Turning your Bibles to Acts chapter 10. You know, it's interesting to note that if you're sitting in a car,

the windshield is a lot bigger than that rearview mirror, so stop looking in your rearview mirror.

Look forward, as the Apostle Paul said, forgetting the things that are behind and pressing forward to the things that are before. A new year is also a

great time to recommit yourself to the Lord spiritually. And if there are some of you right now

watching me that need to do that, I'll give you an opportunity to do it at the end of this

message. But a new year is also a great time

to go back to what our priorities are,

or at least should be.

And I can tell you what your priorities should be

as a follower of Jesus Christ.

Our marching orders are clear.

They haven't changed.

Now, I haven't read this verse in the last 10 minutes, so unless this verse is no

longer in the Bible, here are the marching orders of Jesus to his followers, when he says,

go into all the world and preach the gospel, making disciples of all nations. So go into all the

world, but why don't you start with your world?

Leave your comfort zone and do things you've never done before for the Lord. Take bold steps

of faith and let's see what God will do. You know, it's worth noting that the first two letters and the word gospel are

go. We need to go. And listen to this. We are the first generation that could literally fulfill

the Great Commission. We can actually do it in our lifetime. I don't just mean us going out there

and talking to people one-on-one. I mean that we

leverage every platform for the gospel, every social media platform, every video platform,

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