A New Beginning

(Isaiah 43,16-21)
We have experienced many setbacks and failures throughout our lives. Sometimes we allow these
mistakes, these setbacks and failures to enslave us to the point that we never enjoy the full Christian life
that God has given us to enjoy. Naranasan natin ang maraming mga kakulangan at pagkabigo sa
buong buhay natin. Minsan pinapayagan natin ang mga pagkakamali na ito, ang mga kakulangan
at kabiguang ito upang alipin tayo hanggang sa puntong hindi natin nasisiyahan ang buong buhay
Kristiyano na ipinagkaloob sa atin ng Diyos.
 We have a dead-end job and we feel stuck thinking, “I went into the wrong career and now there is
nothing I can do about it.”
 We get married, only to find the marriage is a failure. It may end in divorce, or it may survive as a
tragic, unending chain of arguments and fights.
 We say something to a friend, and then are ostracized from them for the rest of our lives.

And yet, Christ said in John’s gospel:

 John 10:10 “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
 Mianhi ako aron makabaton kamo ug kinabuhing madagayaon.
 2Co 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new.”
 Busa kong bisan kinsa ang anaa kang Cristo, bag-o siya nga binuhat; ang mga
butang nga daan nanagpangagi na; ania karon, sila nangabag-o. Apan ang tanang
mga butang gikan sa Dios, nga mao ang nagpasig-uli kanato ngadto sa iyang
kaugalingon pinaagi kang Cristo; ug naghatag kanato sa ministerio sa pagpasig-
uli.

The good news is that God says, “I want to do something new in your life. I want to give you a fresh start,
a new beginning.” This news is a major element of our Christian faith – to start fresh and have a new
beginning with God.

At the beginning of a new year it is customary for us to think of this as a time of new beginnings, a time
for new resolutions. But the truth is that with God anytime is a time for a new beginning.

I.       God overruled in the affairs of men and gave their forefathers a new start (Isaiah 43:16-17).

 God takes us to places of dependence, then creates new beginnings, new blessings.

II.    Don’t look back! (43:18). Ayaw ninyo paghinumdumi ang mga butang nga nanghiuna, ni
magapalandong kamo sa mga butang sa karaan.

A. It’s one thing to remember the past successes, but another to live in the past.
 Our faith is often limited by what we have experienced in the past.
 Israel was where they were because of a history of failures and disobedience.
 Yet God says don’t look back at the past.

A. Ito ay isang bagay na dapat tandaan ang nakaraang mga tagumpay, ngunit isa pa upang mabuhay sa
nakaraan.

 Ang ating pananampalataya ay madalas na nalilimitahan ng ating naranasan sa nakaraan.

 Ang Israel ay naroroon dahil sa isang kasaysayan ng mga pagkabigo at pagsuway.
 Gayunman sinabi ng Diyos na huwag tumingin sa nakaraan.

B.     He makes all things new.

 When we come to Christ, we become a new creation. All things become new. (Isaiah 42:9).

C.     God is a creator- King (43:15). He makes new things; He is not in the box we try to place Him in.

 He can do in your life what you have never seen done before.
III. God is only getting started! (43:19)

A.     Once God delivered Israel by making a path through the water, now water will make a path in
the desert. God is not predictable!

B.     He does not deliver the same way each time. How he heals one is not how He may heal you.

C.     Can’t you see it?

IV.  Become a blessing to others (43:20)

V.     You were created for God’s praise. (43:21)

A.     Why would He leave you to die in the desert, when He desires for you to bring Him praise?

B.     Our desert experience.

Step 1: Quit making excuses.

It is always too soon to quit. The Bible tells us to quit making excuses, admit when it’s our fault and get on
with life. I’ve discovered that people who are good at making excuses are rarely good at anything else.
They spend their energy thinking up reasons why they can’t do what they are supposed to do.

Step 2: Act in faith!

New beginnings come to those who step out in faith. To change anything in your life by the power of God
takes faith. Dumarating ang mga bagong pagsisimula sa mga lumalabas sa pananampalataya.
Upang mabago ang anumang bagay sa iyong buhay sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos ay
nangangailangan ng pananampalataya

Mat 9:29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."29 Unya iyang
gihikap sila sa mga mata, nga nagaingon: Sumala sa inyong pagtoo, mao ang pagabuhaton kaninyo.

Conclusion

Ezekiel 36:26
”I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a
heart of flesh”
”Bibigyan kita ng isang bagong puso at maglalagay ng isang bagong diwa sa iyo; Aalisin ko sa iyo ang iyong pusong
bato at bibigyan ka ng isang pusong may laman ”

Minsan ang nakaraan ay sapat na upang pahintulutan kang ihinto ang paggawa ng anumang karagdagang mga
hakbang upang lumago, ngunit tandaan, ipinanganak tayo araw-araw, at ang pinakamahusay na pagpipilian upang
kalimutan ang nakaraan ay upang paalalahanan ang iyong sarili na maaari mong makamit ang buhay na lagi mong
nais,
Sa halip na sayangin ang iyong oras sa kung ano ang lumipas, ilipat ang iyong lakas sa kung ano ang maaari mong
gawin ngayon at bukas.