Resolutions for 2010

Wow what an awesome year that God has brought me through and I am overflowing with gratitude towards Him for all of the blessings and love and grace and tidings He has given me last year. He brought me first to Cornerstone where I can form real and actual relationships that are godly and purposeful!! And He also brought me to Eternity Bible College and it just totally changed my life for more joy and peace in Him and also in others rejoicing in Christ and displaying His amazing love to me!! So now as this year closes it is time that I make some resolutions for the upcoming 2010 year and what I would like to through the grace and power of God! Paul says by the grace of God He is what He is so may these resolutions come true by the power of the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:10, Philippians 2:12-13) I humbly ask that you guys all commit to helping me fulfill these resolutions!

1. The most basic essence of the gospel and of the Christian life is that I want my life to be a showcase of the awesome grace of Christ and the wonderful lovely gospel that He brings! I want to be satisfied in God and Christ and live my life to display the life of Christ and glorify His beautiful name of love and grace!

2. This is not distinct from my compassion for the whole world and my desire for them not only to be saved from hell but also to be satisfied in the beauty and grace of Christ and His Father! Therefore I am resolved to not only speak the gospel because the gospel (by the Spirit's power) does not glorify Christ (John 16:13-14, 2 Timothy 1:10) convict people of their sin (John 16:8, 1 Thessalonians 1:5) enlighten and open minds to respond (Acts 16:14, John 1:9) and grant repentance and wisdom so that they might rest in the work of Christ (2 Timothy 2:24-26, 3:15) if I merely speak words and not live it through a life of love!! I learned that the hard way several times so I want God to refocus I fun-loving and energetic nature into acts of joyful love because that is what makes Christ stand out as a superior satisfaction as a FREE gift to all who believe!

3. I am resolved to glory in the weaknesses of my autism! When I first came to EBC, I had this attitude that I wanted to be healed of this disability because I thought that it was a thorn in my side! And I believed that because first it damaged beyond repair my social skills and my ability to not be distracted! (In other words I have extreme trouble concentrating) And these weaknesses strip me of my ability to do many things but I now see that these weaknesses are in fact wonderful love gifts from God! I desire to love the fact that God made me autistic and weak because it turned out to be my blessings and also the channel by which Christ's awesome power and grace shines. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10) So I am resolved to not take anything that claims can help me with my autism such as reliv, or pray any prayer for any of it to be healed, or believe anything that sounds like a health wealth and prosperity gospel because this autism in it's fullness is a gift from God!

4. This is one I ask that you guys always keep me accountable on! I want to honor and love my parents the way Christ loved me! I have not done a good job at this and I am determined and resolved to do a better job at doing this! I know that I am apt to fail because of my sinful nature that is still there but I pray that I can claim victory by the power of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:13-26) and the power of the union with Christ, and His death burial and resurrection! (Romans 6-8 is a great section all about this). I want to be honest with you about this. My mother is not an easy person to deal with because she is extremely depressed and feeling hopeless about life right now and because of that she acts very self-centered and selfish. (So do I to tell you the truth) So I need to ask for Christ's power of sacrificial love and great patience to endure evil because I cannot do it! (Galatians 2:20) So I hope you guys will push me to love them for the potential reward of their worship of God and the actual reward of my sharing in Christ likeness! If I can love those who don't act loving, like my parents, I can love my friends even better than I did before!!

I ask you guys to help me to fulfill these resolutions and to keep my eyes focused on the reward in heaven and the glory to come! (Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, All of 1 Peter)

Resting in the power of Christ to fulfill these resolutions!
Kevin Chu