BISHOP AVEL B. FORTO Sr., Ph.D.

Philippine Jurisdiction
COGIC

Commitments for the

New Year
Philippians 3:13; Colossians 3:13
 TEXT
Philippians 3:13 (KJV)

Brethren, I count not myself to have

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apprehended: but this one thing I do,

forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those
things which are before,
 TEXT
Colossians 3:13 (KJV)

Forbearing one another, and

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forgiving one another, if any man

have a quarrel against any: even
as Christ forgave you, so also do
ye.
 INTRODUCTION

1. Many of us make a great promises to

ourselves about what we are going to do
in the New Year that we usually abandon
on the 2nd week of January.
 Body No. 1
1). COMMIT YOURSELF TO FORGET YOUR
FAILURE (Philippians 3:13-14)

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Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting
those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are before,
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I press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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2) COMMIT YOURSELF TO GIVE UP
GRUDGES (Colossians 3:13)

Forbearing one another, and forgiving

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one another, if any man have a quarrel

against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
also do ye.
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3) COMMIT YOURSELF TO RESTORE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP (Colossians 3:14)

And above all these things put

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on charity, which is the bond of

perfectness.
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3) COMMIT YOURSELF TO GET INVOLVED
IN THE WORK OF GOD
(Matthew 9:37-38 ; John 4:31-35)

(Matthew 9:37-38)
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Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is
plenteous, but the labourers are few;
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Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will
send forth labourers into his harvest.
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3) COMMIT YOURSELF TO GET INVOLVED
IN THE WORK OF GOD
(Matthew 9:37-38 ; John 4:31-35)

(John 4:31-35)
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In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
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But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
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Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
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Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his
work.
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Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto yo
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
 CONCLUSION

1. Will this New Year be just a calendar

changing event for you

2. Or are you willing to rise to these challenges

from God’s word and make these commitments

3. Make 2021 a year of life’s changing event