I love the fresh start January represents, so I normally kick it off with a list of New Year’s resolutions as long as my arm.

Some of my goals are specific and easily quantifiable: Walk a mile a day. Read a book a week. Get 7 hours of sleep a night. That way, even if I only walk 5-6 miles a week, read 3 books a month, or occasionally stay up late, I’ll still be better off than if I didn’t try to do those things at all. 

But some of my goals – the really challenging ones – take the form of more general reminders. Today I'm sharing ten such resolutions I think should be on everybody’s list.

Proverbs 16:9 - “A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.”

Proverbs 19:21 - “Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.”

Jeremiah 10:23 - “I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.”

James 4:13-15 - “...you ought to say, 'If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.'”

Proverbs 31:16 (Amp) – “She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]….”

Luke 1:37  - “…with God nothing will be impossible.” 

Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 – “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness....”

Proverbs 15:13 – “A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.”

Proverbs 17:22 - "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones."

1 Corinthians 9:27 - “I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should.”

Philippians 4:6  -  “Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything….”

Ephesians 6:18 - “Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition.”

Psalms 103:2 - “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.”

James 1:19 - “Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.”

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