Many of us will not move successfully into tomorrow because we're still chained yesterday.

Dr. Tony Evans says our future is partially determined by how tightly we hold on to the past.

There comes a time when you have to let yesterday go. That means there's gotta be some forgiveness.

A thing you're holding on to. A regret that you have. Things that you cannot change.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oaklef Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.

Exercise more, lose weight, get organized. There are plenty of resolutions we can make for the new year.

But today Dr. Evans shares four essential biblical concepts that can ensure a positive future. Let's join him.

I want to give you the keys to a successful new year.

I wanna call your attention to Joshua 1. And I want you to see a word in the end of verse 7 and the end of verse 8 of Joshua 1.

The last phrase of Joshua 1.7 so that you may have success wherever you go.

The end of verse 8 says, for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success.

So God uses the word success to talk to Joshua. So obviously success is not a bad word.

Because God uses it twice in these first few verses of the first chapter.

The problem is not with the word success. It's one of God's words.

The problem is the definition of the word success.

In our world today, success is measured by prosperity. The more money you have, the more successful you are believed to be.

By your position, if you get to a certain height or level in your occupation, it's easy to be viewed as successful.

By prominence, if you reach a level of notoriety, then people will view you as having achieved a level of success or power.

If you gain clout, if you gain a position, then you will be viewed as successful.

But many of us know rich failures.

Many of us know prominent failures. We know powerful failures.

We know positional failures. In other words, we know that those terms don't necessarily equal success.

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