What are you longing for in this new year? Is it success, status, money, recognition? Those things are spiritual junk food. Instead, may we have such a hunger for God that nothing becomes more important than the increase of Jesus’ life in us!  ///   Dr. Jim Bradford is lead pastor of Central Assembly in Springfield, Missouri. Central is a church committed to connecting people to God, to each other, and to their purpose in life. We are a whole-family church that values being scripturally thoughtful and spiritually engaging, which leads to intellectual durability in our faith and a very real and participational relationship with God. Find out more at www.centralassembly.org.