Guided journey · 7 days
New Year, New Mercies
A new year brings hopes, plans and sometimes fears. Before the calendar fills up, spend seven days placing the year in God's hands — remembering his faithfulness, numbering your days wisely and trusting him with what lies ahead.
The days
- Day 1: A new thingIsaiah 43:16-21The God who made a path through the sea tells his people not to dwell on the past, because he is doing a new thing — even making a way in the wilderness.
- Day 2: Number our daysPsalms 90:12-17Moses asks God to teach us to number our days for a heart of wisdom, to satisfy us with his mercy, and to establish the work of our hands.
- Day 3: A time for everythingEcclesiastes 3:1-8Life moves in seasons — planting and uprooting, weeping and laughing — and every season is held within God's timing.
- Day 4: If the Lord willsJames 4:13-17James warns against confident plans that forget God and invites us to hold our plans humbly: 'If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.'
- Day 5: Commit thy wayPsalms 37:3-7Trust in the Lord and do good; delight in him, commit your way to him and rest patiently — a rhythm for the whole year.
- Day 6: Renewed day by day2 Corinthians 4:16-18Though outwardly we wear down, inwardly we are being renewed day by day, as we look not at what is seen but at what is unseen and eternal.
- Day 7: Be strong and of good courageJoshua 1:5-9As Joshua faces a new chapter, God promises never to leave him and calls him to be strong and courageous, rooted in God's word day and night.