Fresh Start

Fresh Start

It’s a brand-new year. Is it really possible for me to get a fresh start?

God’s Response

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin. Zechariah 4:10

Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature. Ephesians 4:23-24 ()

You harvest what you plant. Pumpkin seeds produce pumpkins. Sunflower seeds produce sunflowers. That is exactly why you must beg the Lord to plant within you a clean heart, so that your life will produce clean thoughts, actions, and motives. The bad desires and thoughts that remain are evidence that some bad seeds have also been planted and you need to do some weeding. Complete renewal is not yet accomplished. None of us will be entirely pure in this life, but purity of mind and heart is one of the most worthy goals to pursue this year. Is it your goal? How will you be different at the end of this year—inside and outside—if you meet that goal?

God’s Promise

I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again. Philippians 1:6