New Things 

Just as the flowers will soon bloom and the days grow longer, Scripture reminds us that God is doing a new thing in our lives, too. Here are six promises from God as we anxiously await Spring to come. 

1. New Beginnings (2 Corinthians 5:17) 
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

2. New Joy (Psalm 30:11-12) Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee and not be silent. Oh Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.

3. New Hope (Jeremiah 29:11) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

4. New Growth (John 15:5) I am the vine, you are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. 

5. New Strength (Isaiah 40:31) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.  

6. New Mercies (Lamentations 3:22-23) 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.