How to Make the Most of Your New Year
Series: A New You for a New Year
December 30, 2007 Pastor Bill Bump
Proverb 17:24 (GN) An intelligent person aims at wise actions, but a fool starts off in many directions.
MAXIMIZING 2008
ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LIFE
Galatians 6:5 (NCV) Each person must be responsible for himself.
Three types of people:
A. Accusers
B. Excusers
Proverb 22:13 (LB) The lazy man is full of excuses…
C. Choosers
BELIEVE I CAN CHANGE
Philippians 4:13 (JB) There is nothing I cannot master with the help of Christ who gives me strength.
CLARIFY WHAT I REALLY WANT
Job 34:3,4 (LB) “We can choose the sounds we want to listen to; we can choose the taste we want in food, and we should choose to follow what is right. But first of all, we must define...what is good.”
Our values determine our vision. Our desires determine our direction.
I Corinthians 10:23 (NIV) Everything is permissible...but not everything is beneficial...
DON’T WAIT TO BEGIN
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (LB) If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.
The root of procrastination is perfectionism.
FOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1. Intellectual: What do I want to learn?
Proverb 19:8 (GN) Do yourself a favor and learn all you can; then remember what you learn and you will prosper.
My goal:
2. Physical: What will improve my health?
Proverb 17:22 (GN) Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
My goal:
3. Spiritual: What will deepen my relationship to God?
II Peter 3:18 (LB) But grow in spiritual strength and become better acquainted with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
My goal:
4. Social: What will be my ministry to other?
I Peter 4:10 (LB) God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other…
My goal:
Conclusion:
Ephesians 6:10 (LB) Last of all, I want to remind you that your strength must come from the Lord’s mighty power within you.
