Let us remember

That we are in the Holy presence of God

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you that in all cultures the New Year means a chance for a fresh start and a new beginning.  We pray especially for our Chinese brothers and sisters as they celebrate Chinese New Year that they will come into a deeper knowledge of You.  Thank you for putting the hunger for better times ahead and the hope for renewal of goodness and health into every heart for your purpose of motivating us to find Jesus who is our Redeemer and friend.   Thank you that Jesus died on the cross to sweep clean our sins and make it possible for us to have new life in a relationship with Him that brings prosperity to our souls.

And now we pray these traditional New Year’s greeting as a blessings for their spiritual prosperity.

Traditional greeting: “May your wealth [gold and jade] come to fill a hall.”

Our blessing: May your wealth of knowledge of the one true God, fill your heart and spirit to overflowing.  (See John 7:37)

Traditional greeting: “May you realize your ambitions.”

Our blessing: May God’s perfect and beautiful will be done in your life.  (See Matthew 6:10)

Traditional greeting: “Greet the New Year and encounter happiness.”

Our blessing:  May you hear Jesus knocking at the door of your heart and open up so you, dear Jesus our true source of happiness,  can come in and commune.   (See Revelation 3:20)

Traditional greeting: “May all your wishes be fulfilled.”

Our blessing:  May you learn to pray in the name and character of Jesus so you might fulfill God’s promise that God will give us so much more than we even know to ask for.   (See Ephesians 3:20)

Traditonal greeting: “May your happiness be without limit”

Our blessing:  May you come to know Jesus so that you might be able to experience the kind of joy that is not based on circumstances, the lasting kind of joy that no one can take away from you.   (See John 15:11)

Tradtional greeting: “May you hear [in a letter] that all is well”

Our blessing: May you read God’s word in the Bible which is God’s love letter to you telling the good news of Jesus and God’s never ending love for all people.  (See the First Letter of John 5:13)

Tradtional greeting:  “May a small investment bring ten-thousandfold profits”

Our blessing: May you become like the seed in the good soil in the parable of the sower that yields a hundredfold from what God has planted in your heart.  (See Mark 4:8)

Tradtional greeting: “May your happiness and longevity be complete”

Our blessing: May you be like a tree planted by streams of water which continues to bear fruit in God’s Kingdom during every season of your life.  (See Psalm 1:3)

Tradtional greeting: “When wealth is acquired, precious objects follow.”

Our blessing: Seek Jesus and His Kingdom.  When He is found, you will soon forget all other concerns of life except your relationship with God, just like a merchant who finds a pearl of great value and sells everything he owns to buy it.  (See Matthew 13:45, 46)

Amen.

Saint John Baptsit de La Salle

Pray for us

Live Jesus in our Hearts

Forever