As the year 2015 is about to finish and 2016 is at the corner, begin the New Year meditating on these encouraging Bible verses chosen to inspire you and your family or friends a fresh new walk with God, and find a deeper commitment to living the Christmas faith.
Top 12 Bible Verses for New Year, Start the New Year off right by meditating on God’s Word:
A New Creation
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (NKJV)2 Corinthians 5:17
A New Heart
"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.(NLT)Ezekiel 36:25-27
Each New Day is Special
The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" (NASB)Lamentations 3:22-24
As welcoming the New year, forget the past
No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. (NLT)Philippians 3:13-14
Hopeful, Promise for the New Year
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. (NLT)Isaiah 43:2
God’s promise to those who are new in Him
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.Isaiah 40:31
Don’t Lose Heart, But be Hopeful for the New Year
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV)2 Corinthians 4:16-18
