Think about a good friend that you haven't seen in years. Imagine that friend is coming for Christmas dinner. How would you get ready? Would you clean the house? Set the table? Prepare your favourite foods? If they couldn't arrive until late, you'd likely leave a light on. Perhaps, you'd even stay up waiting for them? In Luke 12, Jesus tells of a servant who stays up all night, leaving a lamp burning, waiting for his Master's return. May we resemble this servant.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 The begining of a new year often marks new changes in our lives. Many of us make New Year's resolutions. How long we hold to them depends on our determination to seeing them through. In this new year we need to be determined to shore up many of those spiritually weak areas in our lives.