New Year, Same God

Each year we strive for changes, set goals, create intentions, try to be better. A new year can be invigorating or exhausting. Change can be fresh or intimidating. But maybe sometimes we need to let go and look to God to transform us, renew us. Maybe it’s less of what we do and more of who we look to.

Pray and meditate on this:

NEW YEAR, SAME GOD.

Need a resolution re-do?

Set your intentions on The One who sets the way before you.

He is the re-solution.

Restoring, renewing, redeeming,

in a cycle of complete and repeat.

He is the God of again.

“New year, new you”, can always be true.

Surrender to The One who formed you and re-forms you.

Release the burden of perfection.

Trust in His grace and intercession.

He is the God of again.

Open up your bible and dive deeper into these verses:

  • Proverbs 16:9

  • Isaiah 40:31

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17

  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

  • Colossians 3:10

  • Colossians 3:1-3

  • Isaiah 43:19

  • Ephesians 4:22-24

  • Jeremiah 29:11

  • Hebrews 13:8

Heavenly Father-

Here in the tension of the now and the not yet,

Remind us that you are making a way and doing a new thing.

Help us to remember so we don’t forget-

You are the same God now that you were then.

You are the God of again.

Hallelujah. Amen.

christian reading and prayer: New year same God

Words from Aimee Thornton - a dear friend of Six Notes whose words always inspire us.

Morning Prayer - The One Things

Prayer this prayer today - may we loosen our grip on the things we need and hold them out to the Savior instead to receive Him.

The One Thing

We hold tight to the things we think we need.

Spending ourselves for what we can get.

Searching for the greatest, the biggest, the best.

How quickly and easily we forget.

Only one thing is needed.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

The image of the invisible God.

He came so that we could have life and have it to the full.

The fullness of God was born for us.

He holds nothing back.

He offers all of us- all of himself.

The True Gift is the Giver of every good and perfect gift.

He IS abundantly more.

He gifts US abundantly more.

The greatest gift is freely given

without regret or reservation.

The only thing we really need

is to loosen our grip and open our hands to receive.

Open up your bible and dive deeper into these verses:

  • Luke 10:41-42

  • John 10:10

  • John 1:9

  • Colossians 1:15-20

  • James 1:17

  • Isaiah 9:6

  • Ephesians 3:20-21

Heavenly Father,

May we learn to let go of the things we shouldn’t hold

and live out of his abundance.

May his gifts be an overflow

from our open hands into the world around us.

For his Kingdom and for his glory.

Amen.

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An Advent Prayer

A beautiful poem and simple prayer for your Advent season. May you have the most blessed and Christ centered Advent and Christmas season.

To us a child was born. 

Wonderful Counselor. Mighty God. Everlasting Father. Prince of Peace.

This gift of God incarnate, he came for you, and for me.

 

Born in a stable. Laid in a manger filled with hay. 

The anticipated Savior came in an unexpected way.

 

Make room. In your hurry. In your busy. In your mess.

He comes to humble places.

 

His invitation is your redemption. Your restoration. Your salvation.

He is hope, love, joy and peace.

His gift is light in a world of darkness. 

 

To us a child was born. Immanuel. God with us.

He came and he is coming again. 

Hallelujah. Amen.

 

Open up your bible and dive deeper into these verses:

  • Micah 7:7

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

  • John 1:14

  • Isaiah 7:14

  • Matthew 1:21

  • Zechariah 9:9

  • John 1:9

  • John 8:12

  • Colossians 1:19

  • Luke 1:78-79

 

Heavenly Father,

In this season of Advent, remind us to make room for you.

Help us to remember that you are the greatest gift.

Use us to shine your light and to share your love, hope, joy and peace with the world around us.

Amen

 

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A Prayer For Thankful Hearts

As we draw upon Thanksgiving, take time to quiet your soul, pray this prayer, and meditate on the verses below.

Heavenly Father,

You are the giver of every good thing. Your blessings are beyond measure.

Your mercies never run out or expire. Perfection is not a prerequisite for your love.

Your grace is freely given, and repayment is never required.

You are a generous and faithful God.

With thanksgiving we surrender our hearts and open our hands.

We let go of that which we shouldn’t hold, to receive all that you have for us.

Shape us and use us for your purposes.

All glory and honor and praise be yours, forever and ever.

Amen

Bible Verse:

Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us - to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21

Open up your bible and dive deeper into these verses:

  • Ephesians 1:3

  • Psalm 103

  • James 1:17

  • Psalm 9:1

  • Psalm 118:1