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.

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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.

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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 32 (NLT)
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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 32 (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 312b - 14
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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 32 (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 18-9 (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 312b - 14
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Habakkuk asks that God would help them again one
more time. God is in the starting over business
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 32 (NLT)
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 18-9 (NLT)
Memo
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• 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 312b - 14
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• 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 312b - 14
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• 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 312b - 14
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• 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 312b - 14
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To live with passion, purpose and hope!
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 312b - 14
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• 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!

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Habakkuk 32 (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.

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Philippians 312-14 (NLT)

• 12 I dont 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.

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1 John 18-9 (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.