Nancy Lee DeMoss describes an important resolution.

By God's grace, I'm going to live a life where my emotions are disciplined.

They're under the control of the Holy Spirit.

I'm not going to be controlled by my flesh.

I'm not going to let it run my life.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss.

It's Friday, January 2nd.

We're going to hear about a young man who gained some early success.

He entered Yale at age 13 and graduated at the top of his class.

But he wasn't satisfied.

He wrote out 70 resolutions to guide his process of spiritual maturity.

I think you'll find these resolutions helpful in your life, as Nancy shares some of them with us.

You ever find yourself looking at another believer who's very mature in their faith, and they seem so spiritual,

or you read about one of these great Christian leaders in history, and you kind of have this sigh and think,

if only I could ever have that kind of mature Christian walk. I see some heads nodding. And we maybe just assume they,

maybe they're just in a different league, or they're just naturally more spiritual than we are.

As you examine the lives of those who've lived spiritually mature lives, you realize

that spiritual maturity doesn't just happen. We don't just wake up one morning and find that we're

spiritually mature. It's a process, and it's a process that requires intentionality. It requires

purposing to pursue Christ-likeness. We've been looking

this week at some of the resolutions of a great man of God, but made when he was still a teenager.

Jonathan Edwards, who became one of the great leaders of the first great awakening in our country,

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