New year 2013

What are you New Year Plans?

New Year Resolutions

• Good morning children. I trust you all had a good Christmas.

• At this time of year you often hear people saying “Merry Christmas.”

• Sometimes you hear people say “Merry Christmas and a happy _____ _____ ?”


• That’s right, a Happy New Year. A brand new year started on January 1. This is the new year of 2013.

• Now is a good time to think about planning to do the things that God wants us to do in this New Year.


• I want you to look at these two notebooks. This book is the planning book that I used for last year and this is my new planning book.

• Let’s look at the old one that I used last year. Wow. It’s a bit messy isn’t it?

• Let’s look through it.


• Let’s look at the old one that I used last year. Wow. It’s a bit messy isn’t it?

• Let’s look through it.


• What are some of the successes, failures, mistakes and things I didn’t get around to do listed in my old plan book?


• Now look at this new planning book that I’m going to use for the coming year.

• Look at the nice clean pages.

• Doesn’t this look nice? Nothing has happened yet so I have the opportunity to start afresh.


• I can’t change the past but I can plan to do the things that God wants me to do this year.

• The beginning of the year is a good time to pray and ask God to show you the things he wants you to do in the coming year.

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• There also might be some things you don’t want to do in the coming year.

• What things do you not want to do?

• It’s also good to ask God to give you his strength and power to do his will.


• We can’t do the work of God in our own strength; we need the power of the Holy Spirit to help us.


• Children’s Prayer: Dear God, thank you that it is the beginning of a new year.

• Please forgive us for the things we’ve done wrong in the past year and give us your strength to live for you in the New Year to come.

• This is the beginning of an exciting new adventure. • Thank you that you promise to be with us and

guide us every day. • In Jesus’ name – Amen!

New year 2013

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