chase parker's 2010 blog.

new years resolution(s).

in today’s world, most people make like to make a “new years resolution.” they do this because they want to make themselves better or healthier or nicer, etc. some want to lose weight, and others want to lose a bad habit. for me, i’m making several resolutions. i’m going to make them all about my faith. i really want to grow in my faith, and i think the start of a new year and decade is the perfect time. here’s kind of a quick look in bullets…

• bible reading. – i’m going to be completely honest. my bible reading sucked in ’09. i really, really, really want to commit to reading at least once every day. the thing that i care about most in life is growing in my faith.
• praying. – it seems so simple, yet many of us, including me, forget about this. for quite some time now, i have been praying frequently, and it was awesome. i just want to talk more one on one with God more than i ever have before. i recently created a prayer list. it has the names of my family, my friends, my adult leaders and pastor, and things simple like water and air. i made this so i could commit myself to start really thinking about others more than me. i care so much for these people, so i want God to know by praying for them. it’s a really good idea if you are trying to figure out ways to pray and such.
• church going. – now, i’m not saying i don’t go to church enough or anything like that, because i do. but, i always seem to go to the one service that everyone goes too. all of my friends go. i think it’s more of a trend now for high schoolers to go to this service. i think we go to this service, mainly because we want to see our friends and be with them. which isn’t necessarily wrong, but, i think some of us (including me) need to set our priorities straight. i want to try to commit to going to one of the other 3 services every once in a while. i’ve noticed that when i go to these, i tend to focus way better on what i should be focusing on – GOD. i mean, that’s why i’m at church.
• reaching out to others at school. – this is the biggest and most challenging for me. i really want and need to reach out to kids at my school. even though i attend a private christian school, there are more non-believers than you could imagine. either that, or they simply don’t care about their faith, church, and God. i tried this past year to bring two of my good friends to church, and they came. one, who is already on fire for god (so he doesn’t really count), and the other who is catholic and doesn’t care for his faith too much. i want to continue bringing him to church, and helping him see how awesome God is and why he should devote his life to Him. i need to just shine a light at my school; show everyone that i live for God, and that by doing so, my life is amazing. this will be hard, but i just need to pray for the strength and courage to do so.

all right, i’ve typed enough. have a nice day/evening. pray, pray, pray!

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