4 Tips for Keeping New Year's Resolutions

According to a university study, most people (92%) don't follow through on their New Year's Resolutions. 

The study cites these reasons: 

• Setting goals too high 
• Making goals too general 
• Lacking accountability 
• Lacking confidence to succeed 

Christians should always have this New Year's resolution: to know God better. And we can beat the odds by doing these things:

• Be Realistic. If you don't have a quiet time, don't resolve to spend an hour daily. Start with a reasonable goal. See Quiet Time Guilt.
  
• Be Specific. Make up a prayer list and use a Bible reading plan, or read your Bible Love Note and look up the verses it references. See Spice Up Your Quiet Time for more ideas.
  
• Be Accountable. Ask someone to check on you and make sure you are regularly spending time with the Lord. See 3 Benefits of Praying with a Friend.
  
• Be Confident in God's Help. You can't do it on your own. See Secret Strength.
  

Remember, He can "do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20).

Let's be in the 8% who achieve our goals!

* source: Forbes, Just 8% 

Some great tools for the New Year:

Check out the Wisdom for Life Devotional. It contains 100 one-minute devotions to challenge, encourage, instruct, and inspire your love for God's Word. See Wisdom for Life. 

Read the story behind Wisdom for Life HERE. And find out about the two free Bible studies with purchase HERE. You can read the first 4 devotions in the book by clicking "look inside" on Lifeway or Amazon.

 

I also encourage you to sign up for a free subscription to Bible Love Notes and get a free e-booklet. Find out more HERE.

 

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