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The Roman God Janus, from which we get the word January, first month of the year.

And Janus was considered to be the ancient Roman god of new beginnings.

Janus has depicted two faces.

One face looks back at the year that passed, and that side of that face bears

traces of sorrow, desmay, and perplexity. The other face looks forward to the new year,

and that forward-looking face is personified with hope and confidence.

This is, of course, superstition and worship of false gods.

It's no wonder that each year you find in the secular media, they are obsessed or even possessed almost with that spirit of the theme of wanting

to look back and look forward and want to look back and look forward.

It's a fact that many people make New Year's resolution.

But the best statistics that I have read is that 90% of people who make resolutions are forgotten in two weeks time. I'm not against

New Year's resolutions, and I really am not, especially if those are made at the guidance

and the leadership and of the Holy Spirit of God, if they're made in confidence and the Lord's power

and the Lord's strength to do some great and new things

for God. I am not against that at all. God has set times and seasons. He set festivals and all

for the purpose of renewal, because God is a God a renewing God. And the New Testament, however,

tells us that we are to renew our minds on a daily basis,

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