The Things Above

Introduction Morning! My name is John McCormick, Leader of Renovation U Which is our summer theology classes Happy New Year’s! I’m excited to see what God is going to do this year! And I hope you had a great Christmas reflecting on the birth of Jesus! Making New Year’s Resolutions I don’t know if you do this, but 40% of Americans have been thinking about what their New Year’s resolutions will be That could be something they want to start doing Or maybe something that they want to stop doing If they anything like me, they’ve told themselves that they are going to eat salads every day for lunch for the whole year Gotta eat right and get in shape! Maybe they’ve admitted to themselves that they should use that gym membership that they’ve been paying for and haven’t used in…….. a long time It could also be a fun resolution like wanting to travel more Or wanting to try something new like jumping out of a perfectly good airplane People make resolutions because we want to make something better in our lives Resolutions give us hope that we can finally change that