15 Encouraging Bible Verses About New Beginnings
15 Encouraging Bible verses about new beginnings of prayers, that gives hope, and reveals some of God’s promises for His children.
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The New Year! A new home, a new job, graduation, a promotion, or just a new day–whatever the “new” is, the best part is it means a new beginning; begin anew; a fresh start.
The Bible is all about new beginnings.
- Creation
- Salvation
- Repentance
- Forgiveness
Do you like to start over?
Do Mondays feel like a good day because you get a chance to face the work week with fresh eyes?
Or when a new month begins, do you feel like you have an opportunity to change something about the last month?
How about starting a new job? Or a new relationship?
When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, God started a new covenant with humankind.
When the world slipped into a community that turned its back on God, Noah was given a chance to start civilization over.
History shows that the Israelites lived out a pattern of obedience, rebellion, and then repentance. But with each cry of repentance came a new beginning for them.
Here are 15 encouraging Bible verses about new beginnings.
New Beginnings and Open Doors
Each new beginning offers new opportunities. Whether it makes you nervous or excited, it always helps to consider the possibilities before jumping in.
2 Corinthians tells us to take our thoughts captive into the obedience of Christ. So, whatever we think must be aligned with the will of the Father.
When we make our new plans, set new goals, or create new year’s resolutions, we can be sure that God wants us to succeed.
Here are 15 Bible verses that I hope will encourage you as you begin your new journey, whatever it may be.
Prayers for New Beginnings
Using the Bible to pray is a unique way to include God’s word into our fellowship with Him. As you consider the following verses, think about using them in your personal prayer life. Whispering your desire to have a right spirit.
Or acknowledging who God is and how He plays a part in our decisions.
Also, being encouraged that no matter what we are going through, our heavenly Father understands. As Psalm 61 reminds us, He is our strong tower, our shelter, and our resting place!
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again. Psalm 71:20-21
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation. Psalm 42:5
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah. Psalm 61:1-4
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23-24
Hope for New Beginnings
Our only hope is in the Lord Himself. We cannot depend on ourselves, our family or friends, or our circumstances. Everything is temporal–everything except God.
We can find encouragement and hope in the pages of the Bible. Learning how to be strong, faithful, and confident in the abilities God gives to us.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
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
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Colossians 3:8-10
Promises for New Beginnings
The Scriptures are full of promises. Some were for a certain time and people, but there are a lot of them that we as Christians can claim for ourselves.
As we read God’s word, we discover that He is faithful, just, loving, and kind. He only wants good for us.
Don’t ever allow someone to tell you that God is anything but good. He wants to see you succeed in every area of your life.
And He wants you to share in the riches He has to offer. Read the following verses and claim the promises that the heavenly Father has in store for you!
But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
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. Jeremiah 29:11
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:13
There are so many more verses in the Bible that could encourage you as you start a new journey. Be faithful to God’s word and He will reveal so many truths and blessings to you that you won’t be able to contain your JOY!
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