NEW BEGINNINGS

Refreshing and inspirational

Are new beginnings indeed;

A hope sealed with a promise

Like a well-nourished seed.

A seed that grows and will transform

As old ways are left behind,

When the fountain in our soul

Much rest and peace will find.

When love and faith are sown

In the soil of our heart,

There’s a hope that is produced

With a welcomed brand new start.

God’s mercies are new every morning

And although valleys may be deep,

He comforts and protects us

And His promises He keeps.

He lifts us from the miry clay

As we place our trust in Him,

Where faithfulness and steadfastness

Brings deliverance within.

As our old nature is replaced

And where His Spirt will abide,

There’s the process of sanctification

As our carnal ways will die.

Each year begins with hope

As we explore with a renewed vision;

As we climb new mountains and terrain too

Where resilience marks every mission.

New beginnings are always fresh

In every aspect of our lives,

With an attitude of gratitude

When these beginnings do arrive.

God bless us and refresh us

As He restores and makes things new,

As we welcome this new year

With a love and faith that’s true.

(C) P.B. 2022

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.”  2 Corinthians 5:17

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.  ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I hope in Him.’”  Lamentations 3:22-24

“For as many of you as were baptised into Christ have put on Christ.”  Galatians 3:27

“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!’”  Galatians 4:6

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”  Psalm 23:4

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”  Galatians 5:1

“For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”  Galatians 5:5

“…that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”  Romans 6:4

“Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness..”  2 Corinthians 9:10’

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  John 1:1

“It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”  Lamentations 3:26

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  John 7:38

“Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’”  Revelation 21:5