E55 From Reflection to Action: A Faith-Filled Start to the New Year

Ever feel like New Year’s resolutions are just promises waiting to be broken? 😅 Us too!

In this first episode of 2025, we’re kicking off Season 2 with a look back at the previous year and look ahead to what God has in store for the year to come. Forget the guilt-laden “I’ll do better” lists. Instead, let’s reflect on God’s guidance, explore how to grow spiritually, and seek to deepen our understanding of His purpose for our lives.

Join Cosmo and Suzi as they share candid insights into their year of personal ministry, from navigating unplanned coaching opportunities to creating meaningful one-on-one connections with those seeking support in dating, marriage, and singleness. You’ll hear how they turned missed opportunities into blessings and laid the groundwork for exciting new resources, like online courses and soul-anchoring guidebooks, designed to help Christians strengthen their relationships and walk closer with God.

Plus, get your hands on six reflection questions to help you process the past year and set faith-focused goals for the new one! Whether you're married, dating, or single, this episode offers encouragement, practical tools, and a sprinkle of laughter to inspire you in your relationships, spiritual growth, and trust in God’s plan for 2025. Don’t miss it—your soul (and your relationships) will thank you!

The Six Reflection Questions plus helpful Scripture:

1. What is one area of my life where I’ve seen God’s growth or guidance this past year? How did I respond to it?

• Philippians 1:6…"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
• Isaiah 30:21..."Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’"
• Colossians 2:6-7..."So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your  lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness."

2. What small habits or routines did I establish this year that brought me closer to God or others? How can I continue or build on them?

• Galatians 6:9..."Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
• Hebrews 10:24-25..."And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
• 1 Timothy 4:7-8..."Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come."
  
  

3. What are 3 character traits God has been working to develop in me this year, and how have I noticed changes?

• Galatians 5:22-23..."But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
• Philippians 1:6..."Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
• Romans 12:2..."Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
  
  

4. What’s something I did this past year that I regret or want to do less of in the future, and what did I learn from it?

• 1 John 1:9..."If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
• Proverbs 24:16..."For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes."
• Philippians 3:13-14..."Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

5. What’s something I discovered that brought me joy or fulfillment this past year that I want to do more of?

• Psalm 37:4..."Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."
• John 15:11..."I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."
• Ecclesiastes 3:12-13..."I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God."

6. How did I make time for what I loved this year, and what did I learn about prioritizing my passions and values?

• Ecclesiastes 3:1..."There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
• Psalm 37:4..."Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."
• Colossians 3:17..."And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."