FRESH START (1-18-10)

Mark 2:22
Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.
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A new year, a new start.

And like a new wine, we cannot put a “new self” into an old wineskins. We need to change our self for the better and closer to the Lord.

Set goals according to God's direction
It's foolish to make plans without first consulting God.
He's the only one who DOES know the future.
Start by praying, "God, what do YOU want me to do in 2010?"

Live one day at a time
While you can plan for tomorrow, you can't live it until it arrives.
Most people spend so much time regretting the past and worrying about the future, they have no time to enjoy today!

Don't procrastinate
DO IT NOW! - "Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, for you don't know what a day may bring forth." (Proverbs 27:1)
Procrastinating is a subtle trap.
It wastes today by postponing things until tomorrow.
You promise yourself that you'll do it "one of these days." But "one of these days" is usually "none of these days."

What did you plan to get done last year that you didn't do? When do you intend to start working on it?

(a portion from “Purpose Driven Life”)

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, let me change for the better and be closer and closer to You and to Your will. Thank you for all the blessings you provided me last year and may the new year be full of the blessings for me, my family and people around me. Amen +

To the upright I will show the saving power of God.