GATHERING RESOLUTIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR1 Thessalonians 5:16-24In the area of technology. Families are changing, values are changing, society is changing, ideas about what is moral and immoral is changing, and the question is:in the midst of all this change, how does one prepare for life in the new millennium?The good news is: There are things in this life that never change. Jesus Christ never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8.As Paul gives us his list of do’s and don’ts — the kindergarten stuff of Christian living, we are reminded of what it takes to keep our spiritual lives in shape:
We must exercise spiritual discipline.
We must practice spiritual discernment.
And we must depend wholly upon the power and mercy of God to make us blameless in our body, soul, and spirit.