Q: Who doesn't need the ultimate New beginning, I mean God's spiritual new birth for this new year?
A: Only those who've not yet experienced this. Have you already experienced this new beginning?
A Brand New Beginning in Christ (I'm talking about regeneration -- it's still the greatest miracle He does). This is the will of God for every lost human on this planet.. if they will have it. Not all want this before they pass, but new life is still available. This is especially fitting for you in this New Year—it's rooted in true repentance, free forgiveness, resurrection life from God, in obedience to him, and new hope.
It's a free New Gift, yes that's already been fully paid for (on Calvary's cross). It's available for you even now! Yes, God's one new beginning beats all other types of beginnings!
“Forget the former things.. See, I am doing a new thing!” Isaiah 43:18–19
Please forget what you really need to forget (Push It Out Of Your Mind).. all those worldly ways. Sin only destroys.
And remember all that God has said (in the Bible) -- all His good promises. Yep, remember to wisely apply the truth you and others near you need to remember.
Don’t cling to the old way of life, what’s past; look—God is making something new, right here, right now in this world!
Let go of all your yesterdays. Why live in the past or in the future, worrying? God is doing a fresh work in your life. Live ready and expectant!
Stop dwelling on what was, all that was so lame—God is unfolding a new chapter before your eyes.
In spite of all the crimes of fraud and corruption around you (sure there are things we and delegated authorities can do things to hold criminals accountable. Pray for them). Forget what’s behind.. go forward with Jesus leading as Lord, doing your part.. because God is bringing forth something brand spanking new and life-giving. I'm only responsible for my part, not for Pam Bondi and her part.
Don’t be bound by old wrong things; God is birthing a whole NEW thing in there your midst. Be alert to those in need around you--God will give you the right words and ideas on how to minister to them.
Live in the now. Enjoy this moment together with your Chief Shepherd and His sheep, so to speak. Yes, with His family (as flawed as each of us are..be gracious, forgive). You too need fellowship with growing believers.
Sure His truth is really old and unchanging--I like it. We don't need any "new revelation" we have old promises and revelation from Him. If it's new (revy), it ain't true. God does not leave us to repeat what is from our old way of life in the world, was is so moldy but to repent for the new before us—He leads us into what He is creating. Jesus is working and the Father is working. We each can be a vital part of what He has planned to do in this new year! Humbly request..a lot, go big. Recieve.
As a baby, I got a wet head and smily-faced religious parents. They meant well.
Born once, you'd die twice. Born twice, you'd die only once (physically) unless you're raptured outta here.
Being twice born (involving true repentance and saving faith in Jesus.. means experiencing regeneration inside) is talking about receiving unending spiritual life in Christ? Receiving the free gift of Jesus Christ for a fresh new start -- nothing get's more exciting than this! Embracing God the Father's plan for a brand new life in Christ means having a hopeful future (Jeremiah 29:11), and experiencing spiritual transformation through Him. Regeneration biblically is the new beginning among all beginnings. It's rooted in His salvation and the power of the Holy Spirit, rather than just worldly resolutions (that demand endless willpower for so called short-term temporal pay-off).
God alone knows what waits beyond the calendar’s edge. Scripture reminds us, “You do not know what tomorrow will bring” (James 4:14), yet we step forward with quiet confidence, because the One who holds tomorrow already holds us. Yes, the coming year will carry blessings—of that we can be sure. But it will also bring pressure, uncertainty, and moments that test our faith. The question is not whether storms will come, but whether we will be rooted when they do.
That is why Scripture never urges us to make resolutions—it calls us to make commitments.
Resolutions depend on willpower. Commitments depend on surrender.
Instead of promising God we’ll “do better,” what if we yielded more deeply? What if this year we committed—not casually, but decisively—to Christ Himself: to His Word, His people, His presence, and His purposes?
The fruit of such a life is unmistakable. Faith deepens. Anxiety loosens its grip. Direction becomes clearer. Peace replaces panic. As Isaiah wrote, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you” (Isaiah 26:3).
This is not self-help works-earned Christianity. Repentance and regeneration come first. We work from salvation, not for salvation. I'm talking about personal awakening and Spirit-led renewal.
Awake to Grace
The gospel never begins with our efforts—it begins with awakening. One by one. Won by One (Jesus)!
Awake to grace. Awake to mercy. Awake to Christ in you, “the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Wake up, America. God can send an awakening to your Land as well (to the lost people there). He can use you!
Do you have God's Gift (Jesus inside), and gifts to use?
God does not merely forgive us; He then equips us. Every believer carries divine resources inside that are meant to be stewarded, gifts not shelved. Scripture says plainly, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace” (1 Peter 4:10 ESV).
In Him.. notice the certainty: each has received a gift.
Not a few. Not the elite. Each believer.
Grace from God was never meant to self-terminate upon us—it was designed to flow through us. If God can get it (his yoke-breaking anointing, the unction to function right) to you, He can get it through you.
Talkin' 'bout The Gifts That Didn’t Come In Wrapping Paper
Christmas may be over, but God’s gifts are not seasonal. He and they are for you.. all year long.
These are NOT gifts under a tree per se; they are gifts placed within a life that has a purpose—abilities, talents, good tendencies, red-hot holy passions, callings shaped by God’s great wisdom long before we even recognized them. Long before you even asked for them, “What am I good at?” God was already answering, “Here is how I will use you.” He can respond to your questions in His good time and way.
From childhood, we search for fit and function. Seems like we try on identities like coats—some too large, some too tight, some too long or short. Many of us spend years chasing what might impress others ..before discovering what God actually designed us to go do... to go tell about.
I like how the Apostle Paul dismantles comparison with surgical clarity:
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function.. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them” (Romans 12:4–8 ESV).
God never intended uniformity for you this new year, but He has designed us for harmony with unity in the body of Christ. To make an impact in this world.
Comparison is really just the thief of calling. I think I will compete with who I am or used to be. God, please make me better -- more like Jesus today. Social media magnifies this comparison temptation, convincing us that significance always looks louder, bigger, or more public. But Scripture consistently honors faithfulness and fruitfulness (from abiding in Christ) over public visibility.
We have a new year before us. Billy Graham said, “The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
Do you lack gifts? Ask bodly—it is sadly that some have abandoned their own calling or proper gift-use while coveting another’s platform and gifts. Stop it. Wake up! Be revived and redirected.
You Were Not an Accident—And This Year Is Not Random
The Bible leaves no room for any chance with us.. especially when it comes to our existence here. “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand” (Ephesians 2:10).
Prepared beforehand.
Your wiring (He has wired you so to speak for serving Him).. your experiences, and even past delays or detours are not wasted in God’s economy. Believer, you are not living God's Plan-B for your life right now. Living connected vertically, helping others horizontally get vertically connected.. yes, living in God's will (following Jesus closely) today is indeed a daily choice for you and me--that's the important thing!
What feels extra or kinda ordinary to you may be the very instrument God intends to use (making it beyond ordinary for us ordinary people). As pastor and hymn writer, Oswald Chambers observed, “God plants His saints where they will grow best.”
Perhaps this year is less about reinvention (as the world likes to talk about) and more about recovery—recovering purpose, clarity, and courage in Christ.
The old man, (old nature), old worldly ways, old mindset, old (sinful) habits are so last year.. so to speak. They are ditchable, so let's ditch them all and go for new life in Christ!
George Barna's research consistently shows that believers who regularly engage Scripture daily and serve within a healthy local church report greater spiritual confidence and resilience. New life for a new year!
His data simply confirms what Scripture has always taught us: new growth follows new obedience (involving Spirit-led, wise applications of His Scriptural principles. Remember: There is zero new spiritual growth apart from God's unchanging promises and Word)!
A Better Way Forward, Step By Step In The Light
So as we step into this new year 2026, maybe your prayers will be new.
Not, “Lord, help me become someone else--me (more me than ever before), but someone brand new with new habits.”
But, “Lord, show me how to fully become who You made me to be. Doing what You want me to do.”
This is the year we stop asking what needs to be fixed and start asking what needs to be stewarded. The year we worry less, pray more, and trust deeper. The year we remember that faithfulness—quiet, consistent faithfulness—is heaven’s definition of success.
I love this old lyrics:
“Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.”
"I've anchored in Jesus, the storms of life I'll brave; I've anchored in Jesus, I'll fear no wind or wave. I've anchored in Jesus, for He hath power to save; I've anchored to the Rock of Ages!" —Lewis Edgar Jones
You were not made by accident. This year is not an interruption—it is an invitation.
So step into the new year fully awake.
Serve with the grace you’ve been given.
And live, fully live fruitfully and faithfully, for His glory!
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Happy New Year in the Lord! I Choose To.
This is the last day of the year. Again.
Here are five basics on living in the will of God in this new year.
Here are 21 Truths on Trusting God With His Guidance In The New Year.
Me, go for what the world calls success? Naw, just go for Jesus and His will for you.
1. God Specializes in New Beginnings - He's Got You In Mind
From Genesis to Revelation, God is the Author of fresh starts.
Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created…” (Every beginning starts with God.)
Genesis 12:1–3 – God calls Abram out of the old into a new future.
Isaiah 43:18–19 – “Forget the former things.. See, I am doing a new thing!”
Lamentations 3:22–23 – “His mercies are new every morning.”
Ezekiel 36:25–27 – A new heart and a new spirit.
Revelation 21:5 – “Behold, I make all things new.”
The New Year doesn’t create unending renewal—only Christ does that.
2. Repentance: The Doorway to a New Life
Biblical repentance is not shame—it’s restoration.
Psalm 51:1–12 – “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”
Proverbs 28:13 – Confession leads to mercy.
Isaiah 1:18 – “Though your sins are like scarlet…”
Ezekiel 18:30–32 – “Repent and live!”
Matthew 3:2 – “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Acts 3:19 – “Repent.. that times of refreshing may come.”
2 Corinthians 7:10 – Godly sorrow leads to salvation.
Every true New Year with God -- let's begin it on our knees before Him! Sure, even with resolutions bathed in prayer if you like.
3. Forgiveness & Cleansing From Sin
The cross guarantees a clean slate.
Psalm 103:10–12 – All sins removed “as far as the east is from the west.”
Isaiah 38:17 – God casts all sin behind His back so to speak.
Micah 7:18–19 – God delights in kind mercy.
John 1:29 – “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
Romans 8:1 – “No condemnation for those in Christ.”
1 John 1:7–9 – Forgiven, cleansed, restored.
Hebrews 10:17 – “Their sins I will remember no more.”
God doesn’t recycle forgiven sin—He completely removes it.
4. New Birth, New Identity, New Creation
Christianity is not self-improvement—it’s resurrection.
John 3:3–7 – “You must be born again.” (because Jesus said you must be born again)
2 Corinthians 5:17 – “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”
Galatians 2:20 – Christ lives in me.
Ephesians 2:4–6 – Raised to new life with Christ.
Colossians 3:9–10 – Putting on the new self.
Titus 3:5 – “The washing of regeneration.”
This regeneration is of God's making for a person He loves. Yes, you can be spiritually alive inside, as a result of the grace of true repentance and saving faith in Jesus Christ. God gives this grace. Before salvation, we were none of us were God's children. We were merely His creations.1 Peter 1:3 – “Born again to a living hope.”
The New Year is meaningful for me because Christ's tomb is empty. He was physically resurrected so you and I could experience new life.
5. Jesus: Dead, Buried, Risen—and Alive Forever
Christian hope is historical, physical, and eternal.
Matthew 28:5–6 – “He is not here; He is risen.”
Luke 24:39 – “A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.” Jesus is 100% man, and 100% God -- the God-man.
John 11:25 – “I am the resurrection and the life.”
Romans 6:4–11 – Walk in newness of life.
1 Corinthians 15:3–8, 20–22 – The resurrection foundation.
Revelation 1:17–18 – “I was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore.”
Every calendar year will bow so to speak to the living sovereign Christ.
6. Open Doors & God-Ordained Opportunities
God opens what no one can shut.
Psalm 37:23 – The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord.
Proverbs 3:5–6 – He directs us in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Isaiah 22:22 – What God opens, no one closes. Ask. Pray again, and go through.
1 Corinthians 16:9 – “A great and effective door has opened.”
Colossians 4:3 – Pray for the right open doors to share the gospel message and win sinners to Christ.
Revelation 3:7–8 – Christ sets open doors before His people. God, can you open a window perhaps? Sometimes I ask God to close the doors or windows He doesn't want me going through (because they look tempting and this wouldn't help anyone).
Obedience to God (direct Authority and to his delegated authorities short of sinning), keeps us ready for when God opens a brand new door of opportunity.
7. Spiritual Growth Through Word & Prayer
New life requires daily nourishment.
Joshua 1:8 – Meditate on the Word day and night.
Psalm 1:1–3 – Rooted, fruitful, flourishing.
Matthew 4:4 – Living by every word of God.
Romans 12:1–2 – Renewed minds.
Colossians 2:6–7 – Rooted and built up.
2 Timothy 3:16–17 – Equipped for every good work.
James 1:22–25 – Doers, not hearers only.
The Word doesn’t merely inform us in the New Year—it transforms us and it.. as we obey His word. Never returns void.
8. Perseverance, Hope & Forward Focus On Christ
The Christian life always moves forward.
Philippians 3:13–14 – Pressing on toward the goal.
Hebrews 12:1–2 – Fixing our eyes on Jesus.
Romans 15:13 – Abounding in hope.
Galatians 6:9 – Do not grow weary.
2 Peter 3:18 – Grow in grace.
Jude 24–25 – Kept by God’s power.
A Christian never starts a New Year all alone—Jesus walks close with em and forward.
9. Truths About Your New Beginning
C.S. Lewis: “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
Charles Spurgeon: “God is more ready to forgive than we are to sin.”
A.W. Tozer: “The Christian life is not about imitation, but participation in the resurrected life of Christ.”
Billy Graham: “The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction.”
Augustine: “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
10. Fitting Statistics (Faith & Renewal)
Studies consistently show that spiritual disciplines for a reborn believer (prayer, Scripture reading) are the strongest predictors of long-term personal change.
According to Barna research, Christians who engage Scripture at least 4 times a week report significantly higher peace, resilience, and moral clarity.
Historically, revivals and spiritual awakenings have most often followed seasons of repentance and prayer—not cultural optimism.
You Can Enjoy A Happy New Year With New life!
You Matter And This New Year matters because Jesus is alive. He loves you and has a good plan for your life.
I love that word the word quicken. It simply means "to make alive" or "to give life". It is not limited to physical resurrection; rather, it is used in several distinct contexts depending on the scripture:
1. Spiritual New Birth (Regeneration)
I like that word "Quicken" cuz I like quick. It frequently describes the act of God bringing a spiritually dead person to life through salvation in a moment. They didn't have to work for it over time.
Ephesians 2:1: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins".
Colossians 2:13: "...you, being dead in your sins... hath he quickened together with him".
2. Physical Resurrection
The term is also used for the future regarding the literal raising of the dead at the return of Christ (the 2nd Advent).
Romans 8:11: "...he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit...".
1 Corinthians 15:36: "...that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die".
3. Spiritual Revival and Healing
In many passages, especially in the Psalms, it refers to a "reviving" or "refreshing" of someone who is currently alive but suffering from affliction, sickness, or spiritual lethargy.
Psalm 119:25: "My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word".
Psalm 119:107: "I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word".
Psalm 71:20: "...shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth".
4. Sustaining Life (it's about Preservation and provision from the Lord. God meets all the needs of His children)
Some uses refer to the general power of God to give and sustain life in all things.
1 Timothy 6:13: "...I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things..."
Hebrew (Chayah): Often used in the Old Testament to mean "revive" or "restore to life".
Greek (Zoopoieo): Used in the New Testament to mean "vitalize" or "impart life".
“Because He lives, we can face tomorrow.” (John 14:19)
Expect great things of the Lord. Plan prayerfully, and attempt great things with the Lord this year. @kurtwVs Insta. & @kurtwVons
