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In 2022 New Years resolutions focused primarily on self-improvement.
In fact
23% were to be more healthy
21% were to improve happiness
20% were to lose weight
However, on average only 9-12% keep their resolutions.
If we can lie to ourselves, we can lie to anyone.
Of those who make New Years resolutions, 23% quit in the first week and only 36% make it past the first month.
According to (Insideoutmastery.com)
43% of all people expect to fail before February.
Interestingly, most people quit on the second Friday of January and this day has been dubbed “Quitters Day.”
As a result, many people make the same resolution year in and year out.
Always, setting the same goal yet, without progress.
This morning I would like for us to reset our minds so that we may get off the preverbal merry-go-round and move forward.
What had Paul not apprehended?
Verse ten gives us the answer.
Looking back is sure to end in going back
REMEMBER LOTS’ WIFE
The greatest threat to North Etowah is complacency.
For the followers of Christ our desire and aim should be perfection.
To describe that focus, he employs the image of a runner in a race who hopes to win the prize.
He cannot look back.
He cannot cloud his mind with past memories.
He strains every muscle in his body to achieve forward motion.
Eyes focus on the finish line.
Paul forgets the guilt of persecuting the church.
He forgets the pain of prison and physical punishment.
He forgets the frustration of disobedient church members and false teachers.
He looks ahead to see the resurrection, where he will meet Jesus face-to-face.
Although, we will never be perfect in this flesh, we should strive to be perfect.
Yet, when we become complacent in our walk and service to God, we will inevitably look to the past.
And, when we settle our eyes on the past, there we will die.
Same Mind
There are two areas in which we must unify our minds.
1. Same Effort
In vs .
13 Paul uses the term reaching forward.
This implies a strenuous labor.
The word reaching actually means to strain.
Thus, Paul is saying that he is straining to reach the things that are ahead.
There are great days ahead, for Gods people.
Yet, that destination will not be reached without a unified effort.
I know we are busy, life is busy, family and work consume our time.
However, we must be unified in our effort.
We will never make great progress if only a few are performing the work.
Young people, middle-aged adults, we need your help.
We must labor together in ministry, evangelism, and in prayer.
2. Same Goal
Secondly, we must have the same goal.
It would do little good for us all to labor, but towards different ends.
As a team of bakers work together to create a beautiful cake, so must the church work together to the same goal.
Our goal at North Etowah can e summed up by this, “We must faithfully bring honor to God through every word and deed of North Etowah Baptist Church.”
Now what are our more ground level goals, for 2023?
A. Engage the unchurched
B. Evangelize our community
C. Elevate our worship
3. Same Purpose
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