IT IS INDEED A NEW YEAR WITH POSSIBLE MESSMERIZING POTENTIAL THAT CAN TAKE ONES BREATH AWAY. THE PREPARATION THAT MANY HAVE MADE THROUGH THE PAST YEAR WAS OF TOTAL VERBAL CONVICTION, WHEN SPEAKING OF ADOPTING A REAL AND AUTHENTIC DISCIPLINE TO THEIR LIVES. ALTERING PREVIOUS NOTABLE ERRORS AND MISJUDGEMENTS WAS THE RESOUNDING DECLARATIONS THAT WERE HEARD AND READ ON PODCASTS AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH AT LARGE SEEMED EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW BRAVADO AND EVEN IMPLEMENTED CHANGES WITHIN THEIR RANKS, WHICH SOMETIMES RESULTED IN RELEGATING SOME OF THEIR LONG TERM AND MOST STAUNCH SUPPORTERS TO EITHER BENCH WARMING OR A COMPLETE EXODUS FROM THE TEAM.

THIS HAS BEEN VIEWED THROUGH VARIOUS FELLOWSHIPS, CHURCHES AND COMMUNIONS, LEAVING A NOT TOO PLEASING SEPARATION FROM THE FLOCK. YES, THE INTENT IN THE MIND WAS, IN SOME CASES TO IMPROVE AND MAKE A PATH FOR THE FUTURE. THE SAME RINGS TRUE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS SAME THOUGHT PROCESS. TO ALTER EXTERIOR FUNCTIONS AND ALLOCATE NORMALLY USED HUMAN VESSLES OR IDEAS TO A NEW DESIGNATION, THAT COULD POSSIBLY MEAN A TYPE OF IMPOSED DETENTION. THUS, SETTING THE SCENE FOR BELIEVED IMPROVEMENT.

ALL OF THIS SOUNDS PROMISING AND WONDERFUL, RIGHT? THE PROBLEM HERE, IS THAT MOVING PIECES WITHOUT A COMPLETE PURE MOTIVE AND CONVICTED DESIRE TO CHANGE THE PERSONAL ACTIONS WHICH FOLLOW AN UNALTERED MINDSET. YOU SEE THE BODY GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE MIND. WHAT THE MIND THINKS, THE BODY EXECUTES, SO NOW WE MUST ASK OURSELVES, WHAT'S IN THE MIND THAT PURPOSED THE ACTIVITY AND STIRED THE NEED FOR A SHIFTING? ARE WE CONTINUING THE SAME FORMAT THAT WAS PRACTICED FOR DECADES, BUT WAS NOT A MODEL FOR REAL IMPROVEMENT? PHYSICAL CHANGE RARELY BRINGS MODIFICATION OF A LIFESTYLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION HAD FAULTY MOTIVES. VISABLE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT AN EQUALLY RATICAL STRAIGHT MOTIVE, CAN ONLY LEAD TO HYPOCRISY. 

WE CAN ALL OBSERVE GREAT EXECUTION OF A WELL THOUGHOUT PLAN FOR OUR LIVES AND EVEN WITNESS OURSELVES INITIATING THE SHIFT IN THINKING BEFORE ACTIVELY SHOWCASING ANYTHING. NOW, I MUST CONFESS, THAT WE MIGHT SEE SOME LOSSES OF WHAT WAS, LOSSES THAT WE MAY HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT ULTIMATELY IF THERE IS A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO CHANGING, THAT'S THE DEPRIVATION THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ENDURE FOR THE GREATER PURPOSE AND BIGGER PICTURE. WE MUST REASONABLY BE WILLING TO FORGO WHAT WAS (WHICH PREVENTED OUR PROGRESS) FOR WHAT IS TO COME. BE INCLINED TO GO THE DISTANCE WITH THE INTENT OF CHANGING OUR THINKING, THOUGHTS, AND SPIRITUAL MENTAL CAPACITY. SEEING BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE, FOR THE GLORY THAT IS SET BEFORE US. 2025 CAN BECOME A GREAT YEAR FOR THOSE THAT DESIRE A GREATER CHANGE THROUGH EXECUTION WITH UNFEIGNED MIND MODIFICATION.