RESOLUTIONS FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Gus Nichols
Sermon Outlines, 1961

H -- Hold fast to your faith this New Year.

A -- Assemble with the saints as often as they meet.

P -- Pray earnestly every day of the New Year-asking in faith.

P -- Prepare your heart for great blessings from God during the year.

Y -- Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin-against self and God.

N -- Neglect not your talents and new opportunities this New Year.

E -- Examine yourself daily to see whether or not you are in the faith.

W -- Work diligently for the Lord, for your labor is not in vain.

Y -- Yield the members of your body unto righteousness every day of the year.

E -- Exercise yourself in godliness, so as to grow in grace and truth.

A -- Aim at sinless perfection, yet don't be unhappy if you fail at it.

R -- Redeem the time-for it is the "stuff" that life is made of.