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It is the start of a New Year. The holiday decorations have been put away, the celebrations are over, family has left, and the mundane day to day routine has returned. What have you put in place to make sure 2025 is a year of growth in all areas of your life? My friend Jon came up with a great idea. Maybe two weeks is a bit short but after two months may be more like it. Gyms start looking like empty office space because everyone wants to work from home. Going to the gym falls by the way side as do all the resolutions we make but fail to follow through. That is why PRIORITIES will be my Word for 2025 (http://www.getoneword.com ) Last year my Word was PRAYER (https://thankfulinallthings.com/my-thoughts-on-how-i-will-grow-in-2024/) I chose Prayer because I wanted to have a more consistent and strategic prayer life allowing me to draw closer to God so I could better understand what the Lord’s will was for my life. Although my prayer life improved, I gave some thought to using it as my Word for 2025 as well until I settled on Priorities.  Like Resolutions, I can make things a Priority in all aspects of my life. I can make my health a priority which can include exercising, the right diet, and the right amount of sleep. I can make my family a priority which means saying No to other things to make sure I have the time to spend with them. If I make my devotional and prayer life more intentional, I am confident God will make me more the man He intended me to be. A man that can lead by example and draw others into a more serious faith journey resulting in 2025 being a year that leaves me being thankful in all things. Psalms 90:12 “teaches us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” I think when Moses wrote this, he was saying make knowing God a priority so that you can look back on 2025 as a year of transformation. Where you come to understand that “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Allowing God to count our days will ensure that our days will count! In closing, I hope you got what you wanted for Christmas especially experiencing the greatest gift of all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdRzY1rbc7Y Happy New Year to you! Thanks for continuing to support my writing this blog. Please reach out to me via email [email protected] |
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