Lilka Raphael-
"With only weeks into the New Year, resolutions have typically come and gone. The stamina required for meaningful change looms far too large and overwhelming for many. We can easily forget prospective hopes and aspirations. It takes more than willpower to hold fast and accomplish a goal.
Athletes conquer challenges with the help of trainers and coaches, and students achieve academic success with help from teachers and tutors. But what about the rest of us? We don’t have dedicated assistance to keep us on track. Or do we?
All the help and encouragement we need is readily accessible. Yet we must ask for it and submit it to God. He is ever willing to push us toward our best. Unfortunately, we needlessly put too much pressure on ourselves and faith in our efforts instead of asking God to help us achieve our goals. In our weakness, God provides the strength that allows us to endure. Through Christ, things that once tempted us can no longer hold us hostage.
Lasting success always comes through God and often takes more time and effort than we imagine. But God rewards our faith. Our goals and resolutions are probably changes the Holy Spirit has prompted us to make all along: eating too much, having a negative attitude, and being undisciplined.
Change can be daunting, but it is possible. The desire to mature, evolve, set new habits, and break old ones prepares us for our purpose. We will all change this year. Whether it is for better or worse remains to be seen. God allows us to participate and make choices concerning our lives and outcomes. Don’t obsess over failed resolutions or false starts. Instead, ask God what He wants you to do now.
My greatest regrets are not things I’ve done but things I didn’t have enough faith to try. If the New Year sparks a desire for change, go for it. But don’t go it alone. Help is only a prayer away.
I’m striving for a new me in the New Year. What about you?
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Father God, I love and appreciate what You do for me. I choose to believe You and Your Word. I will speak and confess Your Word until I get it in my spirit. I want to grow in my faith and to become the person you want me to be. In Jesus name I pray. Amen."
10 Ways Wives Risrespect Their Husbands (Without Even realizing it).
#79 Quote from Joyce Meyer's book, HOW TO AGE WITHOUT GETTING OLD
(pg. 11) A.L.S.
“I’VE ALREADY HAD MY ONE-HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY,
AND ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IS THIS:
TAKE EACH DAY AS IT COMES.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE
OR FEEL BAD ABOUT THE PAST.”
1421-1425 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-
Above all, let us cultivate a sensitive intimacy with the Holy Spirit. Let us listen to Him, let us talk to Him, let us consult Him in all the changing seasons of the coming days in the new year, and let us greedily receive his proffered gifts of enlightenment and grace. He will be our all-sufficiency and we will move about in the endowment of Pentecostal power.
The North Country Christian Fellowship Center Churches,
located in the St. Lawrence county of NY,
broadcast their Sunday services at 10 or 10:15
You can view past services too.
Sermon listing:https://www.
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