JANUARY 1, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Blessed New Year! It is always good to start afresh, and today is the first day of a brand new year. What blessings God has in store for you this year, only He knows! As we start the year, may we start it right. Look again at today’s text. When we believe in Christ, we are “in Christ”, which means that we belong to Him. All who belong to Him are renewed by Jesus Christ – we are made new and different from the old sinful self we were before.

Will you be a better Christian compared to last year? Will you be closer to the Lord? Are you praying more consistently? Do you read and meditate on the Bible more regularly? Dear child, you have experienced how good the Lord was last year. This year will be no different – our precious Lord will continue to be gracious. Although the Lord will not be new, may we be new. What does that mean? Why do we have to be new? All of us sin and all of us are weak. May this year be different as we become spiritually stronger and grow closer to the Lord.

Have you heard of the word ‘resolutions’? A resolution is a commitment you make to yourself to do things differently, to make a change for the better in your life. Resolutions are made so that we can improve ourselves in a way we may not have done so the previous year. An example of a resolution for a Christian child may be to read his or her Bible and Junior RPG every day. Perhaps last year, you did not do these things every day. If you would like, that could be your resolution too!

Three resolutions I have are:

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Thought : May this new year bring a new you!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, teach me to commit this year into Your hands, that I may grow to be a better Christian. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.