New Year Archives

How Do I Change My Life? Two New Year’s Resolutions that will work!

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The question, “how do I change my life?” is really answered by WHO can change my life. Jesus is the answer. The only thing that brings true and lasting change into any person’s life is the saving grace of...

Look up! A New Year’s Motto by James Smith,1865

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!” Luke 21:28 We are entering a new year. We shall have new toils, new trials, new temptations, and new troubles. Therefore, in...

The Gate of the Year: A Message to a Troubled Nation

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Scroll Down For The Video & to Read the Full Poem We stand at the gate of the year. A new year is dawning, and it’s time to say goodbye to the old. We look back with nostalgia for what has passed, and we look...

What are “The 70 New Year’s Resolutions?”

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), pastor, theologian, missionary, college president, and prominent leader in the First Great Awakening, is long remembered for a great body of theological works that equip and encourage...

A New Year’s Meditation by Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Matthew Henry wrote the following on January 1, 1713. He was 50 years old and died the next year. “My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Firmly believing that my times are in God’s hand, I here submit myself and...

A New Year, A New Hope, It’s My Year – Guaranteed to Make You Smile!

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Inspiration for the New Year: For Days of Auld Lang SyneWhat are “The 70 New Year’s Resolutions?”A New Year’s Meditation by Matthew Henry (1662-1714)A New Year, A New Hope, It’s My Year – Guaranteed to Make You...

Is a New Year’s Eve party biblical? What about the alcohol?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Celebrating the new year is biblical, but how you celebrate might not be. The nation of Israel celebrated new year’s day every year, and they did so in the way that God prescribed. As we all know, many of...

A New Year, A New Start. . .Another Resolution?

by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. It’s the dawn of a new year. For some of us this past year was a good one, for others a difficult one, and for some perhaps it was a year of little consequence or significance. But consider this. God graciously...

A New Year, A New Beginning

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Hear the poem that calmed war-torn England in 1939 as they entered into a new year with a very uncertain future. Learn the story behind the poem. Let the poem’s message direct your path as you enter...

Good Reminders for the New Year

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Daily Bread Devotions by Chuck Myer Daily Bread Archive | Sign up for our resources As we start the New Year let us bring to our remembrance some great words of encouragement and comfort from God’s Word. Let...

I Resolve To…

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. What are your New Year’s Resolutions? How will they direct your life in the New Year? Take a minute and watch the video, then read of three resolutions we can find in the teachings of the apostle Paul. New...