That's for sure
37:31that which began
37:33in you this good work
37:34will make it perfect.
37:36Philippian 1:6.
37:37We act better
37:39because we know
37:40that our work
37:40is not in vain
37:41in the Lord.
37:43Conclusion.
37:43The departure
37:44of a new race.
37:45The promise
37:46to act better
37:47is not a burden
37:48that we impose upon ourselves,
37:49but an answer
37:50of love to the one
37:51who gave us everything.
37:52By crossing
37:53the threshold
37:53of this new year,
37:55leave behind
37:56you tailgates
37:56of your failures
37:57and put on
37:58the armor of light.
37:59That this vision
38:00for the new year
38:01be your compass.
38:03Don't just aim
38:04to do more,
38:06but to be more,
38:07simpler,
38:08more humble,
38:09more faithful.
38:10God does not seek
38:11self-sufficient heroes,
38:13but threads
38:14and girls
38:14who trust him
38:15for each step.
38:16Your promise
38:17to act better
38:18is sealed
38:19by His grace.
38:20SO,
38:21Move forward with confidence.
38:22because the master
38:23of the future
38:23walks by your side.
38:25Next year
38:25it is not unknown territory.
38:27It's a mission field
38:28that God has already prepared
38:30for his glory
38:30through you.
38:31Privacy is the priority.
38:33Decide that prayer
38:34will no longer
38:35the last resort,
38:36but the first breath
38:37discipline
38:38of speech.
38:39To take root in writing
38:41so as not to be tossed about anymore
38:42through emotions
38:43Love in action.
38:44Move from intentions
38:45to the acts
38:46by being an instrument
38:47peace
38:48and reconciliation
38:49in our circle.
38:50Next year
38:51will not be exempt
38:52challenges
38:53but it can be marked
38:54through greater maturity.
38:56The promise
38:57to act more effectively,
38:58it's about choosing
38:59every morning
38:59to submit
39:00his will
39:01to that of the Father.
39:04Your assessment
39:05with its areas
39:06shadow
39:06and light
39:07is in the hands
39:08from the potter.
39:09He does not reject
39:10the vase
39:10because it's cracked,
39:11He reshapes it.
39:13Leave behind
39:13you the prey
39:14failure
39:15and don't keep
39:15than the lessons learned.
39:17What year
39:17which is coming
39:18not
39:18a simple repetition
39:20from the previous one,
39:21but an ascent
39:22deeper
39:23towards holiness.
39:24God does not ask you
39:25not to be perfect
39:25starting tomorrow,
39:26but to be available
39:27right now.
39:28Let us pray for the closing.
39:29Lord,
39:30Thank you for the past year.
39:32I'm handing it over to you
39:33my falls
39:33and my successes.
39:35Wash my heart,
39:36restores my zeal
39:37and guide my steps.
39:38Every day
39:39of the new year
39:40so an opportunity
39:41to look more like you.
39:42Amen.
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