Three Biblical New Year’s Resolutions

[440 words] It is time again to make New Year’s resolutions. Our lives will be blessed in the coming year as we keep these three biblical resolutions. Lose weight. After eating all those holiday season meals, many people resolve to start the New Year off by losing a few pounds. While losing weight may improve one’s health, the Bible speaks of losing “weight” that will improve one’s spiritual well-being. Consider Hebrews 12:1: “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” In this passage, the Christian life is depicted as a race. One who is running in a footrace would not want any extra weight that might hinder his performance. Likewise, the Christian who is running the…