some questions for new Year 2020
The beginning of a new year is always an ideal time to stop, look around, and get our bearings. The following list was excerpted from an article by from Donald S. Whitney, author and professor of Biblical Spirituality. I came across the list in an article from Tyndale Publishers. May this list serve as a guide as we enter a new year and a new decade.
1. What is one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?
2. What is the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?
3. What is the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?
4. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?
5. What is the single biggest time waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?
6. What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?
7. For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
8. What is the most important way you will, by God’s grace, try to make this year different from last year?
9. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
10. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in 10 years? What single thing will matter most in eternity?
Wow, that last question really challenges us to take the long view. We can be so short-sighted in our thinking and our goals. How will you propose to make this New Year one of lasting value?
Pastor Wayne
1. What is one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?
2. What is the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?
3. What is the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?
4. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?
5. What is the single biggest time waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?
6. What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?
7. For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
8. What is the most important way you will, by God’s grace, try to make this year different from last year?
9. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
10. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in 10 years? What single thing will matter most in eternity?
Wow, that last question really challenges us to take the long view. We can be so short-sighted in our thinking and our goals. How will you propose to make this New Year one of lasting value?
Pastor Wayne