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How many times in life have we started a new year without realizing the goals we had set before us or even taken the time to evaluate why those goals weren't made? We cannot live on yesterday's blessings nor should we dwell on yesterday's failures and disappointments. This is a time to forget the past and move forward into the present and the future.
Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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For us as Bible believing Christians this is an opportunity to look back over the past year to see if we were able to make all of the desired changes we set out to do.
- The beginning of a New Year can be a season of new beginnings for us.
- It's a time to look ahead with a sense of anticipation and excitement towards the new things God wants to do in our lives.
- It is a season of setting new goals and putting into effect those things you have been putting off doing.
- It can be a day of new beginnings for each one of us.
In the Lord every day should be a day of new beginnings, but we can look to this season as a time to reflect and re-evaluate where we are and where we are going in God.
2 Corinthians 4:16b Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
- God wants to create a sense of newness in each one of our lives.
- I believe it is always God's desire that we be filled with a sense of newness and freshness of what He desires and wants to do in our lives.
- He desires greatly for us to be filled with a renewed sense of purpose and destiny.
- This is what is really needed before we can give ourselves a good kickstart.
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
The beautiful thing about being a Christian and knowing the Lord is that we don't have to live our lives in guilt and condemnation for our failures and un-achieved goals.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
How Newness And Fresh Revelation Come.
- By Letting Go Of The Past.
- By Hungering & Thirsting For It.
- By Allowing God To Renew Our Spirits.
Four Ways To Kick Start Your New Year
- Rely on the Holy Spirit to Help You and Equip You.
- Build on Past Successes and Learn From Past Failures.
- Make a list of areas you want victory in during this coming year.
- Make a list of areas you want to be more diligent in.
- Make a list of new areas and experiences you want to come into.
- Make a list of new areas in which you want to commit yourself to or recommit yourself to.
- Make a list of what God wants to do in your family.
- Become accountable to someone in the areas you are looking for change and newness.
- Expect The Holy Spirit To Bring Forth New Beginnings.
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