TEXT: Romans 13:8-14
Introduction: “Only one chance to start something new”
- Start the year off with right priorities Romans 13:8-10
- Love God Matthew 22:34-40
- Love God’s family John 13:34-35; Hebrews 13:1
- Love the lost I Peter 1:22-23; Jude 20-23
- Start the year off with right purposes Romans 13:11-13
- Walk with God in His Word
- Personally with your Lord in daily worship
- Collectively with your family in the Word & prayer
- Corporately with your church family; faithful in the house of God
- Work with the Lord in His church I Corinthians 10:31-33
- In your career, family & church responsibilities
- Witness unto the Lord in His harvest field Acts 1:8
- Walk with God in His Word
- Start the year off with right plans Romans 13:14
- Plan to grow in the Lord
- Because you have put on Christ for salvation Galatians 3:24-28
- By putting on Christ’s image through learning about Him in His Word Ephesians 4:22-24
- Being strengthened in Christ to resist temptations through the day Galatians 5:16-17; Ephesians 1:12-14; 4:24-32
- Plan to be a blessing in the lives of others Colossians 3:10-17
- Plane to introduce others to your Saviour
- Plan to grow in the Lord
- Action Points:
- What priorities do you need to adjust right now as you start the New Year?
- What purposes do you need to establish in order to begin the New Year better?
- What plans do you need to make to start this first week of the New Year to God’s Glory?