The first is found in Micah 6:6-8 (NIV):
With what shall I come before the LORD
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
For 2012, I resolve to acty justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with my God.
The next passage is found in 1 John 2:15-17 (NIV):
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world -- the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does -- comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
For 2012, I resolve to not love the things of the world, to not boast about what I have and what I've done and I resolve to do the will of God.
The next passage is found in Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV):
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will direct your paths.
For 2012, I resolve to not lean on my own understanding, but to trust in the LORD with all my heart and to acknowledge him in all that I do.
The last passage is found in 1 Chronicles 28:9 (NIV):
... acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
For 2012, I resolve to serve God with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind.
These are my resolutions for 2012 and I hope that you will consider adopting these as well.
