{"id":8095,"date":"2024-01-05T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T12:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=8095"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:17:22","slug":"how-to-approach-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/how-to-approach-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Approach the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/count-down-new-year.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8132\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SINACH-WAY-MAKER-MIRACLE-WORKER.mp3\" autoplay loop><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-bible-rising-of-the-sun-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-bible-rising-of-the-sun-image.jpg 510w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-bible-rising-of-the-sun-image-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2022-man-riding-motorcycle-animated-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8123\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is an accepted fact, among Believers, that the beginning of a New Year is a time to reset one\u2019s hearts, which may have wandered. It is also a time of restoring the habit of turning to Christ every day for a fresh start. I\u2019m not talking about being in a brand new relationship, but I am talking about being in an even stronger relationship with Jesus Christ; a relationship which should be always growing. And while many people were trying to decide how to celebrate on New Year\u2019s Eve and trying to figure out their plethora of New Year\u2019s resolutions, what should we, as Christians have been doing? Might I suggest that there might not have been simply one \u201cright\u201d way to observe the transition from 2025 to 2026; however, here are some thoughts to help believers stay focused on Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9054\" style=\"width:375px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/praying-for-you.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5572\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> I pray that we all began by making a <strong>\u201cFresh Start for the New Year\u201d<\/strong>. There are so many people, regardless of what they believe, who will look at New Year\u2019s Day as a chance for a brand new beginning; especially if the previous year was disappointing or if they have made significant mistakes. As a matter of fact, in the New Year it is as if the old things don\u2019t matter anymore and it\u2019s a time for refocusing while imagining that they are wiping the old slate clean and starting over fresh.  As Christians with a strong belief system, we know for certain that \u201cNew Starts\u201d are available for us at any time and that we are not dictated by the calendar.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/animated-love-image-0025.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6733\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lamentations 3:22-23 says that <strong>\u201cThe steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;\nhis mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your\nfaithfulness\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/celebrating-new-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/celebrating-new-year.jpg 296w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/celebrating-new-year-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In other words, all those who confess and repent of their sins can enjoy freedom from regret and freedom from shame while at the same time they can find the courage to endure through trials and tribulations. Joy and mercy are available at all times for each and every believer. However, a new year can readily inspire this kind of thought process. While making our New Years\u2019 Resolution, let us begin with Confessions. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/f_time2_T.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8114\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For us to make a fresh start in the New Year it sometime symbolizes that we should be starting over; starting over which often times turns into making resolutions.&nbsp; But quitting smoking, starting a diet, or purchasing a gym membership is only the beginning of a physical \u201cfresh start.\u201d However, if there is a sin issue in any person\u2019s life, he or she can spiritually address it at that point. In fact, true peace awaits the one who is quick to confess and repent of their sins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As a matter of fact, Psalm 32:10 tells us that <strong>\u201cMany are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/images-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7987\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is apparent that bad habits and addictions are symptomatic of much deeper issues. And rather than making resolutions to quit doing things or rather than making resolutions to start doing something else, we need to take advantage of this renewed force to face the sin in our lives. And at the point while we are facing our sins, it will enable us to find freedom from its effects through the loving direction of our Heavenly Father. An example is that one might be the kind of person who constantly seeks attention by causing drama. Or it may be an individual that might run from conflict in the New Year by exercising in the gym too much and by trying to control a painful situation by regulating calories carefully.  The Fear of life itself could be driving one to drink or to abuse drugs. These habits or addictions can and will enslave a person and will eventually rob them of their peace because alcohol or exercise or drama at that time becomes their focus or a type of worship; an idol. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/200w.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8116\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2 Corinthians 7:10 says: <strong>\u201cGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads\nto salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Therefore, the New Year is a\nperfect time to dig up the roots of trouble by the power of the Holy Spirit,\nunder the assurance that honest and whole-hearted repentance leads to\nsalvation, leads to life and leads to peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Remember these words from the\nApostle John in 1John 1:9 which says<strong>:\n\u201cIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to\ncleanse us from all unrighteousness\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2022-riding-motorcycle-animation.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2022-riding-motorcycle-animation.gif 135w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2022-riding-motorcycle-animation-45x45.gif 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jesus does not want his people to be burdened by their sins, but He wants them to experience true freedom. And it is imperative that we remember that, although God\u2019s Word contains all the answers that one need to overcome addictions and to work through conflict. Spiritual counselors can help by providing direction and support while helping to assist one to connect the Lord\u2019s promises to their unique emotional needs. A responsible and discerning counselor can also suggest medical attention when and where necessary. Certain habits and certain behaviors can be the result of a clinical issue or the result of trauma in one\u2019s life; not just spiritual issues and could require medication, at least for a time. Realistically, when individuals face the turmoil of personal sin that is contributed to a direct response to sins committed against him or her, there could not be a better time than the New Year when both parties can reflect and can make changes. But both parties must accept the fact that the work of the Spirit in each person\u2019s life is between him or her and their God. Part of us learning to overcome addictive behaviors is us potentially finding the courage to walk away from an abusive marriage, an abusive friendship, or a dead-end or unsatisfying job, so is better to make new friends either going  out or in a chat online. Going into the New Year, we need to also <strong>\u201cRemember All the Lord Has Done For Us\u201d.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Deuteronomy 6:12 tells us to : <strong>\u201cthen\ntake care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,\nout of the house of slavery\u201d<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Christians are enjoined or rather instructed to never forget what their Lord has done for them. A Christian who obtains his greatest joy from the Lord sees the New Year as a time to remember the goodness of God as it has unfolded across the previous and the preceding years. Sometimes the details of God\u2019s intervention are only obvious when one surveys his goodness over a period of time. However, we can never remember too often the Lord\u2019s grace, His mercy and His love towards us. Just us remembering Christ is essential; the more one does this the better. But at the start of a New Year, it is important for one to reassess which direction that they need to go with regard to their career or with regards to a relationship; just in regards to whatever his or her cross might be, it must be determined if they need to either change course or stick with the established course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If this is a difficult season,\ngo back and reflect on Hebrews 4:15 which says: <strong>\u201cFor\nwe do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,\nbut one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2022-hot-motorcycle-animated.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8128\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Remember that Christ knows all of the temptations each of us face and the suffering we endure. He is able to sympathize, so we can turn to him without fear for He loves each of us.&nbsp;We need to flat out <strong>\u201cCelebrate the New Year\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Psalm 118:24 says: <strong>\u201cThis\nis the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is the Psalmist\u2019s (King David) exhortation for every day, not just New Year\u2019s Day; not only on the good days, when we anticipate the company of friends; those days when we anticipate a great feast and perhaps some good music and maybe even some dancing. Fact is that \u201cEvery day is the Lord\u2019s Day and we are certainly His every day and His mercies are brand new every day so we need to Rejoice each and every day. Not just on New Year\u2019s Day, but every day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/022_Being_Led_by_Holy_Spirit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/022_Being_Led_by_Holy_Spirit.png 500w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/022_Being_Led_by_Holy_Spirit-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> It is also a fallacy that Christians don\u2019t have fun. Fact is that Christians do not need to avoid \u201cfun\u201d as though Christ was aversely against it. And God certainly does not demand that we be serious all the time. In fact, Jesus was not a recluse as He performed His first miracle at a wedding, when He changed water into wine. He was so full of life that His enemies called Him a wine bibber and a glutton. Of course He was not; but there was a genuine joy in Him. And as we continue on a quest to be more like Him, if you don\u2019t have and if you don\u2019t display that type of joy, then you\u2019re not like Jesus, for He is literally leaping with joy.\u201d We are not called into extreme indulgence in bodily pleasures, especially sexual pleasures, because that is not true joy. But we are encouraged by Christ\u2019s example to be filled with the exuberance for life, which is living inside of us by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8656\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-17.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Romans 8:14-15 says: <strong>\u201cFor those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, \u201c Abba, Father.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> Without a doubt, we all have so much and so many reasons to celebrate. And as Christians, we observe the season of Advent and we look forward to the return of Christ with the perception that \u201cChrist\u2019s Coming is getting Closer\u201d. Each and every year, someone predicts the end of the world and this \u201cso-called prophet\u201d names a year and tells the whole world not only when but how the world will end. With each new catastrophe and with each major conflict between world powers, it appears that Armageddon or rather the last battle between good and evil is very near. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But the Bible tells us in Matthew\n24:36 that: <strong>\u201cBut concerning that day and\nhour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father\nonly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Even with the assurance of Matthew 24:34, every January 1, many Christians still wonder for naught if this \u201cwill be the year Jesus returns?\u201d One thing is for certain; <strong>\u201cJesus\u2019 return is sooner today than it was yesterday\u201d<\/strong>.  Therefore, as God\u2019s people with that thought in mind, it is imperative that we continuously prepare. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-cross-water-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-cross-water-image.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-cross-water-image-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">1 John 3:2-3 tells us that 2<strong>\u201cBeloved, we are God&#8217;s children now, and\nwhat we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[a] we\nshall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. <\/strong>3<strong> And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So, if any of you really want to <strong>\u201cbe in Christ\u201d<\/strong>; if you really want to be like him by seeing him when he comes, you need to pursue being like him now. In other words, each New Year is just a reminder to keep Jesus ever in the forefront of our minds.                                                        You may be thinking <strong>\u201cWhy Does This Even Matter\u201d<\/strong>? The answer is that every New Year\u2019s Day is no different from any other day as far as Christ is concerned. However, for us believers, the very idea of throwing out an old calendar and starting fresh with 12 clean pages is a saddening reminder that the new pages, like our lives, can quickly become messy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">New Year\u2019s Day is a day of resetting hearts, which may have wandered, and a time of restoring the habit of turning to Christ every day for a fresh start, not in a new relationship, but in a relationship with Jesus, which is always growing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Image-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9053\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Image-3.jpg 686w, https:\/\/crossbearersmm.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Image-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an accepted fact, among Believers, that the beginning of a New Year is a time to reset one\u2019s hearts, which may have wandered. 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