“An intelligent person aims
at wise actions, but a fool
starts off in many
directions.”

Prov. 17:24

1. Assume Responsibility for My Life

• “Each person must be responsible for himself.” Gal 6:5

2. Believe with God’s Help I Can Change

• “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Phil. 4:13
• CLARIFY WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND
• WHAT ISN’T

3. Clarify what Is and Isn’t Important

• “We can choose the sounds we want to listen to; we can choose the taste want in food, and we should choose to follow what is right. But first of all we must define…what is good.” Job 34:3-4
• “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is beneficial.” 1 Cor. 10:23

DON’T WAIT TO BEGIN!

• “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” Eccl. 11:4

4 QUESTIONS THAT CAN BRING GROWTH

• Wisdom: What do I want to learn?
• Physical: What will improve my health?
• Spiritual: What will deepen my
  relationship to God?
• Social: What will be my ministry to
  others?

“Jesus grew in wisdom
and in stature, and in favor
with God and favor with
men.”

Luke 2:52

“Your strength must
come from the Lord’s
mighty power within
you.”

Eph. 6:10

“When Christ died, He died to
defeat the power of sin…
[Now] see yourselves as being
dead to the power of sin and
alive with God…”

Rom. 6:10-11

New Year’s Notes

• God is taking me through a process. I am not
  complete until I reach Glory.
• All other people in my life are also going
  through God’s process.
• I cannot expect out of others what I’m capable
  of doing only at Glory.