DECEMBER 31, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Today is the last day of the year. Many in the world will be going for parties to celebrate the new year. There would be much feasting. Many restaurants will take this opportunity to offer special meals and they hope customers will like them. Others will party and get drunk.

Some may take this opportunity to make New Year’s resolutions. Do you know what New Year’s resolutions are? Resolution is a big word. What does it mean? When we make a resolution, we commit to something important to us. We try to change or improve ourselves in a certain way. Some resolutions include: “I’ve made a resolution to eat less junk food!” or “I will try not to call my brother any mean names.”

Dear children, this is an opportunity for you to make your own New Year’s resolutions list. If you need ideas to start, you may consider the lessons you have learnt this month. What have you learnt?

    Some of the lessons are:

    • Walk closer to God
    • Be more obedient to Him
    • Be a wise child
    • To be more humble
    • To put God in centre of our lives
    • To pray more
    • To not despise discipline

Dear children, in which area would you like to improve for the new year?

Thought: Start the new year a better person!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for protecting me and my family this year. I pray that I’d change for the better next year, that I’d be a better child, more consistent in my quiet time, and become a kinder person next year. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.