A Prayer to Renew Your Belief in God This New Yr – Your Day by day Prayer – January 4

A Prayer to Renew Your Belief in God This New Yr
By Heidi Vegh

Bible Studying:
“And we all know that in all issues God works for the nice of those that love him, who’ve been known as in response to his function.” – Romans 8:28

Pay attention or Learn Beneath:

It’s at all times a refreshing feeling as we step into a brand new 12 months. A clear slate, nothing tainting the hope that we really feel. We could make resolutions or decide to newer and higher habits. We are inclined to neglect our shortcomings or failures from previous years with a renewed sense of optimism for the brand new, vibrant 12 months. Nevertheless, if we’re coming off of a tough 12 months, then it could be exhausting to really feel a way of refreshment or hope. Our present issues didn’t disappear as we sang “Joyful New Yr.” They adopted us proper previous midnight. 

If you’re experiencing hardship this new 12 months, let’s make one new dedication, decision, or behavior. Allow us to decide to trusting God with every thing. That is a lot simpler stated than completed, in fact, however what higher time and place to recommit our lives to Jesus and intention to belief Him, it doesn’t matter what comes our means? We’ve a really actual enemy that comes solely to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). He needs to see us endure; he needs us overwhelmed, pissed off, and believing lies that we are able to’t overcome our difficulties. However the enemy is the prince of darkness and can do something to maintain you from residing for the Lord, sharing His fact, and residing a lifetime of victory in Jesus. 

Maybe, this new 12 months together with making a decision to belief God extra, we have a look at our lives and ask God to point out us what lies we’re believing about ourselves, others, or the world. What lies are rattling round in your mind which have relaxed into such a everlasting place that they’ve turn into a part of who you’re? 

Let’s keep in mind Philippians 4:8, “Lastly, brothers and sisters, no matter is true, no matter is noble, no matter is true, no matter is pure, no matter is beautiful, no matter is admirable—if something is superb or praiseworthy—take into consideration such issues.”

Recognizing that we have now an actual enemy is the 1st step. Fascinated about what we take into consideration is the following step. We’re what we expect, and if our minds are cluttered with negativity, then our lives will mirror that. If we consider the issues of God and reject lies, we are able to look out previous our darkish circumstances with belief and hope. As soon as the enemy is aware of you’re on to him, it will likely be tougher for him to carry you down. Keep in mind that Jesus has the victory, not us. Keep in mind that Jesus has the ability, not us. We are able to stroll with Jesus in victory over the powers of sin and darkness and be taught to stroll within the mild. We are able to be taught to belief Jesus it doesn’t matter what comes our means. 

Let’s Pray:

Lord, I really feel defeated as the brand new 12 months has come. I need to be joyful, hopeful, and excited for what’s to come back, however the circumstances of my life make it so exhausting. The lies I imagine about myself are all-consuming, and I can’t appear to interrupt free. I need to belief you, Jesus. I need to give up my fear, my disgrace, my guilt, and my despair. It’s heavy, and I don’t need to carry it any longer. I need to dwell a lifetime of victory however every single day I’m battling my ideas and circumstances and struggling to belief that any good can come from this.

Lord, I need to renew my belief in you on this new 12 months. Please assist me to acknowledge the lies that inform me I’m not adequate or that I’m alone. Give me the energy and endurance to look previous my circumstances and to see you standing with me, trusting that you simply work all issues for good for individuals who love you. (Romans 8:28). Lord, carry me scriptures of fact out of your Phrase that I can recite to fight lies and converse fact into my coronary heart. Convey folks into my life that I can speak in confidence to, and that may encourage me to belief you, even when it doesn’t make sense. Convey to remembrance instances in my life that you’ve got shone into darkish issues and introduced mild and redemption. I need to cling on to your guarantees that you’re with me and can by no means go away me. I need to belief which you can work all issues collectively in your glory, even when it appears to be like so darkish. It’s religion past my capacity to belief you in all issues, and I would like your assist, Lord.

I need to stroll with religion like Moses, Abraham, and Isaac. I need to have the ability to have a look at a tough scenario and be capable of see previous it with supernatural hope. I don’t need to be weighed down on this world anymore. Remind me to consider good issues and produce to mild the darkness that’s hidden in my soul. Thanks, Jesus, in your fact, your mild, and your love. Thanks that I don’t must stroll this world alone and that tough issues don’t must carry me down. Thanks, Jesus, in your saving grace and my capacity to struggle the enemy with the ability that rose you from the useless. Thanks for the gospel. I pray that as this new 12 months unfolds, I can look again and see your hand in all of it and see that you simply pulled me out of a slimy pit and put me on strong floor.
In your treasured identify, Jesus, I pray, amen.

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Heidi Vegh is a author, speaker, and ministry chief residing in Western Washington. She is a remarried mom of 4, navigating the blended household life after the lack of her first husband to most cancers in 2013. She longs to make use of her writing as a technique to encourage others who’ve skilled loss and information them on the highway to therapeutic. She contributes to her weblog discovered at www.mrsheidivegh.com , sharing tales and devotionals of religion stemming from her loss and therapeutic, mothering, and her blended and sophisticated household. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire College with a level in Inventive Writing and English and is engaged on her first e-book. Heidi is the Ladies’s Ministry Director at her native church and has a deep coronary heart for sharing Jesus with girls and inspiring them of their religion stroll. When she just isn’t writing, she likes to journey, learn, craft, and experiment within the kitchen. Go to her Fb and Instagram (@mrsheidivegh) to be taught extra.

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