Welcome to the For the Gospel podcast where we provide sound doctrine for everyday people.

I'm your host, Kosti Hind, and I want to say a big happy new year to all of you.

Thank you for all of your support this past year.

And beyond, thank you for listening and sharing and reviewing.

I am so grateful that God would use this small effort to bless you and to spur you on in your faith and your life with him and for his glory.

On today's episode, I want to unpack one priority for your 2023 that will change your life.

It's one that you've heard about before, no doubt in a variety of different places, including radio programs and books in your church on social media.

But I don't think we go as deep on this one as we ought to into our thinking, meaning deep thinking, looking at the results, maybe looking at it from different angles.

If we would go deeper on this particular priority, it's going to impact our lives in significant ways.

Before I lay out that priority for you, I want to give you some stats.

These aren't meant to poke fun or derail your New Year's resolutions, but these are some stats on New Year's resolutions.

Basically, just about everybody you talk to is going to have some goals this year.

They're going to have some things they want to accomplish, things they want to do.

That's normal goal setting fairly common should be in our lives.

And then there are more formal ways to crystallize goals like New Year's resolutions.

The New Year turns, people say, well, these are the things I want to accomplish this year.

Studies show that about half of people who set New Year's resolutions set one.

There's one main goal they're trying to accomplish.

Other people, they set multiple goals.

Now here's where it gets interesting.

23% of people will quit in the first week.

So they sign up for the gym membership, they pay the dues, and they're going to bail after one week.

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