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will 2025 Be A Happy New Year?

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  This is copied from the bulletin of Calvary Baptist Church on 472 Ocean Road in Portsmouth NH 03801 (603) 436-7736. The bulletin is dated December 29th of 2024. Will 2025 Be A Happy New Year? "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" ( 2 Corinthians 5:17 ).          Will the year ahead be just another year, or will it be a new year? If it cannot be a new year in our Christian experience, how can it be a Happy New Year?         Sadly, for those without Christ, it will be just another year of uncertainty and fear, another year of drifting away from God, another year of thinking about the problems of the world. John Bunyan was right when he described the world as "a jungle full of beasts prowling about, snapping and snarling and showing their teeth at one another, albeit holding peace conferences. Let men talk about the dawning of a new day, but the fact...

New Year's Wishes

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  This is copied from the bulletin of Calvary Baptist Church on 472 Ocean Road in Portsmouth NH 03801 . (603) 436-7736. The bulletin is dated December 29, 2024.  New Year's Wishes What shall I wish the? Treasures of earth? Songs in the springtime, pleasures and  mirth? Flowers in thy pathway, skies ever clear? Would this insure thee a happy new Year? What shall I wish thee? What can be found? Bringing the sunshine all the  year round? Where is the treasure,  lasting and dear, That shall insure thee a happy new year?          Faith that increaseth, walking in the light; Hope that aboundeth, happy and bright; Love that is perfect, casting out fear - Those shall insure the a happy new year.           Peace in the Saviour, rest at His feet, smile in His countenance, radiant and sweet; Joy in His presence, Christ eve near - This will insure thee a happy new year.