New Years Resolution 2.0
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
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🗓️ 4 January 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Below are eight questions that can act as a guide in making a good New Year's resolution. Ask yourself the following questions:
Will this resolution draw me toward Christ or away from Him? Sometimes our goals become self-centered and tend to draw us away from Christ and onto our own agenda. Keep a holy card or crucifix with you when you consider a New Year's resolution.
Will this resolution enhance my vocation in life? In other words, will it help me as a parent, spouse, single person, priest, or religious? Starting with your vocation is a great place to determine future action. For example, if you are a father some of your decisions are already made. Becoming a better father is something that you know God wants you to do, even more than fitting into that pair of pants in your closet.
Does this resolution have eternal impact on my life and those around me? The decisions that we make today have eternal impact, so it becomes important to budget your time and resources accordingly.
Have I prayed about it and asked God to lead me in my decisions? James 4:15 says that our future decisions should keep in mind the phrase, “if it is the Lord's will.” We must always qualify our plans with this phrase as sometimes it may be the will of the Lord for us to accomplish a certain thing, but we may be off when it comes to the timing.
Will this resolution take time and resources away from those around me who really depend upon me? We only have so many hours in a day and so many dollars in the bank, so it becomes very important to ask ourselves if the main things in our lives are being taken care of or neglected? If you have a family, it's a good idea to consult your spouse if you are about to allocate funds or time for your special project.
Am I prepared to accompany my resolution with prayer and fortitude? The prophet Zechariah once said, “not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.” Simply making the resolution will not bring about the desired results. Rather, fortitude and a constant reliance upon the spirit of God is what brings about the victory in our lives. Ask yourself if you are prepared to soak this change in your life with daily prayer.
Am I prepared to sacrifice and offer up that which is uncomfortable in order to attain my resolution? Whether it be in sports or in the spiritual life, becoming good at something does not come without practice and sacrifice. As “location” is the key to real estate, so practice is the key to the virtuous life. Change comes by habitually practicing the good.
Does this resolution further your walk with Christ and glorify the Lord or does vanity compel you? It's a wonderful thing to be physically fit, but if being fit is for the purpose of getting noticed, then your heart is in the wrong place. Become fit so that you can be a more effective witness for Christ. Remember all those times you said, "I'm too tired to do (fill in the blank)?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Jeff Cavein Show episode 46, New Year's Resolution 2.0. |
| 0:09.6 | Hey, I'm Jeff Caveins. How do you simplify your life? How do you study the Bible? |
| 0:14.4 | All the way from motorcycle trips to raising kids, we're going to talk about the faith |
| 0:18.6 | and life in general. It's the Jeff Kaven Show. |
| 0:28.4 | And I want to welcome you to the show and wish you a very happy new year. This is the first show of 2018. |
| 0:31.2 | If you're listening in order, if you're out of order, still going to be a good show, especially if you're looking at making resolutions in your life. |
| 0:39.0 | And this is the time of the year where everybody kind of comes up with their New Year's resolution. |
| 0:44.0 | They are, they're through with Christmas and they have gained their weight from eating and buying |
| 0:50.1 | and everything else and there's this natural sense of, I got a purge, I got to get rid of some of this stuff and typically |
| 0:55.5 | New Year's resolutions kind of center around losing weight exercising |
| 1:01.5 | reading more watching less TV, you know, that type of thing. |
| 1:06.0 | Rarely do you hear people say for New Year's resolution, |
| 1:09.4 | I'm going to watch more TV this year, I'm going to eat more this year. It's usually trimming things |
| 1:14.2 | down a bit. But I do hope you had a good Christmas and I do hope that 2018 for |
| 1:20.2 | you is going to be a good year. If you're listening to this two or three years later, |
| 1:24.0 | whatever year it is, I hope it's going to be a good year for you and I pray that it will. |
| 1:28.3 | You know, this time of year we do talk about resolutions and in some ways it gets a little tiresome because the people |
| 1:35.4 | grow weary of resolutions because they know deep down inside they're probably not going to |
| 1:40.9 | keep it but the effort in making a resolution is somewhat satisfying, you know, that because |
| 1:48.1 | I thought of it, therefore I am. |
| 1:51.6 | And it doesn't work that way. |
| 1:53.0 | So I want to talk to you today about making some good resolutions and what goes into making a good resolution for your year. |
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