Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the word

prayers in our heart. I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent. Is it Christmas yet? That's what it feels like to me today because I have a huge reveal I'm about to tell you about on today's Friday 5, our biggest to date

since we announced this show last year. I'll promise you that. Today's Friday 5 is all about the

five things I am excited about in 2019 and you'll want to stick around to the very end. So get ready,

my friends. Good stuff up ahead. Now before I dive in, I need to let you know

this show's going to go long. How long? I don't know, but you'll want to stay around to the very end.

I have to say, I really like 2018 and 2019 is a year I look forward to just as I do a new year every year.

Same for you, I bet. New Year brings new opportunities and I am personally more excited about my life

than I have ever been, true story, and I hope I always say that. I wish I could hear all the

cool stuff you're excited about for 2019.

Connect with me on social media and tell me something about that.

But today I'm sharing my list and a lot of it relates to you.

So I hope you'll join me for so much of this.

Number one, Ministry Strong Nashville.

Now look, this is actually happening in just about three weeks.

We're pretty full. But in case there's a person or two

out there who isn't signed up, but God is prompting you to come, I just felt compelled to mention

this. I'm so excited about this weekend retreat. We only do one a year because it's a time for

anyone in ministry, pastors, authors, speakers, someone running a jail ministry, Christian apparel business,

the list could go on and on. Really, it's anyone who's pouring out in some way to serve other

people in a ministry capacity of any kind, full-time, part-time, volunteer, whatever, to come,

be loved on, led in some really practical workshops about three main things that I feel we need

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