Remember those crazy 2009 glasses you wore
Remember those crazy 2009 glasses you wore, and that dorky “Happy New Year” crown, with that 50 cent party blower jutting from your lip; as you stared into Times Square through your television. (If you were lucky you had the HD one, so every bulb of the dropping ball looked extra real, I didn’t have that privileged.) As the ball hit the new numbers the New Year came, you blinked; once, twice, three times. Then you noticed that the New Year felt just like the last year, which was quickly fading into history and you realized those crazy glasses should follow suit. Happy New Year, now go to bed.
Okay, how about this. 
Trade those crazy glasses in for a thousand of your closest brothers and sisters in Christ. Swap in that dorky hat for a heart consumed by the Lord. Spit out that party blower and begin to whisper a prayer for the New Year. The television is replaced by a worship band on fire for the Lord, and instead of HD, witness it with your own eyes.
With every head bowed, Encounter prays in the New Year. How radical and awesome is talking to the True Creator of Life as a New Year falls on us! The best way to ring in the New Year, by far. And when the last “Amen” is said, it is Happy New Year, now go get CRUNK! (More to follow on that subject later)
So, instead of watching, how about praying in the New Year.