{"id":5858,"date":"2025-12-31T09:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:49:41","slug":"happy-new-year-beloved-friends-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2025\/12\/31\/happy-new-year-beloved-friends-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year, beloved friends in Christ!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear E.V.I.C. Church Family:<\/em><\/p>\n

As we step into 2026, I’m grateful for how the Lord has grown us together this past year. Whether through Sunday gatherings, midweek studies, or conversations over coffee, we’ve been shaped by His Word and strengthened by one another’s faith. There’s something beautiful about learning alongside people who are genuinely seeking to follow Jesus\u2014iron sharpening iron, as Proverbs says.<\/em><\/p>\n

This year brought its challenges, but it also brought deeper understanding, stronger bonds, and fresh encounters with God’s faithfulness. We’ve seen prayers answered, hearts encouraged, and the Holy Spirit at work in ways both quiet and remarkable.<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking ahead to 2026, I’m excited\u2014not because we know what’s coming, but because we know who holds what’s coming. Let’s continue pursuing Christ together, welcoming those who don’t yet know Him, and being a community marked by genuine love and truth.<\/em><\/p>\n

May this be a year where we grow in grace, walk in wisdom, and reflect Jesus more clearly to Gilbert and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n

In His love,<\/em>
\nDennis<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dear E.V.I.C. Church Family: As we step into 2026, I’m grateful for how the Lord has grown us together this past year. Whether through Sunday gatherings, midweek studies, or conversations over coffee, we’ve been shaped by His Word and strengthened by one another’s faith. There’s something beautiful about learning alongside people who are genuinely seeking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}