Good morning, good new year to our listeners.

Good luck.

Welcome to the Ransard.

Welcome to the Ransard Heart Podcast, John Eldridge, and Craig McConnell here at the start of a new year.

Happy 2016, everyone.

I hope you had a good holiday, whatever that meant for you, hope it was good, and it's hard to turn the corner.

It's hard to...

Yes. We actually prayed about this several weeks ago. Just asking

Jesus, how do we start the new year? What do you have for Ransomed Hard Podcasting? And it was so good, Craig.

We started talking about a new series we'd like to do and you kind of stopped us. We were sitting with Alan, our producer and Craig you said we can't just ignore the reality

That everybody's feeling here we go here we go mhm right here's a new year and

we'd spend today just talking a little bit about that and I think the first thing I was sensing from Jesus this morning, even as I was driving in, was pay attention

to what you're feeling about a new year.

Good and bad, everything.

Mixed, ambivalent, anticipation, excitement, fear,

whatever it is, just felt like like Jesus invitation was pay attention to that yeah can I

add guilt and pressure to your list is that what you're paying attention to? Well, that's kind of hard to avoid.

It's...

Yeah.

Yep.

So Craig, as you anticipate any new year,

as you think about here we go here's you know somewhat

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