Sometimes it can be hard starting a new year, with the pressure to improve something or trying do your best to reach your goals. I want to start this year off right with a different and inspiring mindset. I want to share a few of my favorite verses to help you and your faith be the best you can be in 2017.
1. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
2. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:30-31
3. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
4. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deuteronomy 31:6
5. Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
7. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
8. Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
9. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
10. Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full. Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. Psalm 31:23-24
11. But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Micah 7:7
I pray that this year you will be the best that you can be! I pray that 2017 will be an amazing year for you and your family. I want you to go through this year as smoothly as possible but also if it doesn't and you hit a few bunch of bumps on the road that you can accept the outcome. Have a happy and blessed 2017!
