A new year begins on Monday, Lord
and I’m praying I'll begin 2024
as best I can - and with your help!
If there’s one thing I’m sure of - it’s this:
I can’t count on myself
to make the changes I need to make...
Only with your help, Lord,
will I change and grow
and turn my heart around
- only with your help…
You're the Lord of
freely given pardons,
second chances,
clean slates,
fresh starts
and new beginnings
- and I'm gonna need all of the above
as I begin a new
year…
Most of all, Lord,
refresh and restore my hope
that, indeed, I can make
a new beginning, a fresh start,
and that you'll give me
the second or hundredth chance I need
to hear your word and follow you,
to live as I truly want to live,
to do what I know you call me to do,
to love as I truly want to be loved
and to pray as I truly need to pray…
Don’t let my regret over
past, failed attempts
keep me from trusting
that with your help
I can do, I can accomplish,
I can realize my heart’s true desires
and live in peace with all,
faithful to your word…
Make me modest in my pledges, Lord:
let my new beginning be reasonable,
my intentions pure and generous;
my efforts guided by your Spirit
and my success be the fruit of your grace…
Show me, Lord, in my heart of hearts,
what you'd have me resolve;
help me persevere and follow through
in the year that lies ahead...
Help me live the new year
one day at a time,
each day filled with
your mercy,
with your freely given pardon
and all the second chances,
clean slates and fresh starts
that fall from your heart and hand...
January 1 will be the day that you make, Lord,
help me live and keep it in your grace and peace;
bless and keep me as a new year dawns
and I pledge again to walk in your light...
Amen.
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