New Year's Resolutions

A New Year’s resolution is usually a commitment, a new habit, or a change that is considered an improvement in one’s life. New Year’s resolutions usually fit into one of the following categories:

1. Quit something (quit smoking, drinking, etc.)
2. Start something (start a diet, exercising, saving more money, etc.)
3. Get something (get a better job, more money, organized, out of debt, etc.)
4. Relationships (get along better with spouse, child, friends, etc.)
   

Does the Bible have anything to say about this?

• Deuteronomy 6:5 – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”
• Psalm 37:5 – “Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it."
• Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
• Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
• John 14:15 – “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
• John 15:12 – “This is my commandment that you love one another, just as I have loved you.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
• Galatians 5:16-17 – “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.”
  

While New Year’s resolutions can be good, the most meaningful resolution anyone can make is to love the Lord more. If we love the Lord more (love Him with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our might), the rest will take care of itself. It is our prayer that we will love the Lord more in 2008. Would you pray for us that we will do so? Would you resolve this as well?