Wise Closure
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NASB)
Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. "Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
1. Recommit and rededicate every area of our lives to be used for God’s purposes
Surrender our trials fully to God
Start by forgiving those who don’t ask for it
Leviticus 16:22 (NIV)
The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert.
Recall and take seriously the lessons learned
Hebrews 2:1 (NLT)
So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
Make right decisions to complex problem
1 Cor. 14:33 (NKJV)
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
2. The kind of choice you’ll make will say a lot about you and who you are
2 Tim. 1:7 (NIV)
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline
Prune and shape our lives to His Best!
Hebrews 12:1 (NLT)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
3. Build a good filtering system of the heart for the year ahead
Luke 6:45 (NLT)
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Psalm 15:1-2 (NASB)
O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart.
Phil. 4:8 (NIV)
…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.