Podcasts and Resolutions

One think that I have started doing this break and have continued into the new year is listening to podcasts. Pastor Stephen Davey from Colonial Baptist Church (my church at home) is one of the best speakers I have heard, he speaks directly to me, grabs my attention, and always uses God's word. I have started to, when I spend my daily time with Jesus, listening to his podcasts. 

He has been preaching on the book of Ruth which is fascination. It is all about a happily ever after story and I love that but it didn't start out that way. In the beginning of the book Naomi lost her husband and both of her sons which one of them was Ruth's husband. They had nothing, only the grace and glory of Jesus. The book talks about the struggles they went through but they had faith in Christ through it all.  

It being a new year I decided to sit down and write down all the things that I want to work better at in this new year. I came up with twenty-three of them:

Set aside more time for Jesus

Make time to be by myself

Exercise more

Do everything out of love

Branch out more and make it an effort to include everyone

Replace frustration with patience

Own up to my sins 

Give more of myself to the ministry of Young Life

Come to my Savior first with anger, saddness, frustration instead of of others

Keep in touch with my parents. Pray for them.

Pray for my friends daily

Love myself

Obtain a job or internship and give it to the Lord

Save money

Take every advantage of representing the gospel

Love my body by eating healthier

Work hard at school

Pray for my future with a career

Pray for my future with marriage..or without it

Constantly work on keeping Christ the center of my friendships

Constantly work on keeping Christ the center of my relationship with Michael

Keep in touch with my friends from home

Prepare myself everyday to spend eternity with my Savior in Heaven