Another year has come and gone for us. Lord, we enter this new year thanking you for your holiness and for the power of your Spirit within us. We look forward with anticipation to your return. While we remain, we ask that you fill us with your spirit. Please align our desires as a congregation with your will for our new pastor. Lord, we have thoughts and desires of our hearts, but ultimately, we know you know who and what is best. Help us to surrender our will to yours. Please Father, give us wisdom and understanding and help us to be obedient to your instructions regarding the leadership of our church. We ask these things in the matchless name of Jesus. Amen.