Resolutions for 2012

Every year most people evaluate the past and make decisions for the following new year. The most common new year resolutions are to lose wight, spend more time with family, and improving personal life. A spiritual resolution is in fact a promise to change something in your life for the glory of God. For the new year of 2012, I would like to introduce the following three spiritual resolutions:

Resolution # 1 – Read the words of Jesus (on red) and be obedient to Him.
We should not read the Bible just to accumulate more Scriptural knowledge, but to gain more understanding on who God is and what is expected of us from the Master. Along with reading the red, pray that God will enable you to carry out in your own life what is written. I am planning myself to use different translations, including Romanian and English, to get a deeper spiritual understanding of the Word of God.

Resolution # 2 – Serve Christ alone, regardless of what others do.
The Christian church is not in need of people who will think they can engineer results, but of faithful followers of Christ that are obedient to serving Christ and live by Biblical principles. Furthermore, obedience to Christ is more valuable to God than religious performance and serving Christ alone has more spiritual significance than reflecting cultural traditions. Instead of limiting your goal to just being religious, make your goal to be more sensitive to Divine appointments made just for your life.

Resolution # 3 – Learn to better appreciate other people.
In the Epistle of James, the writer elaborates on the fact that good water and bitter water does not come out of the same well. In that biblical content, the author is talking about the words one speaks. In this new coming year of 2012, we ought to better appreciate other people and make our goal of doing more, not less, each day of what will be pleasing to our Lord Jesus Christ.