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The Year of Purpose

I love the feeling of going into a new year. It’s the chance for new beginnings, a fresh start to hit the reset button. It’s so easy to be full of hope and excitement the first month in, and then the newness wears off and life kicks back in to full gear. What if instead of resolutions filled in earthly goals we focus on the heavenly ones. The ones where we receive the ultimate fulfilment. The one that sustains us above anything. I have had the feeling of defeat kick in all too soon on some resolutions, but I have realized that the goals I had were to me focused and not enough He focused. “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for they are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” Galatians 5:16-18 He has a purpose for your…

Obedience

Lets talk about obedience in our journey with Christ. Being obedient to what He is calling us to do requires us to step outside of our wants and desires for something greater. The world that we live in asks us to focus on bettering ourselves, focusing on our self care, and when we focus so much inward we lose the greatest purpose God has called us to. Think about when you were growing up and maybe for some it was a sport you wanted to excel in or something in music, art whatever it was, it required discipline. It required you gathering all the equipment you would need to even begin. It required a lot of practice to be good at what you wanted to do. I remember practicing shooting for hours for basketball. My parents would send me to camps, get the best Swoop basketball shoes (those were popular back in the day) and my uniform to play. All of these things require preparation, dedication and consistent practice to keep your skills up. Why do we think it would be any different in our walk with Christ? “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not…