5 Tips For Christian Living In The New Year

Begin to set a new pattern. To give. Let it start with something small, a loaf of bread for a friend, and let it grow from there.

Point number four, target a sin in your life, to see it removed.

Many of us here have things we need to work on. There are obvious things like smoking, drinking, porn, or drugs. But there are also things like gambling, playing the lotto, swearing and cursing, compulsive lying, stealing, manipulating people for your benefit, unforgiveness, or even hatred.

These things can be dealt with though. And I want to give you some simple instructions on how to.

What is it on this list that you battle? What is the sin you hide? Do you see it in your mind?

First thing, let’s pray about it. Father, God please help us with these issues. We know we can’t remove these things on our own, but we believe God you have infinite power, so God we ask you to set us free in Jesus name, amen.

Now, keep praying about it. Whenever it comes up in your mind and you feel ashamed or upset or angry, turn that feeling into a prayer. Lord, I feel so ashamed, God have mercy on me in Jesus name, amen.

Second, understand God loves you so much he will help you in every way he can to set you free. Put the sin in His hands. Admit you can’t fix it. And then put it in his hands. Be motivated by His love for you.

Thirdly, recognize you are under threat as well. Anyone, Christian or not, who is living in active willful sin is in danger of hell. Please my brothers and sisters, take sin seriously. Repent quickly if you find yourself in active sin. God is a just judge, and he doesn't show favoritism. I’m not trying to scare you, but I am trying to help motivate you toward change. You are in danger in active sin.

Fourthly, let the love of God, and the fear of God’s justice, motivate you toward change. Sit down with your pastor. Ask for help. Visit a support group. Buy a book on freedom from that sin that you find online on Amazon, and read it. Continue to pray about it. Take actions to be free. And you will find freedom and deliverance.

Fifthly, after you’ve found freedom from the sin, make plans to stay free. Being an alcoholic addict recovered by God’s grace, I continue to this day to attend recovery meetings that help me stay free.

Last point today, turn your life over to Jesus Christ today. Call out to Him, ask him to be your savior, renew your commitment to follow him and serve him all your days. Recommit your life to Jesus Christ today, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Let me Him lead you into the new year, and new seasons ahead.

I believe we’re going to see the world get darker and darker as we head into the future. We’re going to see increasing wars, increasing famines, prices going up, jobs and housing harder to find, corruption in governments will spread, even our freedoms will come under attack, but at the same I believe we will see more and more people realizing that they need Jesus to face the darkness.

As the world gets darker, I believe we’re going to see at the same time, the body of Christ growing more mature, and more pure, and more active, and we’ll begin to see revivals break out. As the world falls more and more under the sway of Satan and evil, we will see more and more people giving their lives to Jesus and being lights in the darkness, shining ever brighter until the second coming of Jesus. Amen