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Twelve Tips to Conquer the New Year
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Twelve Tips to Conquer the New Year

Twelve practical tips from the book of Proverbs to help you conquer the new year with wisdom, discipline, and dependence on God.

Ptr. Jim Baloran
senior pastor
December 28, 2025
45 min

About This Message

TWELVE TIPS TO CONQUER THE NEW YEAR Proverbs 1:1-5 --- THE TWELVE TIPS 1. BE A PERSON WITH FIRM DETERMINATIONS (Proverbs 1:10) 2. ASK FOR INTELLIGENCE (Proverbs 2:3-5) 3. DEPEND COMPLETELY ON GOD (Proverbs 3:5) 4. BE GENEROUS WITH GOD (Proverbs 3:9-10) 5. GUARD YOUR MIND (Proverbs 4:23) 6. PROTECT YOUR MARRIAGE (Proverbs 5:18-19) 7. GUARD YOUR WORDS (Proverbs 6:2) 8. MEMORIZE THE WORD (Proverbs 7:2-3) 9. TRAIN YOURSELF IN THE WORD (Proverbs 8:10) 10. CAST OUT THAT WHICH DOES NOT EDIFY (Proverbs 9:6) 11. REPRODUCE LIFE (Proverbs 10:16) 12. ENJOY GOD'S BLESSING (Proverbs 10:22) --- APPLICATION 1. Pray the Lord will give you new and creative ideas as well as the grace to put them into action. 2. Come up with a plan that will cause you to completely depend on God. 3. Purpose in your heart to be generous in your giving to God. 4. Discipline yourself in daily reading of the Word with the purpose of keeping your mind pure, protecting every area of your life, and memorizing scripture. 5. Write up a list of all of the unedifying things you do daily and work towards eradicating them from your life.

Key Takeaways

  • 1Be a person with firm determinations
  • 2Ask for intelligence
  • 3Depend completely on God
  • 4Be generous with God
  • 5Guard your mind
  • 6Protect your marriage
  • 7Guard your words
  • 8Memorize the Word
  • 9Train yourself in the Word
  • 10Cast out that which does not edify
  • 11Reproduce life
  • 12Enjoy God's blessing

Topics

New YearProverbsWisdomDisciplineGenerosityMarriage