Walking by Faith: A New Year's Prayer for Trust and Guidance

Embracing Faith Over Fear

• 💡 The core message emphasizes shifting from living by sight to living by faith, especially as a new year approaches.
• ⚠️ Doubts, insecurities, and fears about future troubles are acknowledged, but the call is to change perspective.
• 🚀 This involves boldly stepping out in faith, trusting God's presence and promises.

The Nature of Faith

• 🧠 Faith is defined as being sure of what is unseen, trusting God's presence even when He cannot be physically seen.
• 🚫 Living by sight leads to constant doubt because one only perceives the prevalent evil in the world.
• ✅ Cultivating faith is a discipline that grows stronger with increased trust in God.

God's Promises and Guidance

• 🌟 Believers are encouraged to hold onto God's promises, even if they are not yet fulfilled, with the assurance that they will be revealed.
• 🛡️ God is presented as a safety net who will guide steps through the new year, ensuring steady ground.
• 🚀 God has wonderful plans, potentially including new careers, friendships, or skills.

Trusting God's Power

• 📈 Ephesians 3:20-21 is cited, highlighting that God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine through His power at work within us.
• 🤝 The message is to keep pushing forward, knowing God is for us, not against us.
• 🪂 Trusting the Lord is likened to having a parachute, providing safety and security.

A Prayer for Faith

• 🙏 The prayer asks for help to walk by faith, not by sight, and forgiveness for past instances of discrediting God.
• 🎯 It seeks to focus on God rather than what can be seen, which causes fear.
• 🌱 The prayer concludes with a desire to grow more in the image of God's son in the upcoming year.