Bible Verses About New Beginnings
A new year, a new job, a fresh start after failure: the Bible is full of second chances. These verses speak of mercies that are new every morning, of being made a new creation in Christ, and of pressing on toward what lies ahead.
15 verses about new beginnings (KJV)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Guided journeys on new beginnings
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
New Year, New Mercies
7 days to begin the year with God
- Day 1: A new thing — Isaiah 43:16-21“Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down…”
- Day 2: Number our days — Psalms 90:12-17“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy…”
- Day 3: A time for everything — Ecclesiastes 3:1-8“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is…”
- Day 4: If the Lord wills — James 4:13-17“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the…”
- Day 5: Commit thy way — Psalms 37:3-7“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine…”
- Day 6: Renewed day by day — 2 Corinthians 4:16-18“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a…”
- Day 7: Be strong and of good courage — Joshua 1:5-9“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).