The Road of Resolution for 2011

I received a fabulous Christmas gift from Amy O - a year planner with daily scripture in it as well as thoughts for that month and readings for every day. At the back of the planner it has something called "The Road of Resolution" which is just a great way to re-focus at the start of the year, review the past year and tease out Gods plan for you in the coming year. Anyway, here it is below - hopefully it will inspire you too.

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Resolution is good, and these steps will help us keep on the right road with God through the year.

Relationship

Reaffirm your relationship with God.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

MICAH 6:8

Review

Look back on the past year and ask God to show you areas of sin and weakness that might have hindered your spiritual growth.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

PSALM 139:23-24

Repent

Confess your sin and ask God to forgive you.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 JOHN 1:9

Refresh

Ask God to refresh you and to fill you with His Spirit and to give you a new vision for the year ahead.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future."

JEREMIAH 29:11

Renew

Ask God to help you see your life from His perspective, and renew your commitment to His vision and purpose for your life.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and see what God's will is: His good, pleasing and perfect will.

ROMANS 12:2

Resolve

Resolve to be faithful to God's purpose in your life and to glorify Him in the areas that He has revealed to you as you have prayed to Him.

I press on toward the goal To win the prize for which God has called me heavenwoard in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:14

Record

Write down the things that God has revealed to you in prayer, and review them frequently, remembering that it is only by His grace that you are able to grow in Him.

Let us then apporach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

HEBREWS 4:16