First Things First! Start the new year on the right foot!

Much has been written about the Law of First Things.  Stephen Covey in his famous book First Things First said "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."  Frank Damazio in The Power of Spiritual Alignment wrote a fantastic book about following the firsts of Jesus which he called "the bottom line for a victorious life."

You can only have one main thing in your life!  If we don't prioritize our lives something or someone else will.  People may claim to be non-religious or are exasperated by talk of God however each one of us have a God or gods that we live for.  In fact our hearts are idol factories.  We live for the love of another, our career, money, sport, our for ourselves to name a few.

When new years day hits we do two things.  The first thing we have a tendency to do is to look back over the shoulder of our life to analyze the previous twelve months.  The second thing we do is to analyze problems in our lives or shortcomings and mistakes and try to change those in the upcoming year.

An article in the New York Times only confirms that the will is weak when it shows that the overwhelming majority of New Year’s resolutions are doomed to failure. According to research, 80 percent of those who make resolutions on January 1 have given up by Valentine’s Day. Nutrition experts say that two-thirds of dieters regain any weight lost within a year, and more than 70 percent of people who undergo coronary bypass surgery fall back into unhealthy habits within two years of their surgery.
(I grabbed this quote from: http://theresurgence.com/2011/12/31/why-new-years-resolutions-dont-work)

I spoke on January 1st 2012 (last Sunday) on the power of first things and looked at seven scriptures where Jesus used the word FIRST.   He said things like seek Him first and His Kingdom.  A famous teaching of Jesus was a reminder of the first and greatest commandment.  He also told a group of pharisees to first take the plank out of their eye before they point fingers at other people flaws and mistakes.

Irregardless of your hopes and commitments in the new year their is one concern or hope that I have for you. Take some time to consider who is your number 1.  Put God first and everything shall be added to you!  All of our diets, fitness goals, finance changes etc etc, will pail in comparison to God's surpassing greatness.  He wants to add to your life.  Like Ephesians 3:20 says, Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. 


Have a super blessed new year! Visit our website and i-tunes account to listen to this message from 1/1/12.