Bible Verses to Use for Bible Journaling & Praying for the New Year

Written By Hillary Krippaehne-Fernandez

I love spending the time between Christmas and New Years and into January of the year to come praying and planning. One of the best things you can do is pray over the new year.

Did you know there are year end reflection journals available from Creative Faith & Co.? They have different prompts to think about all God did in 2025 and pray and plan for 2026. Click below to watch a video about them and see what they look like inside!

Here are the resources mentioned in that video:

Here are a few Bible verses you could use to create a journaling Bible page to pray for the year ahead.

  • “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:4-5)

  • “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” (Psalm 32:8)

  • “Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.” (Psalm 100:4-5)

  • “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

  • “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” (Proverbs 16:3)

  • “The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?” (Proverbs 20:24)

  • “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)

  • “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

  • “Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)

  • “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

  • “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

  • “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

  • “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

  • “Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.” 1 Timothy 4:4

  • “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17)

At the beginning of 2025, I used my Bible verses of the year as a launching point to pray for the year ahead. Do you have a word of the year/Bible verse of the year? If so, you could use that to pray. Watch the video below to see how this spread came together!

Hillary Krippaehne-Fernandez
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