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Are You Ready to Make a Change This Year?

Sometimes it feels impossible to grow. We make goal after goal yet often fall short. So, what do we do when we’re stuck in a rut?

Before we embrace something new, maybe we need to let go of something old—the mindsets, habits, and expectations that don’t fit us anymore.

When we let go of guilt and shame, we can make room for Jesus to do something new and beautiful in our story.

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Check out Sunday’s message above, then, continue the conversation with the reading plan and resources below.

This week, we’re reading selections of scripture from Sunday’s teaching. You might follow the plan below or simply read it through multiple times this week.

  • Monday: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

  • Tuesday: Matthew 9:14-17

  • Wednesday: Philippians 4:4-9

  • Thursday: Romans 12:1-2

  • Friday: Colossians 3:12-17

  • Saturday: Romans 15:13

Check out the resources used in this week’s teaching, as well as books you can explore if you’d like to dive deeper into our conversation.

  • Atomic Habits, by James Clear 

  • The Power to Change, by Craig Groeschel

  • Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, by Dr. Caroline Leaf

  • You Are Not Your Brain, by Dr. Jefferey Schwartz

  • The Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

  • NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible

  1. What are the mindsets you would like Jesus to help change within you this year?

  2. What are the habits you would like Jesus to help you establish this year?

  3. How would you like Jesus to transform your expectations this year?

  4. In order to move forward with God, what are some thing you need to let go of in 2023?

  5. Describe the person you want to be at the end of this year. What are you doing? What’s different about you? What’s the same?