New Year’s Service – Allowing Everything to be Made New
Scripture: Revelation 21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said [a]to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
On the first day of the new year, the congregation was reminded of the powerful words of Christ in Revelation 21:5: “Behold, I make all things new.” The message began with the call to look, see, and behold what Jesus desires to do in every life. As people naturally long for what is new and fresh, so God Himself is the source of true newness. Just as each morning brings a new day and fresh hope, so the Lord invites us to enter 2026 with renewed hearts and renewed faith.
The sermon encouraged each person to leave behind the disappointments, failures, and burdens of 2025 and allow God to make this new year a season of transformation. Through Christ, every day can begin afresh. His mercies are new every morning, and He alone can restore what has become dry, worn, or hopeless.
A central challenge of the message was the question: Are we truly thirsty for God? Referring to Jesus’ words, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink,” the congregation was urged not to settle for outward religion alone, but to cultivate a deep inner longing for the Lord. Mere attendance at services, routine prayer, or Bible reading without true hunger for God cannot satisfy the soul. Only the living water that Christ gives can refresh the heart and bring lasting life.
The message also focused on the necessity of the new birth. As Jesus told Nicodemus, one must be born again to see the Kingdom of God. Just as a seed must fall into the ground and die before it can grow and bear fruit, believers are called to die to self and allow God to bring forth new spiritual life within them.
Looking ahead into 2026, the congregation was encouraged to examine what they are building their lives with. Drawing from Corinthians, the sermon reminded listeners that every work will be tested by fire—whether built with gold and precious stones, or with wood, hay, and straw. The image of a diamond formed under great pressure was used to illustrate how God often shapes His people through trials, discipline, self-control, and obedience. If believers submit to the work of the Holy Spirit, their lives can become precious in God’s sight and a blessing to others.
The closing exhortation reminded everyone that the One who spoke these words is the One seated on the throne. Therefore, nothing in our lives is beyond His power to renew. Whatever may seem impossible, God is able to make new when we come to Him in faith and surrender.
As this new year begins, the call is clear: leave the old behind, thirst for the living water, surrender fully to Christ, and allow Him to make all things new.
