I came across this article. It is a good read, especially for today, as we look forward to a new year.

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/my-prayer-for-next-year

Prayer turns theology into experience

During my devotions today, reading Colossians 3:1-17, I was mulling over just what, "Set your minds on the things above" (v. 2) practically means. Paul does go on to describe it in practical terms in the following verses. Look them up, and you will be blessed today!

You'll Never Walk Alone

Our middle son, Mark, played youth soccer. All of the years, he played for a club which had a special connection, through its British-born coaches, to Liverpool Soccer Club. On their uniforms was written the motto, "You'll never walk alone." I suppose the primary idea was about teamwork, but perhaps there was an inference to the great biblical truth that every Christian can rejoice in. We never walk alone because Christ lives in us. We are His temple, and the Holy Spirit of God dwells permanently in us. "I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me", because "it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." Paul Tripp said, "Why give way to fear when, in Christ, it is impossible for you to ever be alone because you are now the temple in which God dwells?" Not only that, but he goes on to describe the ways that God's indwelling presence works in us. "By grace, His power is at our disposal. By grace, he fights on our behalf even if we don't have the sense to do so. By grace, he works within us to complete the labor of grace that he has begun. By grace, he animates us to desire and do what is right. By grace, he exposes us and convicts us. We are able to choose and do what is right only because he lives in us and gives us the power to do so by his grace. He hasn't just forgiven us, he's taken up residence in us, and in that there is real hope." Let's cast aside fear, doubt, loneliness, and all that accompanies those nagging emotions, by looking to the power that works within us, the Spirit of Jesus Christ the righteous, Who will never leave us or forsake us!