Bible passage for new year

Here are some popular Bible passages that are often read on New Year's Day or throughout the year to reflect on the past, present, and future:

  1. Psalm 90:12-17 - A prayer for guidance and wisdom in the coming year:

"So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad for evermore, and cause us to rejoice at the sight of your presence. And may the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!"

  1. Isaiah 43:18-19 - A promise of new beginnings and redemption:

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 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."

  1. Philippians 3:13-14 - A call to press on and focus on what's ahead:

"But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 - A declaration of new life in Christ:

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

  1. Psalm 118:24 - A declaration of trust and hope:

"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!"

  1. Ephesians 4:22-24 - A call to put off the old and put on the new:

"To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."

  1. Jeremiah 29:11 - A promise of hope and guidance:

"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."

Choose one that resonates with you, or use them as a starting point for your own reflection and prayer. May God bless you in the coming year!