Welcome to a brand-new year - a divine doorway into fresh grace, new vision, and deeper encounters with Jesus. As we step into this new beginning, God invites you to pause, breathe, reset, and rebuild your life around His presence and purpose. This 5-day devotional is designed to help you slow down, reflect, and invite God to shape your year from the inside out.

Whether you feel excited, overwhelmed, hopeful, or uncertain, these next five days will help you:

• Seek clarity for the year
• Detox your soul from last year’s weight
• Recenter your heart on Jesus
• Realign with God’s vision for your life
• Begin the year grounded in peace, purpose, and spiritual strength

Let’s step into this new year rooted, renewed, and ready for all God has prepared.

DAY 1 — A FRESH START WITH GOD

Scripture: “See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland." - Isaiah 43:19

There is something sacred about the beginning of a new year. It's not just a date change; it’s a divine invitation. God often speaks in seasons, and January carries the prophetic rhythm of reset, renewal, realignment, and rebirth.

Maybe last year stretched you. Maybe it drained you. Maybe it blessed you but also exhausted you. Whatever your story, God meets you here - at the threshold of a new beginning - with fresh mercy in His hands.

A new year is not something you step into; it’s something you step into with God.
When you pause, breathe, and invite Him into the journey ahead, clarity rises, burdens lift, and your spirit settles into peace.

Today, God whispers:
“Let Me reset you. Let Me lead you. Let Me write the story of this year.”

Reflection

Where do you need a fresh start — spiritually, emotionally, mentally, or in your daily rhythms as a mom?

Prayer

Lord, here at the beginning of this new year, I surrender my plans, desires, fears, and uncertainties. Reset my heart. Refresh my spirit. Align my steps with Yours. I invite You into this journey. Lead me into the new things You have prepared. Amen.

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