Mount Calvary Sermons

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 2016 JEREMIAH 31:7-14 A prayer for the New Year’s Day:Dear LordSo far this year I've done well. I haven't gossiped, I haven't lost my temper; I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help.Amen. We’ve buried 2015, that poor, sad old man. He had it coming. His grey beard hadreached his waist, his memory was wrecked, his aching body is now mercifully out of its misery. Some grieve his passing. Some celebrate that he is now at rest. On Thursday morning we heard the cry of a newborn, with all the hope and excitement that miracle brings. There she is in her diaper, still too young to have opinions, too fresh to have experienced great sadness, too innocent to have witnessed horror. How do you feel as you gaze down into her crib? Like every brand new creature 2016 has within