3 keys for a Strong New Beginning

Thoughts_About_God — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:05:56 +0000

Knowing what you want out of life is important but it’s not enough. It takes more than boldness but humility as well to go ahead with your life goals.

When it’s time for God to move you to a new sphere and make you more affluent, God can end the big thing you’ve been working on and start something new in your life. If you’re not careful, you may dread the new or even keep looking back. The sooner you accept the past is over and you look ahead with a heart of gratitude, the easier it becomes for you to build a great future.

Focusing on starting something afresh will give you hope and propel you forward rather than putting your mind on the past.

Unless you are humble enough, you will not accept to move forward with the new.

Key #1 Your perception

After they anointed David as a future King, he stayed in the wilderness for many years till he lived out his appointment as a king. Not only did it take patience, but humility. David didn’t know how long he had to wait to take over from King Saul. One of the most admirable character traits of King David is that he waited for whatever time it would take for him to become King.

So, if you believe God is greater than yourself, you will learn to trust Him. Humility will help you and I to depend on Him. If you perceive God as powerful, you will believe He can do what appears to be impossible for you.

Key #2 Self

We all have selfishness in us. Not only do we want things to go well but we want to do better than others. This is one trait of humanity. However, it takes humility to assist those assigned to you—to consider their needs. No one can help everyone. Yet, when you accept to help others, you become more selfless. As this happens, putting others first is a sign of humility. However, this doesn’t mean you need to permit others to walk all over you.

Key #3 Your new beginning

We need to defeat self-exaltation. While it’s great to envision something big as part of your life’s goals, it takes the strength of humility to be willing to start something small.

Almost everyone feels fear with a new beginning. However, if you are humble enough to be willing to start small and to do it afraid, God will exalt you.

He will then enlarge your territories at the right time.

by Fab Batsakis
used by permission

New Day Clean Slate

Devotionals — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:01:02 +0000

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

Yes! We are immeasurably blessed! God’s mercy is new every morning and you will know it when you meet with Him each new day.

You will know the slate is clean, with no traces remaining of yesterday. A fresh clean slate holds the promise of a better day to come. The beginning of a brand new day offers a fresh start where you will know there are new beginnings with new opportunities and new horizons.

God’s love is also new every morning. Mercy is often translated in the Bible as loving kindness, and isn’t that the best kind of love? We have a God whose love is patient and kind and His mercy is new and easy to be found when you meet with Him every morning of each new day. His love is full of compassion and His mercy demonstrates His unending love to us.

There have been times when I had a miserable day when I couldn’t wait to just go on to bed knowing that when I woke up the next morning, a new day waited for me. I wanted a new day to do life better.

The amazing truth is that our God’s mercy is available every moment. If I mess up in the morning or in the middle of an afternoon, I can start anew in that exact moment I say, Lord, I’m sorry, I need to hit the refresh button on this day and start again in a place of new mercy.

I am deeply grateful for this mercy that is new every morning, every moment and every day.

By Kathy Cheek
Used by Permission
From: First Breath of Morning: Where God Waits For You Every Day.

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3 keys for a Strong New Beginning

New Day Clean Slate

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

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