01/12/2025 Midtown Church Elk Grove
“New Year, New Wisdom”
Pastor Tyronne Gross
BIBLICAL BACKGROUND
New Year, New Wisdom
1.Pursue Wisdom Over Resolutions
Proverbs 3:1-4
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you;bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Psalm 119:105
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
2.Trust God in the Process
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
3.Honor God with Your First and Best
Proverbs 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Luke 21:1-4
As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
Matthew 6:33
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.