Three Guarantees for the New Year

I. There will be some valleys to cross A. Valley of physical affliction - 2 Kings 3:16 B. Valley of defeat - 1 Samuel 17:1 C. Valley of the shadow of death - Psalm 23:4 D. Valley of exaltation - Isaiah 40:3 II. There will be some walled cities to face - Numbers 13:28 III. There will be some mountains to scale A. Mount Moriah - Mountain of complete obedience - Genesis 22 B. Mount Sinai - Mountain of sweet fellowship - Exodus 33 C. Mount Carmel - Mountain of glorious triumph - 1 Kings 18 D. Mount of Olives - Mountain of precious promise - Acts 1 IV. A Challenge