According to a poll by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, 35 percent of Americans will make a resolution for this year while 65 percent.

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According to a poll by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, 35 percent of Americans will make a resolution for this year while 65 percent are not going to bother. For those who do, there is hope. The Marist poll said of the Americans who make a resolution, 57 percent keep their promise, while 43 percent don't.

I have heard all about you, Lord, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 (NLT) Memo

I have heard all about you, Lord, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 (NLT) Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14

I have heard all about you, Lord, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 (NLT) Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. 1 John 1:8-9 (NLT) Memo

Habakkuk asks that God would help them again one more time. God is in the starting over business I have heard all about you, Lord, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 (NLT) Memo If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. 1 John 1:8-9 (NLT) Memo

I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 Paul recognizes that he has not become all that he desires to be He keeps working at it!

Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 Paul recognizes that he has not become all that he desires to be He keeps working at it! The Strategy

Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 Paul recognizes that he has not become all that he desires to be He keeps working at it! The Strategy 1- Putting the past behind Confessed sins / failures Old wounds / hurts Disappointments Wrong choices Broken relationships

Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 Paul recognizes that he has not become all that he is desires to be He keeps working at it! The Strategy 1- Putting the past behind 2- Looking forward accepting the challenges, obstacles, blessings acknowledging sin, failure, and forgiveness quickly.

Memo I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Phil 3:12b - 14 To live with passion, purpose and hope!

Lord, I look forward with hope to all that You have ordained for me this coming year. I purpose to accept the challenges, overcome the obstacles, and receive the blessings You have for me. I purpose to confess my sins and shortcomings quickly, receive Your forgiveness gladly, and begin again expectantly. My desire is to run the race set before me with passion, purpose, and hope. In Jesus name!

Habakkuk 3:2 (NLT) I have heard all about you, Lord, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy.

Philippians 3:12-14 (NLT) 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be,* but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.*

1 John 1:8-9 (NLT) If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.