This new year imagine yourself doing something for Jesus. Something he’d do if he were in your shoes, your school, your job, your friendships, your family. Would it be a service you can provide, conversations you can have, a thing you can give, or just treating someone differently?
After you imagine it, do it (for a short while). Then step back and make a decision whether or not God can use you to do this good deed on a regular or daily basis. Now pray that it be effective at changing you and the other parties involved, and accept the gift God will now give you. A gift that will make you better.
You are always changing in your faith- for the better (more glorious) or for the worse (more hurtful). You change in the faith for yourself and for others. Allow God to use your efforts (the above mentioned activities) to mold you into someone that will continually bring glory to God and continually have a more fulfilling life.
John