Once, when God’s people became carefree in their relationship with them, the Lord warned them through the prophet Aggé, “Look where their ways led them!”He said, leading them to reflect on some of the things that happened to them and to evaluate their spiritual neglect in the light of what God had taught them.
Even the most faithful to God sometimes need to stop and think about the meaning of their lives. It’s very easy to move from one busy week to the next without even stopping and consider where we’re going and where we should go.
- The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to stop.
- Reflect and think about our lives.
- For this.
- Here are some questions to ask in prayer in god’s presence.
1. What could you do this year to increase your pleasure in God?2. What is the most humanly impossible thing you are going to ask of God this year?3. What is the most important thing you can do to improve your family’s quality of life?life this year 4. What particular spiritual aspect do you want to improve this year and how will you do it?5. What is the biggest waste of time in your life and what are you going to do about it this year?6. What is the best way to help strengthen your church?7. For the salvation of whom will you pray most earnestly this year?8. How are you going to try, by God’s grace, to do this differently than before?9. What can you do to improve your prayer life this year?10. What do you plan to do this year that will make a difference over the next 10 years?And in eternity?
In addition to these 10 questions, there are twenty-one others here to help you “see where your paths have taken you. “Think about this list for a while or answer one question a day for a month.
11. What is the most important decision you must make this year? 12. What area of your life needs more simplicity and how could you simplify it? 13. What need do you feel most compelled to address this year? 14. What habit would you like to create this year? 15. Who do you want to encourage the most this year? 16. What is your most important financial goal this year and what is the most important step you can take in this direction? 17. What is the most important thing you can do to improve the quality of your work life this year? 18. How could you bless your pastor (or someone else to guide you) this year? 19. What could you do this year to enrich the spiritual legacy you leave for your children and grandchildren? 20. What book, other than the Bible, would you like to read more of this year? 21. What did you regret the most about the previous year, what are you going to do this year? 22. What blessing from God do you most want to seek this year? 23. In what area of your life do you most need growth and what will you do about it this year? 24. What trip would you like to do this year? 25. What skill would you like to learn or improve this year? 26. For which department or job do you plan to offer more this year? 27. What is the most important thing you can do to improve the quality of your scholarship this year? 28. What Bible doctrine would you like to understand better this year and what are you going to do about it? 29. If those who know you best gave you advice, what do you think they would say? What can you do about it? 30. What is the most important thing you plan to buy this year? 31. In what area of your life do you intend to change the most and how do you plan to do so?
The value of many of these topics is not in their depth, but in the simple fact that they focus on a topic or commitment. For example, just thinking about someone you want to encourage this year, you’ll probably remember to encourage that person. more than if you hadn’t thought about it.
If you think these questions can help, would it be a good idea to save them somewhere (calendar, PDA, calendar, cell phone, etc. ) where you can consult them more than once a year?
Let us think about our lives, make plans, and set goals, and live this new year with biblical diligence, remembering that well-designed plans lead to abundance (Proverbs 21:5). But in all things, let us also remember our dependence on God, who said that without me you can do nothing?(John 15:5).