A New Year can bring a lot of baggage, like holiday debt regret. Yes, I meant that to rhyme. Or, what about holiday waist-line regret? The New Year can also bring the baggage of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Or, perhaps the weight of consequence of last year's poor decision still looms.
Either way, a New Year means at the very least a new page on a calendar. It can also mean a fresh start, a different outlook, or a fresh burst of passion or energy toward a goal. As you look ahead, some questions:
- Have you sought to develop habits rather than keeping resolutions?
- What resolutions have you successfully achieved in the past? Why is that and what can you apply?
- Do your goals have more to do with what you want or what will benefit others?
- How about asking someone else how you can improve this year?
- Do you realize you don't have any power to improve anything on your own? How can you ask God to empower change in your life.
- Study Galatians 5:16-26 and Romans 8:11. Look closely at Romans 8:11. What lives in you and why does this provide such an excellent reminder for the New Year?
I do wish each of you a Happy New Year. More so, I pray for the spiritual growth and prosperity of Goss Memorial Church and the Body of Christ locally, nationally, and world wide. Join me in doing the same!
In Christ,
Pastor Kevin