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 

in a humble sense of my own unworthiness, 

weakness, folly, and infirmity--

together with a humble dependence 

upon the LORD JESUS CHRIST 

for daily grace and strength.

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GraceGems has published Arthur Pink's short article,
 "New Years Comfort!"