Transformation occurs from repeatedly doing the two things—renewing your mind and changing your behavior.  Do something different because you have a new perspective.

You have prayed.  Maybe the first time, and maybe the hundredth time.  And each time you pray you are stuck wondering what happens now. God promises He hears and He answers, but it doesn’t always feel like it.  Especially if you are repeating the same requests. So you wait and see.  Not really convinced anything will be different.  Or maybe you figure it is another area your attitude needs to change, so you try to be more positive and more optimistic in general.  But the need goes unmet.  Again.  And it seems like, once again, God has ignored you.

It is a time when we pick resolutions that we vow to keep. For real this year, unlike last year and the year before. It is a time we take stock of all our failings and decide we must change everything about ourselves to be successful and have a better year.