Happy New Years!

So i was at the YMCA the other day and i noticed there were a lot of people in the treadmill room. I'm not surprised since this is around the time for New Years resolutions. I'm sure for the typical American, losing weight or getting in shape is always at the top of their list and is perennially one of the first to be lost. I can't really say that losing 15 lbs. or getting that six-pack is on my to do list, but i havent really made any definitive resolutions yet. But two days ago, during the new years eve sermon by pastor Kim got me thinking in a good way. If this whole Christianity thing for real to us, shouldnt everything about it be real to us? As in not just the Shepard God and God the father, but God almighty, and our perfect God? Isn't the God we worship the one who created the stars and the heavens? Is this not the God that parted the Red Sea and gave life to the dead? And yet often times i catch myself praying for such little things. I pray with this kind of mindset at times, 'You know God if you can do this that'd be really cool. But if not, that's alright. I mean i know i've asked for it a lot of times so if it doesnt happen this time then ill just ask again later.' So what's one of my resolutions this year? I want to pray with earnest expectation for things that seem out of reach. We're not praying to the god of our own limited abilities. We're talking about the God with all the power and all the glory. So what type of prayers am i talking about? Im talking about my school which seems too engrossed in sin to ever be saved. I'm talking about seeing this church grow into the hundreds. I'm also talking about entire nations being saved from religious oppression.

Exodus 15:11-12 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.