A sales manager and two of his sales reps are walking to lunch one day when they come across an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie appears, saying, "I'll give each of you just one wish."

One rep is quick to speak up first. He says, "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world." Poof! He's gone. The next rep speaks up. "I want to be fishing in a stream in the Colorado Rockies." Poof! He's gone. The genie turns to the sales manager and says, "Your turn." The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."

It makes a difference who has the last word, doesn't it? The question is: who, or what, will have the last word in your life today? Will your choices today be driven by ambition, revenge, mere whim or by God’s word?

Paul said, "Let the word of Christ dwell richly within you, with all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs..." (Colossians 3:16) Do you know what he's saying? He's saying allow God to have the final word in your life. Shape your values, priorities and life direction by what God has to say to you.

That is exactly what we are seeking to do not only in our personal lives but as the body of Christ. We have a visioning team that will be working with our church staff and Sandy Coelho at the Baptist Convention of New England to seek God’s leadership and direction for us as the body of Christ. During the next three months this team will be working diligently to seek to hear God’s voice and direction for New Colony.

We truly want God to have the final word in the direction that we should go and the ministries that should be developed or strengthened. Please continue to pray each day for God to speak clearly to us as his people so that we can go in the direction that God has for us.

Servants Together,

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