It is a new year,
a new beginning,
a fresh start,
a chance to rewrite your story.
I love a blank calendar, so loaded with possibility!
What is your goal for the coming year?
does it involve changing a BEHAVIOR?
for way to many years this is where I landed….
and for way to many years I felt like a failure….
because
DETERMINING TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR WITHOUT FIRST CHANGING OUR HEART ALWAYS SETS US UP FOR FAILURE.
so where do we start?
how do we continue to grow without setting ourselves up for disappointment? How do we stop making unrealistic goals and having ridiculous expectations of ourselves?
How do you change your heart?
by giving it to HIM
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, God, and know my heart; (are you giving God permission to be brutally honest with you? ask HIM to show you your true motives)
test me and know my anxious thoughts.(are you acting out of fear? Are you filling every moment in order to avoid feeling all the feels?)
See if there is any offensive way in me, (are you acting out of pride or self-protection? In what areas of your life are you defending and deflecting rather than taking ownership of your own stuff?)
and lead me in the way everlasting. (Do you have an eternal perspective? is your main goal to have a closer, more honest relationship with Jesus?)
to answer these questions honesty you will need
AND SPACE
Space in your life, space in your heart, space in your Soul.
next week I will share how I began to find this space.
if you have time watch this teaching from church 3 twenty-one