Looking back with a repentant spirit is not enough… Repentance is an active progressive and decisive process. The apostle Paul usess the imagery of a race in an athletics competition. Frustratingly, we all have made resolutions that we failed to keep. I believe that a thoughtful, planned assessment might be more helpful than just a reaction on a whim. Donald Whitney writes extensively on spiritual disciplines and here are some of the questions he would suggest to be helpful at the beginning of a New Year or at the time of your birthday.
- What’s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?
- What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?
- What’s the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?
- In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?
- What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?
- What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?
- For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
- What’s the most important way you will, by God’s grace, try to make this year different from last year?
- What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
- What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years? In eternity?
ON THE WAY 
good questions.. i will repost them on my blog… i will give you credit for writing it though!