Series: “I Am Going To Be Better This Year…Even If It Kills Me!

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

Psalm 5110 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

David’s “resolutions”

I will be more godly this year - 10

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

I will praise Him more this year – 15

I will repent when I am wrong and have sinned - 17

I will do my best for Him this year - 19

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Remember why people fail in their resolutions?

1. Not Written Down.

2. Broad Goals.

3. No Rewards.

4. Unrealistic Goals.

5. Quitting Too Soon.

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Philippians 4:13(KJV)

13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Ecclesiastes 5:4-5(NKJV)

4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed— 5 Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Personal one on one prayer time with the Lord

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12(KJV) 11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Wonderful worship of the Lord

Hebrews 10:25(NKJV) 25not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Personal and public

Psalms 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Study the scriptures

John 5:39(NKJV) 39You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

Acts 17:11(NKJV) 11These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Study the scriptures

2 Timothy 3:14-17(NKJV) 14But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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I will be more godly this year - 10

Seek forgiveness from the Lord

Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Psalms 51:10(KJV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

James 1:19-27(NKJV) 19So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 26If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Watch our temper

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Watch our temper

Unproductive hearing encourages wrongful wrath – 19

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Watch our temper

Unproductive hearing encourages wrongful wrath – 19

Unnecessary wrath is totally unproductive - 20

Ephesians 4:26-27(KJV) 26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27Neither give place to the devil.

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Watch our temper

Unproductive hearing encourages wrongful wrath – 19

Unnecessary wrath is totally unproductive - 20

Unheeded scripture or Word is completely useless in our lives – 22-24

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Watch our temper

Unproductive hearing encourages wrongful wrath – 19

Unnecessary wrath is totally unproductive - 20

Unheeded scripture or Word is completely useless in our lives – 22-24

Untamed tongue is the ultimate indicator - 26

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I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Caring attitude and actions in our everyday life

27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Caring attitude and actions in our everyday life

We need to be aware of others’ needs and heartaches

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will have the right Spirit within me this year – 10

Caring attitude and actions in our everyday life

We need to be aware of others’ needs and heartaches

We need to show them we care (willingness to help)

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will do my best for Him this year - 19

Psalms 51:19(KJV) 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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I will do my best for Him this year - 19

God wants our best

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

I will do my best for Him this year - 19

God wants our best

God wants our all

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I will do my best for Him this year - 19

God wants our best

God wants our all

God wants our lives!

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I will do my best for Him this year - 19

God wants our best

God wants our all

God wants our lives!

God wants the special us that He knows is there!

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I will do my best for Him this year - 19

God wants our best

God wants our all

God wants our lives!

God wants the special us that He knows is there!

We need to set and example for them to see the Lord in our lives

So, What Does It Take For Me To Be Doing Better?

We need to get down to business with God.

We need to be sincere in our approach

We need to give our life to Him

We need to serve Him well

We need to do what is right – today!

We need to do better with our life for Him

Not selfish, not for our gain, but for Him!