New Year

A New Year – A New Beginning

The New Year will soon be approaching and

people will be making resolutions for the

New Year. Most resolutions will not be kept

because they are not realistic goals to be

kept.

A New Year – A New Beginning

The New Year will soon be approaching and

 

people will be making resolutions for the New

 

Year. Most resolutions will not be kept because

 

they are not realistic goals to be kept. A good

 

example of this is my childhood goals for the New

 

Year-such as never missing Sunday school that

 

year. This was a wonderful goal-but it wasn’t

 

realistic. The goal was never accomplished

 

because something would happen and I wouldn’t

 

be able to go. For example: my ride wouldn’t

 

show up or I was sick.

Proverbs 27:1 “Don’t brag about tomorrow,

 

since you don’t know what the day will

 

bring.” (New Living Translation) This scripture

 

reminds us that no-one can make plans for

 

tomorrow. The Lord has the ultimate plan-so we

 

must trust and obey.

So, what should a person do for New Years?

Here are a few tips or ideas: 1.) Make sure your

 

heart is right with the Lord. 2.) Put the Lord and

 

his plan for your life as the most important

 

priority. 3.) Deny yourself and serve others. 4.)

 

Stay faithful to the Lord’s work and to a local

 

church. Hebrews 10:25 “And let us not neglect

 

 

our meeting together, as some people do, but

 

encourage and warn each other, especially now

 

that the day of his coming back again is drawing

 

near.” (New Living Translation) This new year

 

should be devoted to serving the Lord and

others.