As the new year is upon us, there will be many voices suggesting aims and goals in 2025. What are your resolutions? What will you invest in? What will be your point of focus? In 1 Timothy, Paul answers these questions to help us biblically align our aims.

As you reflect on 2024 and look forward to 2025, find comfort in God’s promises and taste his goodness when God is faithful to appoint affliction.

After thousands of years since the sin in the garden cursed humanity, the New Testament opens, alerting people that the promise of salvation has come. Jesus the Messiah is born! Come behold the wondrous mystery as we explore the intricacies of God’s plan and adore His promise delivered!

Though it seemed as if Israel’s sin might derail God‘s plan for salvation, God’s determination to save people from their sin was made even more clear.

Does it feel like God’s promises are slow to develop? The promise made to Israel took thousands of years to transpire. Yet, God gave his people assurances through the ages that he would be faithful to his promise. They just needed to be patient and continue to trust in him.

Jesus’s coming was the fulfillment of a promise made to Adam and Eve thousands of years prior, highlighting the faithfulness of God.

What is one important valuable you have lost? Remember how hard you searched for it? So also, James exhorts us to seek the lost and share the truth with them so that they might be saved.

It can be hard to be patient. So, what is the fuel that helps us persevere?

As Christians, how can we leverage our wealth for the kingdom of God?

How can we plan for the future, while not presuming we have ultimate control?