New Year’s Top 10 from Pulpit Magazine (Part 1)
January 1st, 2007 · Posted in Christianity, Religion, SPIRITUALITY, Theology · 0 CommentsNathan Busenitz at Pulpit Magazine has begun a series of posts on New Years Top 10 List that goes beyond the normal list of resolutions for the New Year.
Writing from a deeply committed Christian perspective, he urges us to not merely resolve to lose weight, get organized, and the like — as good as these might be — but to make resolutions that will make a real difference in the world and in our lives — like resolving to have a deeper relationship with Christ or to show Christ to others.
Here’s one way he expresses it:
So as you make your New Year’s resolutions for 2007, don’t be content with merely planning to drop a few pounds or save a few pennies. Instead remember that, as a believer, to live is Christ (Php. 2:21) and to follow Him is to deny yourself and daily take up your cross (Mark 8:34). He is to be the supreme object of all our aims and affections. He is the One we are to please; He is the One we are to praise; and He is the One we are to pursue. Everything else, in comparison, is nothing more than rubbish (cf. Php. 3:7–8).
You can read the first part in this series here.
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