Happy New Year in this 2026! I hope this is a blessed beginning for you. A new year can be like a new beginning and I hope you take this with confidence in what God has in store. It’s been on my heart that I want to bring you something that’s practical and offers guidance in the new year and I have searched greatly for this, landing on something close and very practical and helpful. Thank you for the opportunity to join with you for this week’s Weekly encouragement! I consider this a great honor to be with you. Depending on our perspective, a new year can be exciting or maybe a little intimidating. Whatever our emotions, possibly we can use this to ground ourselves for the beginning of the year, starting simply. Maybe one of the most important things for each of us will be to grow closer to the Lord. We can ground ourselves by just being realistic about where we are and then setting simple goals. Or maybe you have some big goals and you can achieve your goals by taking it one step at a time. This year will offer opportunities to exercise your faith and do the work that God has called you to do. An important part of walking out your faith in this new year is to receive the present as a gift. Last year is gone and we don’t have to live in last year. We won’t benefit from living in the future, either. Yesterday and the future can rob us of the present and we have to be careful to guard the present so that we will get the most from each of our days. God wants to meet us in the present and we have to respond to Him in the present, as well. There is much blessing in what I am sharing in today’s Weekly encouragement! video message. I hope you will receive great blessing from this practical and helpful Happy New Year’s message. Please remember I am praying for you because I love you!