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Plan For The New Year - Ephesians 3:20-21

Plan For The New Year - Ephesians 3:20-21

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Locations & Times

First Wesleyan Church

3040 Marlin Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703, USA

Sunday 8:20 AM

Sunday 9:50 AM

FWC Live Stream

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1. Spiritual
1. Fast
2. Memorize a passage.
3. Journal each day.
4. Read a Christian biography.
5. Listen to a sermon each day.
6. Give away $10 each day.
7. Spend 2 days Alone with God.
8. Write 30 encouraging notes.
9. Read a hymn.
10. Do a random act of kindness.
11. Study a chapter in the Bible.
12. Spend month on confession.
13. Celebrate someone each day.
14. Make 30 handmade gifts and give away.
15. Pray 10 minutes each day.
16. Be in church every week AND on time.
17. Be in a small group. Lead a small group.
18. Serve in the church.
19. Take a meal to a neighbor each month.
20. Read God’s Word - every day.
21. Have devotions with your wife and children (even teens).
22. Begin tithing. Keep tithing. Give to missions.
23. Witness to a person a month.
24. Read a devotional.
25. Trust in God.
2. Physical.
1. Drink better. Water. Drink more. Less or no alcohol. Less or no energy drinks or less or no soda.
2. Exercise
3. Ingesting only healthy substances into our bodies. No Vaping, cigarettes, drugs. Include vitamins.
4. Proper rest. Get to bed at a certain time. Get up at a certain time.
5. Eat healthier. Give up snacks or limit yourself. More produce instead of sweets.
6. Read instead of watching so much: YouTube, Google, movies, streaming, and video games.
7. Guard the eye gate.
8. Listen to Godly words, music, and interactions.
9. Make something constructive.
10. Enjoy nature.
3. Relational.
1. Invest in your friendships.
2. Develop a plan to love on your family.
3. Be involved in a small group.
4. Look for ways to bless your neighbors with intentionality.
5. Find ways to bless those who serve you—grocery store clerks, waitresses, flight attendants, gas station attendants, etc.
6. Pray for each interaction with people.
7. If married, develop that relationship. (Marriage retreat, book together, spending time together)
8. If have children, how to love them better.
9. For the 5 people closest to you, how can you encourage them each month?
10. Develop ways to invest in more relationships.
11. End a relationship.
Conclusion
Sermon Discussion Questions

1. How have you seen God working in your life in 2023?

2. What ways do you want Him to work in 2024?

3. What are 3 things you need to subtract? What are 3 things you need to add?

4. How can you stay on track to achieve Godly plans for you? ( ie. someone to keep you accountable or encourage you)

5. Spiritually, physically, and relationally, which will be the biggest area of working in 2024 for you?