264. Should Christians Make New Years Resolutions? | Ask Paul Tripp

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🗓️ 31 December 2021

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There is a new year upon us and inevitably many listeners will begin making some new years resolutions. In today’s episode of Ask Paul Tripp, Paul addresses this question, “Should Christians Make New Years Resolutions?”

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0:00.0	Hey friends, this is Dalton, Paul Tripp's media coordinator. We pray that you've been blessed by this
0:04.5	podcast in 2021. If you have, would you consider making an end-of-year donation to our not-for-profit
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0:25.1	by making a tax-deductible donation at www.pawtrip.com. Thank you, and enjoy this next episode.
0:43.7	Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.
0:47.5	There's a new year upon us, and inevitably many listeners will begin making some New Year's resolutions.
0:53.4	In today's episode of Ask Paul
0:55.0	Trip, Paul addresses this question. Should Christians make New Year's resolutions? If you've
1:00.6	been enjoying the Paul Tripp podcast, would you consider leaving a review? Each review helps us reach
1:05.3	more people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ. Now here's Paul on New Year's resolutions.
1:14.2	Well, I have a confession to make. Paul Tripp does not make New Year's resolutions.
1:22.8	It's not that I don't care about change or I don't think making commitments is important,
1:30.3	but I'm deeply persuaded that your life isn't actually shaped by dramatic moments of commitment,
1:41.3	but by 10,000 little moments where you are committed to do what is right.
1:47.0	We actually live our lives in the utterly mundane.
1:52.0	It's little moments that form a marriage.
1:57.0	It's little moments that form your parenting. It's little moments that form your thought life and your spiritual life.
2:07.1	Life is lived in little moments.
2:11.7	And the beautiful thing is that God's grace is new each morning for all of those moments, and God's presence is with you
2:23.6	in all of those little moments, and God's grace is sufficient for all of those little moments.
2:46.0	How about this year, instead of thinking about grand, dramatic moments, commit yourself to living in those moments where nobody is watching, nobody knows. It'll never be on Instagram.
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