2022 A New Start

Usually in early January, most years I like to give a New Year's Sermon. This is my first opportunity to do this now in 2022 and I hope this message will be helpful to you as we start off the New Year.

A lot of people in Australia make New Years resolutions at the start of each year.

A new Year is a good place to make a new start.

Someone said: "A new year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other".

You may not be into New Years Resolutions, but I do think it is good to set goals for the year.

Now there was a young man in history that set specific goals for his life. His name was Jonathan Edwards.

Jonathan Edwards became an American Pastor and missionary in the 1700's. You might have heard of his most famous sermon. "It was called Sinners in the hands of an angry God."

As a Teenager Johnathan Edwards made 70 Godly Resolutions for his life. He also made a resolution to re read his 70 resolutions at least once a week.

Now did you know that there were people in the Bible that set goals.
Joshua in the Old Testament set goals for serving the Lord.

Joshua was determined that He and His Household would serve the Lord.
Josh 24:15 … choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Daniel as a young man set goals for Godliness. He made sure that he did not compromise with the World. (Daniel Chaps 1 & 6)