As 2011 ends and 2012 begin, we need to access exactly what it means to enter into the New Year.\u00a0 Oftentimes we think that our past life will end with the old year.\u00a0 No, life goes on as usual.\u00a0 One does not get a new identity just because we have a new year. \u00a02011 will be ending, but our current situations will remain the same.<\/p>\n
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The New Year is not the end of all things.\u00a0 Nothing will change with the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012, except the calendar.\u00a0 Your entire life, whether good or bad, is all transferred from the old to the new.\u00a0 Last year should be looked upon as an instrument to measure future growth in the New Year.<\/p>\n
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In years past we, take the New Year as a time to build a new life.\u00a0 Perhaps, this year we should take a different approach.\u00a0 Do not attempt to build a new life but rather improve on the old one<\/em>.\u00a0 By improving on the old, we are actually creating something new.\u00a0 It\u2019s like remodeling a kitchen.\u00a0 After the remodeling is complete, we still have the same kitchen, but with new and improved contents; therefore making it far better.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Each New Year, most people always make what they call New Year\u2019s resolutions. Sometimes they looked upon as a fad that comes and goes at the beginning of each New Year.\u00a0 It should not be a fad, but it should be a reflection of your past, so that you will not repeat the same mistakes you made last year.\u00a0 Fads are good if they are genuine and honestly evaluated to access one\u2019s walk in life, especially his walk with God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My father has this saying that he passed on to me.\u00a0 \u2018do not \u00a0walk in my footsteps, but step over them\u2019.<\/em> In essence, he was telling me not to make the same mistakes he had made.\u00a0 I agree with that philosophy up to a point.\u00a0 When his footsteps were positive, then I should by all means walk in them, but when there was error or room for improvement, then I should step over them to avoid repeating the same mistakes.\u00a0 In life, always duplicate the good with the intent to improve, and leave the bad because it leads to misfortune.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the New Year approaches, remember not to look back.\u00a0 Always stay focused on the future, always moving forward.\u00a0 Only, reflect on the past, but do not spend any time there.\u00a0 No matter how much you think on the past, nothing can change it.\u00a0 Some unfortunate things may have taken place last year, but what has been will always be; therefore accept it and move on with your life.\u00a0 If you are constantly thinking about the past, you will be useless when it comes to the things of God, (Luke 9:62).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the coming New Year, by all means, make some resolutions.\u00a0 Resolutions are good and necessary for proper growth and for the renewing of the mind.\u00a0 Do not make meaningless resolutions that you don\u2019t intend to keep.\u00a0 Make positive resolutions like: improving relationships, mending fences, forgiving one another, and repenting if necessary.\u00a0 These types of changes are grounded and rooted in godly wisdom and they will overtake and conquer all of last year\u2019s shortcomings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a time and season for everything. \u00a0Now, is the time and now, is the season that we should cease being babes, so that the fruition of maturity will reign and dominate our lives.\u00a0 Now, is the time for us to put off the old man and to put on the new man, so that we will reflect the image of our creator to the rest of the world<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As 2011 ends and 2012 begin, we need to access exactly what it means to enter into the New Year.\u00a0 Oftentimes we think that our past life will end with the old year.\u00a0 No, life goes on as usual.\u00a0 One does not get a new identity just because we have a new year. \u00a02011 will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hmmmm","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}