New Year's Resolutions Every Christian Should Make (By Eric Corpus)

 

New Year's Resolutions Every Christian Should Make By Eric Corpus|

1.    Resolve to stay faithful to Jesus Christ. He is the one Truth, Way and Life (John 14:6) There's no reason to look elsewhere.

2.    Resolve to not let anything – a career, a significant other, social media, a house – become an object of worship. (Exodus 20:3).

3.    Resolve to watch your language and not speak any destructive talk, especially involving the name of God (Eph. 4:29; Exod. 20:7)

4.    Resolve to prevent burnout by putting aside work one day a week. Trust God to provide for your needs that day and just enjoy the time He's given you (Exodus 20:8-11)

5.    Resolve to talk to your parents on a regular basis, and show them love and respect (Ephesians 6:1; Exodus 20:12).

6.    Resolve to be angry less. Channel any feelings of rage, which Jesus said are as severe as murder (Matthew 5:21-22), into worshiping God and serving others.

7.    Resolve to honor your commitment to your spouse. Whether in thought or in deed, stay pure and loyal in the union God made (Matthew 5:8; Genesis 2:18, 24).

8.    Resolve to not take anything that's not yours, including stuff you can hold and put in your pocket, and plenty that you can't, like music downloads, streaming movies and hours on your timecard (Exodus 20:15; Ephesians 4:28; "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." (Romans 12:12)

9.    Resolve to speak about others only with truth and love, not gossip (Ephesians 4:15, 25).

10.                   Resolve to be content with what you have, and not worry about that others are amassing (Hebrews 13:5)

11.                   Resolve to pray every day (1 Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:18)

12.   Resolve never to do anything but duty, and then according to Eph. 6:6-8, to do it willingly and cheerfully as unto the Lord, and not to man: "knowing that whatever good thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord."

13.   Resolve to declare my ways to God, and lay open my soul to him: all my sins, temptations, difficulties, sorrows, fears, hopes, desires, and every thing, and every circumstance (Psalm 119).

14.   Resolve to be strictly and firmly faithful to my trust, that that, in Prov. 20:6, "A faithful man who can find?" may not even be remotely found in me.

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