Ten Biblical Thoughts on Our New Year’s Resolutions

By Stan Guthrie

Of the making of many New Year’s resolutions seemingly there is no end, but with 2024 now upon us, I’d like to offer some scriptural encouragement if you want to plunge in anyway. A resolution, at minimum, points to a desire to improve an area of one’s life or attain a goal. And at its best, this desire is profoundly Christian, as long as we remember that our works are good only when done for God and with His enabling power. 

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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