Wherever you are on our planet earth, we are glad to welcome you into a brand new year 2021! We are happy you made it. You survived 2020, tough as it was! You will be tougher than 2021! Not minding what the book makers say about year 2021, you will surely make it to the end.
As sons and daughters of the Most High God, our life is not controlled by sight, nor by what we hear. We live by faith. And the surest way to insure the future and safeguard one's destiny is to stay with the Lord always.
Having seen what the times are in which we live, there is no gainsaying or repeating the almost trite exhortation, "Draw closer to God!"
What to expect this year from us
Expect a lot from us! Torchlight News online was born in a year of troublesome pandemic. Yet it survived. This year 2021 expect more surprise! We shall break grounds this year. We are not going to let the cat off the box yet. However, it is important we let you know a few things.
1. Take care of your handsets
Be sure your phone/handset is not among those its WhatsApp will cease to function by January 1, 2021.
It has been announced that a new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021.
Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners to either update their mobile operating system or buy a new smartphone.
Any iPhone not running iOS 9 or newer version, or any phone not running at least Android 4.0.3 – also known as Ice Cream Sandwich – will no longer be able to open or operate the app.
This means all iPhone models up to the iPhone 4 will be unable to support WhatsApp, as these phones are not capable of updating to iOS 9.
The iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S were all released before iOS 9, however owners can still update to the operating system if they are yet to do so.
2. New year prayer project
It is right and just to begin this new year with God. And a prayer project will not be out of place.
We know of many groups and communities which usually start the year with weeks of prayer.
This year, we are going to link you up with the 31 days prayer project of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, St. Leo's Catholic Church, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria.
It has been the tradition of this Renewal to begin each year with a 31 Day prayer project.
Torchlight News has finalized arrangements to enable all our readers and followers worldwide be part of the prayer project.
The program will run between January 10th - February 9th, 2021 with some vigils in between.
The Modus
Beginning from January 7th, at 23:00hrsGMT, 12’Oclock midnight Nigeria time, we will begin by publishing, first, the General Guidelines for the 2021 prayer project.
All our readers, irrespective of your location worldwide, will be able to access the program.
On the 8th, the 2021 prayer which will be said each day shall be posted.
On the 9th, the Introduction part of the program will come up at the hour.
Then, on Sunday, January 10, Day 1 of the program, including the topic, shall be posted.
From then on until the end of the program, we shall be giving you each day's topic, reflection and prayers.
All you need do now is to click "Subscribe" button to be alerted when each post is made.
Or log on at Torchlight News at https://chimeziepascal.blogspot.com each day for the day's reading, reflection and prayers.
Keep faith with us. Be part of the program. You will not regret you did.
You can partner with us to ensure steady updates on developments in the new year. Stay with the Torchlight News. You will miss nothing.
Happy and prosperous new year 2021 to you, once again!
Kudos
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update bro