RE: [JOYnet] New year resolution...
I received this mail from the BTTB site. Thought will be useful to all those who have made new year resolutions Regards and prayers Abraham Fujairah, UAE Making the RIGHT New Year's Resolutions by Woodrow Kroll Wednesday, December 26th If you're like I am, you're about to make some New Year's resolutions. "I'm going to lose weight." "I'm going to be more organized." "I'm going to read the Bible through." You know the kind. Sadly, we tend to break these resolutions within a few days or weeks. Maybe you need some help. Perhaps a few words to live by (at least to remember our resolutions by). Here are three words of resolution. The first word is REMEMBER. Someone has said that memory is what tells a man his wedding anniversary was yesterday. Make 2002 a better year by remembering the following: Remember God. "You shall remember the Lord your God . . . " (Deut. 8:18-20; see also Ps. 41:1-2; Eccl. 12:1). Remember what God has done for you. "Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth" (Ps. 105:5); see also Ps. 77:11-12). Remember God's commandments. "Remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God" (Num. 15:39-40). Remember what you were before God saved you. "Remember that you were a slave . . ." (Deut. 5:15; see also Ex. 13:3; Deut. 15:15; Eph. 2:8-13). If you're not entirely happy with where you are in your Christian life, remember where you were before you came to Christ. Then set your sights higher than last year. LOOK is another word to assist you in making some helpful resolutions. Here are some wonderful things for you and your friends to look for in 2002. Look to God for salvation. "Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me" (Micah 7:7; see also Isa. 45:22; John 3:14-17). Look to God when you are in trouble. "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the Lord; Look to the rock from which you were hewn" (Isa. 51:1; see also Isa. 17:7-8; Matt. 11:28-30) Look to the fields white for the harvest. "Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are white for harvest" (John 4:34-35). Look to the coming redemption. "Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near" (Luke 21:28; see also Heb. 9:27-28; Phil. 3:20 If you look for these, you'll like what you see in the new year. LIVE is a final word of resolution for 2002. Resolve to live a new life. God says, "Seek Me and live" (Amos 5:4; see also Num. 21:8; John 3:14-18). Resolve to live a faith life. "The just shall live by his faith" (Hab. 2:4; see also Rom. 1:16-17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). Resolve to live an obedient life. "Keep my commands and live" (Prov. 7:2; see also Lev. 18:5; Ezek. 18:9) Resolve to live a Spirit-filled life. "If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Gal. 5:25; see also Gal. 5:16, 22; 1 Pet. 4:1-2). Resolve to live a godly life. "Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age" (Titus 2:11-12). Resolve to live an honorable life. "Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably" (Heb. 13:18). Resolve to live a peaceable life. "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men" (Rom. 12:18). All kinds of New Year's resolutions can be made, but the ones that will benefit us most, and please God most, are the ones rooted in His Word. This year, make some biblical resolutions and then live by them throughout the year. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mathew Joseph Sent: 31 December 2001 11:10 To: JOYnet Subject: [JOYnet] New year resolution... Hello Friends, Wishing all of you a joyful new year!!! Inviting you all to take a new year resolution after reading the following mail. This is the daily bread... Very much applicable for all of us. Please read it and reflect on it... Hope it will help to take a new decision for a new start Mathew Joseph Bangalore, India. --- Read: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. -- 2 Timothy 3:16 After 30 years as a pastor, a New Jersey minister concluded, "The Bible is the best-selling, least-read, and least-understood book." In his view, "Biblical illiteracy is rampant." George Gallup, the foremost religion pollster in the US, agrees: "We revere the Bible," he says, "but we don't read it." In a recent survey, 64 per cent of t
Re: [JOYnet] New year resolution...
Hello Mathew, Thanx for the mail.The first item in the list of my new year resolution is to read the Bible from beginning to end at least once by the end of the Year. This year is going to be powerful .If each one of us prayerfully SHARE this Good news with at least new 20 receptive people and they share it with 20 others this year ,the number of people who would enjoy the Peace and Joy of our Lord are unbeleivable is'nt it?. God bless us all George --- Mathew Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Friends, > > Wishing all of you a joyful new year!!! > > Inviting you all to take a new year resolution after > reading the > following mail. This is the daily bread... Very > much applicable for > all of us. Please read it and reflect on it... > Hope it will help to take a new decision for a new > start > > > Mathew Joseph > Bangalore, India. > > --- > > Read: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 > > All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is > profitable for > doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for > instruction in righteousness. -- > 2 Timothy 3:16 > > > After 30 years as a pastor, a New Jersey minister > concluded, "The Bible is > the best-selling, least-read, and least-understood > book." In his view, > "Biblical illiteracy is rampant." > > George Gallup, the foremost religion pollster in the > US, agrees: "We revere > the Bible," he says, "but we don't read it." In a > recent survey, 64 per > cent of those questioned said they were too busy to > read the Bible. The > average household has three Bibles but less than > half the people in the US > can name the first book in the Old Testament. One > survey found that 12 per > cent of its Christian respondents identified Noah's > wife as Joan of Arc! > > The solution? Read the Bible! Join me in a > commitment to read the entire > Bible through in the coming year. It will take about > 15 minutes a day to > follow the reading guide in this booklet. Are we too > busy for that? > > The goal is not information, but transformation. > Someone summarised 2 > Timothy 3:16 by saying: "God's Word shows us which > road to take (doctrine). > It tells us when we get off track (reproof); how to > get back on > (correction); and how to stay on (instruction in > righteousness)." > > God's Word is a precious gift. So let's read it > through this coming year. > -- DCM > > If you've never read the Bible through, > There's a special joy awaiting you: > You could start the New Year out just right > Walking with the Lord and in His light. -- Hess > > The Bible: The more you read it, the more you love > it; the more you love > it, the more you read it. > > > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth > mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to this mailing list, visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet > For automatic help, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list > contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] New year resolution...
Hello Friends, Wishing all of you a joyful new year!!! Inviting you all to take a new year resolution after reading the following mail. This is the daily bread... Very much applicable for all of us. Please read it and reflect on it... Hope it will help to take a new decision for a new start Mathew Joseph Bangalore, India. --- Read: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. -- 2 Timothy 3:16 After 30 years as a pastor, a New Jersey minister concluded, "The Bible is the best-selling, least-read, and least-understood book." In his view, "Biblical illiteracy is rampant." George Gallup, the foremost religion pollster in the US, agrees: "We revere the Bible," he says, "but we don't read it." In a recent survey, 64 per cent of those questioned said they were too busy to read the Bible. The average household has three Bibles but less than half the people in the US can name the first book in the Old Testament. One survey found that 12 per cent of its Christian respondents identified Noah's wife as Joan of Arc! The solution? Read the Bible! Join me in a commitment to read the entire Bible through in the coming year. It will take about 15 minutes a day to follow the reading guide in this booklet. Are we too busy for that? The goal is not information, but transformation. Someone summarised 2 Timothy 3:16 by saying: "God's Word shows us which road to take (doctrine). It tells us when we get off track (reproof); how to get back on (correction); and how to stay on (instruction in righteousness)." God's Word is a precious gift. So let's read it through this coming year. -- DCM If you've never read the Bible through, There's a special joy awaiting you: You could start the New Year out just right Walking with the Lord and in His light. -- Hess The Bible: The more you read it, the more you love it; the more you love it, the more you read it. This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
