A New Year’s Prayer
The Bible teaches that God cannot and will not spiritually bless anyone apart from the person and work of Jesus Christ, particularly His accepted substitutionary sacrifice on the cross. And this blessing isn't a promise of earthly prosperity, physical health, or a life without trials: Rather, it's a spiritual blessing for God's true people who come to Him through Jesus Christ alone. Join Tom Pennington in the Old Testament book of Numbers as he compels Christians to offer A New Year's Prayer.
Part 1
The great English puritan Thomas Watson wrote that “prayer is ... the soul’s breathing.” In that brief statement, Watson captures the seriousness of prayer: it is to your spiritual life what breathing is to your physical life! In other words, without prayer, your Christian life can’t survive.