... That JESUS CHRIST May Be Magnified In Me.

A New Year's Resolution

(Matthew Henry)

"My times are in YOUR hand!"

 Psalm 31:15

Firmly believing that my times are 

in GOD'S hand, I here submit myself 

and all my affairs for the ensuing year, 

to the wise and gracious disposal of GOD'S 

divine providence. Whether GOD appoints for me . . . .
  health or sickness,
  peace or trouble,
  comforts or crosses,
  life or death--
may HIS holy will be done!

All my time, strength, and service, 

I devote to the honor of the LORD JESUS--

and even my common actions. It is my 

earnest expectation, hope, and desire, 

my constant aim and endeavor--

that JESUS CHRIST may be 

magnified in me.

In everything I have to do--

my entire dependence is upon JESUS 

CHRIST for strength. And whatever 

I do in word or deed, I desire to do 

all in HIS name, to make HIM 

my Alpha and Omega. 

I have all from HIM--

and I would use all for HIM.

If this should prove a year of affliction,

 a sorrowful year to me--

I will fetch all my supports and 

comforts from the LORD JESUS 

and stay myself upon HIM, HIS 

everlasting consolations, and 

the good hope I have in HIM 

through grace.

And if it should be my dying year--

then my times are in the hand 

of the LORD JESUS. And with a 

humble reliance upon HIS mediation, 

I would venture into the eternal world 

looking for the blessed hope. 

Dying as well as living--

JESUS CHRIST will, I trust, 

be gain and advantage to me.

Oh, that the grace of GOD may 

be sufficient for me, to keep me 

always a humble sense of my 

own unworthiness, weakness, 

folly, and infirmity--

together with a humble 

dependence upon the LORD 

JESUS CHRIST for both 

righteousness and strength.

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You may also want to read one of the following New Year's articles:

"A NEW YEAR"

"Untried, untrodden, and unknown"

"A New Years Motto"

"This year I may be in heaven!"

"An Inquiry for the New Year"

"The Force and Importance of HABIT"

"You will die this year!"

"Jonathan Edward's Resolutions"

"The Untrodden Path"

"Strength for a New Year"

"A New Years Address"

"Comfort For a New Year"

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