The end of a year is typically a time for reflection, for looking forward, and for making decisions to create changes in our lives.

In his final lesson of 2015, Mike looks forward to the New Year and presents two ideas for getting the most of 2016: 1) recognizing the value of time, and 2) setting tangible goals for your personal growth.

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 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.

Philippians 3:10-14