For last year's words belong to last year's language,
- And next year's words await another voice -
To make an end is to make a beginning.
Forget the Resolutions
I don’t know about you, but to me, making New Year's resolutions is something that’s just destined for failure. Yeah, like most of us I’ve made those resolutions that I’m going to lose weight, exercise and be more organized. Ha. No, those things didn’t happen. Now that I think about it–since I always break my resolutions–maybe I should make a resolution to gain weight.
I don’t make silly resolutions anymore, but this week as I’ve thought about the brand new year that’s approaching, I’d like to set some goals for my spiritual life.- I’d like to spend more time in His Word, to read the same chapters and verses I’ve read in the past, but to have Him open my eyes to fresh insights, to things that I’ve never noticed before.
- I want to sing His praises more often, to really listen to the words of the old hymns and to those new songs that give Him the glory He deserves.
- I want to grumble less and thank Him more.
- I want to worry less and trust Him more.
- I want Him to fill me up so that I can pour out into the lives of others who need to hear about His mercy and His love.
- I want to spend more time talking with Him, intimate conversations with the God who rules the universe.
- I’d like to have more quiet time with Him, moments when I shut out the world so that I can hear His still, small voice.
Yes, 2015 is almost here. A fresh new year with 365 days that we can use for Him. What spiritual goals would you like to set? "Be still, and know that I am God…" (Psalm 46:10
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- "You will never win if you never begin." - By Robert H. Schuller
- "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." - By Vincent van Gogh
- "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." -A popular Chinese Proverb
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"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea." - By Napoleon Hill
I don't do Resolutions either (many people seem to set themselves up for failure)
... but my GOAL for this new quickly upcoming year is to try my best to ....
... but my GOAL for this new quickly upcoming year is to try my best to ....
"not count the days, but make each day count, in some special way" (preferably to someone... husband, son, daughter n law, grandchild, sister, friend, co-worker... and even to a strangers.. a prayer, a smile, word, friendship.. helpful hand.. whatever..... Its something I have been giving some prayers and thoughts to.. and it actually seems very possible!
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"Celebrate endings - for they precede new beginnings."
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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TODAY AND ALWAYS.. THAT GOD WILL BLESS EACH OF YOU SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, FINANCIALLY AND WITH HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, FORGIVENESS AND INNER PEACE. PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK, AND EVERYONE WITH ANY KIND OF DISEASE, AND THEIR FAMILIES.. GOD BLESS, COMFORT AND HEAL PLEASE AND THANK YOU, SEND CURES PLEASE FOR ALL THAT YOU WILL, GRANT EACH COMFORT, EASE PAIN, AND BLESS EACH OF THEM.. PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT ARE GRIEVING, AND FOR AL THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.. GRANT THEM COMFORT AND INNER PEACE PLEASE AND THANK YOU. PRAYING FOR CHRIS AND NORMAN FOR THEIR SAFETY GOING TO AND COMING FROM WORK DAILY, AND WHILE AT WORK. PRAYING FOR JEFF AND N.J. ALSO, SAFETY AT WORK, AND HAPPINESS IN THEIR LIVES. PRAYING FOR ALL THE SOLDIERS SAFETY, QUICK RETURN HOME AND INNER PEACE FOR EACH AND THEIR FAMILIES. GIVING DAILY THANKS FOR ALL THINGS WITH OUR LOVE, HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN.
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