NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS FROM THE FREDERICKS

A Prayer for the New Year

I stand on the threshold of 1991 365 days all unknown to me but every one of them recorded in Your Book. (from Psalm 139:16)

When I look at the past sometimes I am afraid of evil circumstances that I still don't understand and when I look at the future I am tempted to dread. Thank you that even my fears for today and worries about tomorrow cannot separate me from Your love. (from Romans 8:38)

Let Your constant care of me make a deep impression on all who see it. May I not fear bad news nor live in dread of what may happen. Let me be settled in my mind that Jehovah will take care of me. (from Psalm 112:6,7)

O Lord, come and bless us. Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should. Give us gladness in proportion to the years we have suffered evil. Let us see your miracles again and let our children see glorious things, the kind You used to do. And let the Lord our God favor us and give us success. (from Psalm 90)