Did a new Year, with new resolutions actually work for any of you?
And will you make any resolutions this coming year? Don't worry, I didn't kill anyone. LOL!
2006-12-30 17:02:22 · 19 answers · asked by Lily P 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ask god for forgivness as honestly as you can. He will listen and know of your sincerity. It will free you.
2006-12-30 17:06:30 · answer #1 · answered by stefani h 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Making resolutions or attempting to quit past sins or bad habits is never going to work. Bad habits or sins are symptoms of being a sinner. If your nature has been changed then you have already written what you need to do --- Let Go!
Not self denial, just gone and forgotten. If God doesn't recall past sins why should you?.
2006-12-30 17:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 02:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by bunton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the past and re educate your bad habits into good ones.
I never make New Year resolutions because I know my map is already drawn and what will be will be. I just try to be a better person. If i like myself I will be happy.
2006-12-30 17:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by slipper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, I have to re-state a scripture you have already been given:
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
They key to your question is - is it a past sin or one you are continuing with? If it is a past sin, if you have genuinely accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life, then that or those sins are forgiven and to be remembered no more - they are as far as the east is from the west. Guilt is a really good tool Satan uses to remind us of those past sins. Don't allow it, don't allow Satan to speak lies to your heart.
Something I read a LOT here is people's attitude against Christianity combined with sin.
Becoming a Born Again Christian does not give us a license to go out and continue to commit every sin known to God. We must live in a constant state of repentance.
We are to live a righteous life, no we're not perfect and yes we will probably mess up every day in one way or another but once you become a genuine follower of Christ, old ways fall away and you become a new creation and you want to live to please God which means your liklihood of continuing in open blatant sin is gone or at least diminished, but it is a growth process - it will not come over night and it takes much study in God's Word and much prayer asking God to guide you and to give you strength.
Ask God with sincere prayer to convict you of anything He finds within your heart that is not pleasing to Him and ask Him to give you the strength to overcome those things.
I promise you He will.
God Bless!
2006-12-31 00:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the best way to let go of sins or bad habits is to learn from them. That or move past them. Not always easy but worth the effort, no?
2006-12-30 17:06:08 · answer #6 · answered by adangerousidea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
daily death to self-will. DAILY.
Thank GOD His mercies are new every morning!
2006-12-30 17:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by watcherd 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Be honest that you will never do them again. That is the best way! once you tell God that you understand what you did or said was wrong and never go back on your word all will be forgiven!
2006-12-30 17:07:44 · answer #8 · answered by Dee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just move on and hold your head up high might want to let go of those so called friends.
2006-12-30 17:06:06 · answer #9 · answered by dccuttie75 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask God for forgiveness and REPENT (vow to try not to backslide again). Just ask for a fresh start - kind of like God giving you a new pair of nice white shoes and doing your best not to get them dirty :)
2006-12-30 17:19:34 · answer #10 · answered by kakolikapiha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best way is to pray and ask God to remove your characters defects, and you yourself must be ready to have them removed. Discontinue doing things you know are not right, and He will give you the strength to see it through
2006-12-30 17:07:10 · answer #11 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋