“Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness” (Psalm 65:11).

At year’s end, a Christian should stop to count his blessings. If he does this honestly and fully no matter what his problems may have been during the year, he will have to confess that God, as always, has crowned the year with goodness.

“For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” (II Corinthians 1:20).

“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me” (Psalm 139:1).

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:12,13).

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).