{"id":90639,"date":"2021-03-10T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/new-year-resolution-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:18:48","slug":"new-year-resolution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/new-year-resolution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Specifically,\nwhat sort of New Year\u2019s resolution should a Christian make? Here are some Biblical\nsuggestions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>Pray to the Lord for\nwisdom in regards to what resolutions, if any, He would have you make (James\n1:5);<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>Pray for wisdom as to\nhow to fulfill the goals God gives you (Colossians 1:9);<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>Rely on God\u2019s strength\nto help you (Isaiah 50:10);<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>Find an accountability\npartner who will help you and encourage you (Psalm 27:9);<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(5) Don\u2019t become discouraged with occasional failures;\ninstead allow them to motivate you further (Isaiah 43:1); <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(6) Don\u2019t become proud or vain, but give God the glory.\nPsalm 37:5-6, \u201cCommit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:\nHe will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause\nlike the noonday sun.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(7) LIKE PAUL in Phil. 3:13&#8230;. Resolve to forget those\nthings which are behind and press forward.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(8) LIKE DAVID in Psalm 121:1&#8230;. lift up our eyes to the\nhills from which cometh our help.&nbsp; The\ngreatest sin that we often commit against our selves, our families, and our God\nis to look in the wrong direction.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(9) LIKE ENOCH in Genesis 5:24&#8230;. Walk in daily fellowship\nwith our heavenly father<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That walk takes several things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily reading of the Word <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily time in prayer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily obedience <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily confession <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily service <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Daily dying to self<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Christianity is not a religion, not a system, not a belief,\nnot intellectual&#8230; it is an active, growing, living, daily relationship with a\nperson&#8230;. with God Himself.&nbsp; And, it is\nnot a sprint&#8230;. it\u2019s a marathon.&nbsp; So, in\nthe New Year, work to make it &#8220;more&#8221; daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(10) LIKE MOSES in Hebrews 11:25&#8230;. Choose to suffer\nrather than to enjoy the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">pleasures of sin for a short while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(11). LIKE GIDEON in Judges 6&amp;7&#8230; Advance, even when\nmy friends are few.&nbsp; Usually, when we are\nfaced with a decision on doing something or going somewhere, we make the\ndecision based on the crowd.&nbsp; The truth\nis\u2026 In matters of righteousness and morality&#8230;.THE CROWD IS USUALLY WRONG!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(12) LIKE ANDREW in John 1:42 strive to bring our brother\nto Christ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I\u2019m not going to split hairs with you over Cain\u2019s question,\n&#8220;Who is my brother?&#8221; Your brother may be your literal brother&#8230; or\nsister, or child, or parent.&nbsp; Your\nbrother may be your next door neighbor your co-worker your room-mate your best\nfriend.&nbsp; Andrew WENT to his brother and\nBROUGHT him to Jesus.&nbsp; You may need to\ninvite them to church, or a bible study, or singing service.&nbsp; But remember there are three aspects to \u201cgo\u201d:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GO = intentionally speaking to him about Jesus, faith,\nspiritual things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GO = intentionally turning the conversation, asking the\ntough questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GO = intentionally living the Christian life-style as a\nwitness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(13) Like King David\u2019s plea: &#8220;Create in me a clean\nheart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me&#8221; (Psalm 51:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Today, as we face the tradition of &#8220;resolutions,&#8221;\nwe must remember three important restrictions from Scripture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">First, whatever we promise must be genuine, truthful, and\nfrom our hearts (James 5:12). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Second, God takes these &#8220;vows&#8221; seriously\n(Ecclesiastes 5:4-5). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And finally, God\u2019s requirements for our lives are both\nsimple and profound: Do justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God\n(Micah 6:8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specifically, what sort of New Year\u2019s resolution should a Christian make? Here are some Biblical suggestions: Pray to the Lord for wisdom in regards to what resolutions, if any, He would have you make (James 1:5); Pray for wisdom as to how to fulfill the goals God gives you (Colossians 1:9); Rely on God\u2019s strength [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Year Resolution - Grace Evangelical Free Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Year Resolution - Grace Evangelical Free Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Specifically, what sort of New Year\u2019s resolution should a Christian make? 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