FROM THE PULPIT: RESOLUTIONS FOR A NEW YEAR

As we face the New Year, we again have an opportunity to start over with resolutions, promises and commitments to God, ourselves and others. Many of us want to lose weight or improve ourselves in some other way. These are good if we stick to it. Let me suggest some resolutions for you to consider.

1. Let us resolve to live for Christ more in 1998! "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Phil. 1:21)

2. Let us resolve to trust God with strong faith! "Now faith is the substance of things hope for the evidence of things not seen." (Heb. 11:1)

3. Let us resolve to be faithful in worship! "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together...but exhorting one another..." (Heb. 10:25)

4. Let us resolve to honor God with our income! "Bring ye all the tithes in to the storehouse...and see if I will not pour you out a blessing." (Mal. 3:10)

5. Let us resolve to bear one another's burdens! "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." (Gal. 6:2)

Also, let's forget the past and go forward with God this year. Yesterday is gone and we don't know how many tomorrows there will be. Let's make the most of this year.