Making resolutions can be a very helpful tool in the Christian life. Jonathan Edwards made resolutions to assist himself in growing in Christ. If you have never made resolutions, maybe this year would a good time to start. Here is a suggested resolution for the new year.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
—Paul the apostle, Galatians 6:7-8
Resolved, this year, to sow more and more to the Spirit every day of my life. I resolve to worshipfully pursue God’s Kingdom and His righteousness by the means He has provided, namely, by relying on the Spirit of God, by meditating on the Word of God, by obeying the commands of God, by preaching the gospel of God, and by fellowshipping with the people of God.
I resolve to conform my mind to God’s revealed will by evaluating my world according to God’s economy, by putting to death what is hateful to God in my flesh, and by actively and consciously seeking to please God in all that I do. I resolve to center my life on God in Christ through the gospel, so that my obedience is performed out of trusting love of God and not out of the mercenary desire for merit.
I resolve to labor in God’s fields, sowing the Word at every opportunity so that God may be magnified and that others may experience the joy of eternal life as well. I resolve to live as salt and light so that men will praise God who is invisible.
I resolve to sow to the Spirit every day through my thoughts, actions, words, and intentions so that God may be foremost and first in my life and so that His supremacy over all creation may be manifest in my small sphere of influence. I resolve to sow to the Spirit every day, so that I may look forward with great eagerness to the eternal life that is promised by God to all those who have faith in Christ. Come, Lord Jesus!
--Dean of AdmissionS
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