The coming of a New Year often causes people to make resolutions. I have a friend who decided to quit smoking last year. He got so much satisfaction from that decision that he has resolved to quit smoking again this year!

I decided just this morning that I needed to make some changes in my eating habits. That decision came shortly after I cut myself shaving, only to discover that the liquid trickling down my chin was pure gravy!

Seriously, we all need to assess our lives occasionally and determine what specific changes we could make in order to become more like Jesus. Perhaps now would be a good time to reflect on how we might make some self-improvements in the coming year.

“Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.”—1 Timothy 4:15.