New Year's Resolutions?

from http://www.armybarmy.com/JAC/article10-43.html

"I have come up with a personal lifestyle manifesto, this is an extension to my soldier’s covenant and I would urge others to adopt this or come up with their own. This list is by no means comprehensive but it is at least an attempt to respond to God in a practical way:
• As long as people are hungry I will eat only the minimum required to remain healthy.
• As long as people go thirsty I will drink only water.
• I will not waste or mince my words while there are people who remain deaf to God's word.
• I will not abuse my freedom in Christ but will use it to release those who are bound by sin and addiction.
• In a world of increasing leisure and dubious entertainment I surrender all my spare time to God to reach the distracted.
• In a world of increasing materialism and consumerism I will embrace poverty (as much as I practically can) and surrender my money to God to reach the dissatisfied and sell all personal possessions, which are not essential to my mission.
• In a fragmented world of broken relationships, where individuals are increasingly marginalised, I will not forget my own family in my enthusiastic efforts to welcome the excluded. • I will remember that rest is a command and obey it even though to do so is against the grain.
• In an environment damaged through the apathy of greedy industry and lazy humanity I will use the minimum of both natural resources and energy. Practically, I will wash only with cold water, walk (where possible instead of drive) and where I can travel by public transport.
• In a world of political, economic and social oppression I will fight for social justice, champion the cause of the forgotten and bring those out of sight into mind. I will make myself aware of, and join in, campaigns for social justice, I will use any purchasing power that comes my way to shop ethically.
• In a world of political correctness and Christian hypocrisy I will hate and oppose the sin but adamantly refuse to hate the sinner - I will love the unloved as Christ loves me.
• I am a resource in God's hand made freely available for him to spend as he wishes. I give myself totally and without any reservation to God and the Salvation War.
These are resolutions not regulations and as such are about purpose and motive rather than legality. Sometimes obedience to God may require me to break them, sometimes I may be allowed to enjoy times of God-ordained celebration when to keep them would be self-righteous and exclusive. They are simply a framework within which I believe my witness will be more effective and my limited resources better utilised."