Resolution #5:

The Apostle Paul told Timothy to not depend on  worldly fables to bring about the kind of Godly life that he needed to live.  The false teachers about which Paul warned had all kinds of plans for quick spirituality.  With modern communication those kind of ideas have proliferated beyond imagination.  This book, or that conference, or some spiritual sounding gimmick is offered as the cure for spiritual malaise.  To the extent that any of these resources are based in the truth of God's world they may be part of the answer.  None of them are the answer that, too often, their hype proclaims them to be.
Instead the Apostle told Timothy to "discipline himself for the purpose of godliness." (1 Timothy 4:7)  In the context he speaks of laboring and striving.  The word "discipline" speaks of intense activity.  Several translations use the verb "train," as an athlete in training, to render the word.  Bottom line there is no spiritual equivalent of a sit-on-the-couch-and-develop-awesome-abs pill.  You have to work at it.
Athletic training, the sports-fan apostle points out, yields little profit--benefits in this life, the kind of training Paul is recommending, however, "holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come."  (4:8)
The disciplines we need to work on in our lives are not complicated or esoteric.  I have suggested several over the past few days.

• We need to spend regular time in God's word.
• We need to pray.
• We ought to be an active part of church that is based in the Word of God.
• We ought to actually be doing something for the glory of God.

Discipline yourself for the purpose of Godliness.  That is a resolution that covers a lot.