Saturday – Open Topic

Reading – Hebrews 12:1-13

Highlight Verse:

“We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭NLT‬‬

This Wednesday is New Year’s Day.

Many use this time of year to start new good habits.

This Friday is known as quitter’s day.

Many will throw those new habits out the window.

I’ve been one of those quitters in multiple years.

So how do we keep our New Year’s resolutions?

I searched and found everything from setting “SMART” goals to not making resolutions.

I’ve often heard that a new habit requires three weeks to establish.

Most say, to get through those three weeks, it must be doable step.

In the words of Dr. Leo Marvin (“What About Bob?” – 1991 Touchstone Pictures), take “baby steps.”

All that is true, but sometimes bad habits build on each other and we need to kick them all out.

The only way we can achieve that is if we take the advice of Hebrews 12 and keep our eyes on Jesus.

Just as Jesus surrounded Himself with friends and disciples, who supported Him and each other, so we also need to surround ourselves with those who can support us and whom we can support.

That can be a simple as a few close friends or as deep as a Celebrate Recovery Group depending on the habits or hang ups we are trying to deal with.

All this is to say, make those resolutions.
Make them God pleasing.
Make them achievable.

And turn to Jesus and the right friends to follow through with them.

How have you succeeded with resolutions in the past?
What resolutions are you making this year?