It's a New Season!

Cool air and palm trees blowing in the wind, the clear sign of a change in seasons. The shift from a hot, scorching Summer, to a beautiful, breezy Fall, takes you from being irritable to peaceful.  It's amazing how God created the seasons to change at specific times, knowing when enough of one has come and it's time for change.

This is the last quarter of 2011.  This is the "beginning" of the "end" of the year.  It's the season to bring completion to some things, in order to start other things.  It's the season to evaluate where you are, where you're going and what changes need to be made, in order to get there.  As you begin to prepare for the new, it's so important to make sure you've dealt with the old.  The bible says, And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” (Mark 2:22)  You can't shift into something new carrying "old" mindset, "old" habits, "old" relationships, "old" baggage, "old" frustrations, "old" hurts and "old" pain.  The "old" hinders your ability to maximize the "new".  When God is trying to breath something fresh inside of you, fresh dreams, fresh vision, fresh relationships, fresh sense of worth and value, you will suffocate and die, if you don't allow your passage of HOPE to be renewed and open to receive the "NEW".  It's a new Season, but are you ready for it?  Are you ready for CHANGE?

This is the last quarter of the 2011 game of life.  Whatever adjustments need to be made, make them now.  The time clock is ticking and your opponent, DEFEAT is working hard to waive his hand in victory.  DEFEAT is waiting for that final buzzard to go off and declare that he stopped your dreams, hindered your purpose and destroyed your hope.  Are you going to give him this win or are you going to rise-up and declare war?  You already know his strategies, he has no new plans, no new tactics, he runs the same plays year after year, month after month, week after week and day after day.  It's your opportunity to take the ball and run.  You have a special weapon that your opponent doesn't have.  You have a teammate who: knows all things, sees all things, created all things and owns all things.  All you have to do is follow His lead and He'll lead you to a VICTORY!  Will you dare to trust Him, Believe Him, follow Him?  God is giving you divine instructions, listen and obey.  This one belongs to you, TAKE IT!

Do yourself a favor this evening.  Take a stroll down the street, around the lake or at the park. Spend some time observing the change in the atmosphere and getting a fresh perspective on God's purpose for your life.  It's a New Season, It's a New Day, A Fresh Anointing is Coming Your Way!

Don't end the year like it started.  Life is about progress, moving forward and living everyday better than the last.  Truly, IT'S A NEW SEASON!


The Purpose Coach
www.yolandapresley.com