Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Wishing you the happiest New Year’s Day!
May you feel peace in knowing that you are a new creation in Christ, that He will renew your heart and offer fresh mercies every day. May you resist the temptation to give into the pressures to fill up a blank calendar with lofty resolutions. May you remember that you are more than any goal met, any resolution kept, any to-do list checked. You are loved, just as you are.
Happy New Year (and new decade), friends!
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Beth Williams says
In Courage,
Always thankful for a new start. 2020 is not only a new year but a new decade. I don’t believe in resolutions. You make them & shortly into January or February they are broken. We believe in making changes in our lives. With God’s help we plan to make some alterations in our day to day living. We already started some yesterday. One big transformation I want to make is try & pray more. Each day take a few minutes & pray over my prayer lists. Used to do this but got out of the habit. God please help me to pray more & fervently for friends & family.
Praying everyone has a great New Years day!
Blessings 🙂
SHARON says
Great point. More prayer is always better no matter who you are. But I want to claim one Bible promise a day this yearl just haven’t decided which one yet today. HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR SISTERS IN CHRIST
Nora says
Beth, Good insight and a reminder that if we made prayer a priority our lives and those around us would be impacted by His plan and purposes. May we enter 2020 following His lead.
Maria says
2020, may the lord bless this year for me , help me move forward, not live in the past . I want to read the word much more. Lord i love you❤️
Bev @ Walking Well With God says
Happy New Year (in)courage friends. Feeling blessed to have traveled with you this past decade. Looking forward to God’s goodness and blessings in 2020! May you be blessed abundantly,
Bev xx
Maria says
Bev, happy new year 2020! Lord help me move forward, and not live in the past. Be in the word much more. Lord i love you❤️
JollyNotes.com says
Amen!! Thank you so much for sharing.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! And Happy New Decade:)
2020, here we come!:)
PS Encouraging prayer, Encouraging graphics. Love it. Keep up the great work.
margaret fleming says
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Indiane says
Love this! My word for the year is Bloom so I’m printing it and putting it where I will see it every day!
Happy New Year and blessings to everyone at (in)courage!
Dawn Ferguson-Little says
Happy New Year. May we all be thank full to Jesus. That we are alive to see another New Year in. That God woke us up to enjoy another day in his beautiful world. Give God thanks for everyday he wakes up to enjoy another day. No matter what we go through. Especially if we have clothes on backs shoes on our feet a bed to sleep in a roof over or heads. As there are people in our world today who don’t have these things. So lets thank God more. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little xxx
Dawn Ferguson-Little says
Happy New Year. May we all be thank full to Jesus. That we are alive to see another New Year in. That God woke us up to enjoy another day in his beautiful world. Give God thanks for everyday he wakes up to enjoy another day. No matter what we go through. Especially if we have clothes on backs shoes on our feet a bed to sleep in a roof over or heads plus food on our table. As there are people in our world today who don’t have these things. So lets thank God more. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little xxx
Laurel says
Hi, I want to pray daily and get back into the Word of God more. Watching the Rose Bowl Parade. The floats are beautiful and the bands/marching and singing are so talented. All have worked very hard day to day for all 2019 and longer for this one day. To show the beautiful spirit of the Lord takes a lot of time praying and being in the Word of God. Then people easily notice that you have a relationship with God.
Kathy Cheek ~ First Breath of Morning says
My New Year’s prayer is that 2020 will be a year walked hand in hand with the Lord, in His love, grace, peace and joy, and that we will run with ENDURANCE the race set before us!
M @ In Beautiful Chaos says
Happy New Year’s to the whole (in)courage family!!!!
I wanted to let everyone here know about a special New Year’s series that I will be starting on my blog tomorrow called “30 Days of Brave”! You can check it out at: https://www.inbeautifulchaos.com/happy-2020-a-special-announcement/ . If you know someone who might be encouraged by it, please let them know as well!
Blessings to you all!
M @ In Beautiful Chaos