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Essay / One-word resolution: "Conquer" - 707
Conquer - conquer, obtain by effort, gain a victory. A conqueror is one who has the courage to overcome an obstacle despite fear and limitations; one who claims many victories. The conqueror and the vanquished are those who can be vanquished and those who have been vanquished. My only resolution for 2014 is “conquer”. The past year has been full of many valuable lessons that have allowed me to grow morally, emotionally, and spiritually. I have not only gained enough insight to seek and discover personal growth, but I have also been greatly strengthened as a follower of Christ. In these realizations, I have reached an ultimate goal that I will devote all my patience to mastering: trusting God completely. In order to fulfill this ambition, I will have to overcome all threats of doubt, anxiety, fear, impatience, apathy, hatred and replace them with the eternal promises of love, joy, hope , peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forgiveness. , self-control and grace, all of which I receive abundantly simply by placing all faith and trust in the hands of my Heavenly Father. All it takes is to come humbly to the Father admitting that I am weak, and that on my own, I stand no chance against my accusers. In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul explains how we can boast in our weakness, because when we are weak, it gives God a chance to be strong. God says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” » So I can gladly boast about all my weaknesses, because I know that these are cases where God's strength acts on my weakness, and in every weakness there is a hidden blessing because Christ is able to transform battles. the most severe in the gentlest of battles. blessings. In stating the extent of my t...... middle of paper ...... world of overwhelming circumstances. He will not fail me, nor will He be deaf to my cries, nor will He hesitate to catch me when I fall. When I doubt his plan, he is quick to forgive and understand. When I place all my trust and faith in Him, I am able to move the mountains of adversity that oppose me and walk on the waves of doubt instead of drowning in them. I find peace knowing that my God is for me and that nothing that rises against me will last long. When I trust in the Lord, my heart need not be troubled because He who holds my heart in His hands has conquered the world and deprived it of the power to harm me. He is the mightiest of all conquerors, and I was created in his image. It is in Him that we find perfect peace, eternal hope and contagious joy and it is in my weakness and through His strength that I too become a conqueror..