New beginnings

New beginnings come from God, who makes all things new. His mercies are new every morning, anyone in Christ is a new creature, and believers forget those things which are behind and press toward the mark.

God does a new thing

• Isaiah 43:18-19
  ¹⁸Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. ¹⁹Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
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• Revelation 21:5
  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
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• Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
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New every morning

• Lamentations 3:22-23
  ²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. ²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
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• Psalm 30:5
  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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A new creation

• 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.Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
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• Ezekiel 36:26
  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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• Romans 6:4
  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
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• Ephesians 4:22-24
  ²²That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; ²³And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; ²⁴And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Forgetting what is behind

• Philippians 3:13-14
  ¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
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• Isaiah 65:17
  For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
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• Luke 9:62
  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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Second chances

• Jonah 3:1-2
  ¹And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: ²Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
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• John 21:15-17
  ¹⁵So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” ¹⁶He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” ¹⁷He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
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• Joel 2:25
  And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust— My great army that I sent against you.
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See also

• Born again
• Forgiveness
• Hope
• Repentance
• Failure

Notes

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