Starting the New Year Right

 Happy New Year Everyone, I pray that you all have the most prosperous of times ahead.

With that comes the thoughts of, what will this new year bring? For many its a time to set goals and make those New Years resolutions that everyone talks about all the time.

How about you, are you looking for a new beginning as this 2024 year rolls around? Are you a goal setter or a resolution maker? 

Myself, I am a business owner, so I spend the last weeks of the year, planning and setting business goals so the new year can be a successful one. Unfortunately many times I forget about what's really important to me and the sheer fact that God already has my road map laid out if I'm willing to follow his will.

So this year I've decided too lean more on Gods understanding of success than my own. My goal or resolution is to seek scripture first when it comes time to act or make decisions about things. Whether it be personal or for business I need to remember that God's understanding and wisdom is way superior to mine.

Below in no particular order find 25 scriptures that you can go to or meditate on that the Bible declares as New Beginnings or how to achieve a fresh start in your life:

25 Encouraging Bible Scriptures on Starting Over sourced from: Connect Us 

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

 Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

 Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Isaiah 41:10

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 43:19

“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

 John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 6:37

“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”

Joshua 1:9

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

 Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

 Psalm 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

 Romans 3:23

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

 Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So my prayer for all of you is that you first look to God when making any plans, whether it be at the turn of the New Year or the minute your feet hit the ground in the morning. 

I know that's my resolution for 2024.

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