We’ve all acquired patterns of behavior that form the basis of our daily routines. But what happens when our daily routines are suddenly changed? After spending a year embracing uncertainty, how do we start to move forward?
The beginning of 2021 is the perfect time to reset our minds, look closely at our habits, and prepare our hearts for what God is going to do next.
Here are 5 ways to do that:
Set aside time with God every day.
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
JEREMIAH 29:13
Start rebuilding healthy habits by making time with God your top priority. When you prioritize time with Him, you allow Him to renew your mind and change the way you think.
One tool you can use to create a daily quiet time routine is Verse of the Day Stories. Start your day with a Story and get into the habit of letting God’s Word speak to you.
Ask yourself: At what times of day do I find it easiest and hardest to connect with God?
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
HEBREWS 12:1-2
Keeping Jesus at the center of your life will help you lay aside anything that might easily entangle you, and eventually, this practice will change the way you live.
So today, take a moment to think about what might be keeping you from focusing entirely on Jesus. Try creating a Prayer in your Bible App and list the distractions you want to surrender. Then, set up a Prayer reminder to help you give those distractions over to Jesus every day.
Ask yourself: What desires are keeping me from centering my life completely around Jesus?
Remember Whose you are
You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20
Everything you’ve sacrificed this past year will never compare to the ultimate sacrifice God made for you. So when you begin to grow discouraged, remember that God is eternally invested in your life. Your future is in the hands of Someone who loves you, and He wants you to become the person He created you to be.
Ask yourself: What habits will help me glorify God more?
Start small
One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
LUKE 16:10
Growth takes time, so just pick something small you’d like to change, and start there. Consistently doing one thing well will make it easier to master other habits later. And if you miss a day (or five), give yourself grace. Starting small makes it easier to pick yourself back up and keep moving forward.
Ask yourself: What is one thing I can start to master?
Invite others to join you
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
PROVERBS 27:17
We weren’t meant to go through life alone. You’ll find it easier to stay on track if you invite some friends to join you on your journey. Try finding a Bible Plan you’d like to read, and then commit to processing each Plan day together.
Ask yourself: What trusted friends can I invite to join me?
As you keep developing healthy habits, over time you will find yourself becoming more like the person God created you to be.
It only takes a moment to get going, and these 5 steps are a great place to start. Pick the number you want to focus on first, and then stay committed to moving forward by applying this bonus step…
Set Reminders to help you pursue what matters most.
Reminders are perfect for the times when you need some extra encouragement to continue to build good habits. And by setting up Bible App reminders, you’ll always have a way to stay connected to God’s Word and His will for you. Reminders are currently available for Bible Plans, Verse of the Day, and YouVersion Prayer.
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Well, if you haven’t been doing all of that, it isn’t too late to start.
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I always start the year writting out my goals and fasting, seeking the face of God for directions for the new year.
Last year was quite an eventful year, won’t call it a bad year at all, I achieved 80% of my set goals to the glory of God.
For those of us that didn’t know I lost my dad August last year, it was the most trying period of my life, but I’m healing and it gets better with time.
I want to encourage us to make the most of our time on earth, this year be more grateful, pray more, be happier, keep right company, love, sow, be kind, learn a new skill, brush up your existing skill, travel, spend time with your loved ones, earn, save, have a vision board, set goals and work towards achieving them.
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If you want to create the life of your dreams, then you are going to have to take 100% responsibility for your life as well. That means giving up all your excuses, all your victim stories, all the reasons why you can’t and why you haven’t up until now, and all your blaming of outside circumstances. You have to give them all up forever.
You have to take the position that you have always had the power to make it different, to get it right, to produce the desired result. For whatever reason—ignorance, lack of awareness, fear, needing to be right, the need to feel safe—you chose not to exercise that power. Who knows why? It doesn’t matter.
The past is the past. All that matters now is that from this point forward you choose—that’s right, it’s a choice—you choose to act as if (that’s all that’s required—to act as if) you are 100% responsible for everything that does or doesn’t happen to you.
All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
WAYNE DYER
You will never become successful as long as you continue to blame someone or something else for your lack of success.
If you are going to be a winner, you have to acknowledge the truth—it is you who took the actions, thought the thoughts, created the feelings, and made the choices that got you to where you now are. It was you!
You are the one who ate the junk food.
You are the one who didn’t say no!
You are the one who took the job.
You are the one who stayed in the job.
You are the one who chose to believe them.
You are the one who ignored your intuition.
You are the one who abandoned your dream.
You are the one who bought it.
You are the one who didn’t take care of it.
You are the one who decided you had to do it alone.
You are the one who trusted him.
You are the one who said yes to the dogs.
In short, you thought the thoughts, you created the feelings, you made the choice, you said the words, and that’s why you are where you are now.
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2017 was quite a year for me; it was filled with opportunities, missed opportunities, happy and sad times, mistakes, lessons, achievements, epic fails, encounters, sound warnings, inventions and reinvention- experiences in general. I lost myself along the line. I needed pages from my blog to put me back on track, to snap me back to reality.
On that note, the end of a year/beginning is always a good time to reflect, count our blessings, make adjustments and set the ball rolling in the right direction. Setting goals eliminate regret and prevent you from dwelling in the past.
All SET FOR 2018
I am all about being positive, grateful and content while letting God take care of the rest. I am keen on living in the present and loving myself the most.This might sound quite selfish, but loving God and myself is going to be my lifestyle.
In the past year I put people before myself and that left me unhappy most of the time, because at the end of the day you can’t please everyone.
I have made a choice not to allow situations define me. I don’t have to explain myself and reasons for my actions to everyone. If God is pleased and my conscience is clear, I don’t care what anyone thinks.
But these are my personal goals. I would love to know yours.
However, here are ways to make the most of 2018:
• Let go of the past
• Be prayerful
• Keep the right company
• Stay positive
• Be thankful always and in every situation you find yourself
• Let love lead
• Don’t be a people pleaser
• Renew your mind through the word of God
• Learn to forgive and heal
• Set goals
• Be disciplined
I’m am extremely optimistic that this year would be a year to remember; it will culminate in good things .
Thank you for taking out time to read through. I hope you learnt a thing or two (LOL at my rhymes).
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