As you celebrate New Year”™s Eve”¦as you ring out the old and ring in the new year”¦praise the Lord God.

(Amplified) Luke 1:68 “Blessed (praised and extolled and thanked) be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has come and brought deliverance and redemption to His people!”

What a way to end 2008 and begin 2009, praising the Holy Lord God!

What blessing to know, to receive, to acknowledge that the Lord, the God of Israel, is our God. How do I know this? Because He has come ““ the Lord Jesus Christ was born, lived, died and has risen. He is seated at this moment at the right hand of God the Father.

It is Christ Jesus, the long awaited Messiah, Who has brought all who receive Him deliverance from our sins.

It is Christ Jesus Who has bought us (redeemed us) from sin and paid the price that was required by the Holy God. Only Jesus has done this and none other god.

We need Jesus”¦we need no other gods, for no others can ever save us from the sins that we do. We are to no longer to be deceived but believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

As the year 2008 is coming to a close, let us rejoice and praise, extol and thank the Lord, the God Who has come ~ Immanuel ~ our Deliverer ~ our Redeemer ~ and made us His people!

And all God”™s people said ““ Amen!

Zacharias had it right ““ this godly man whom God filled with His Holy Spirit, began his prophecy with blessing and praise of the Lord God of Israel, the living God Who is available today for you and me.

Amazing grace of God, how can we not praise Him, extol Him, and thank Him for such a great salvation!

(NASB) Psalm 51:12 “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation

And sustain me with a willing spirit.”

Return to me, O Lord, the joy of Your salvation in the coming year”¦