Daily Devotionals
January 1, 2019
New Year’s Day
January 1, 2019
DAILY READING
Psalm 147:12-20
This weekend’s reading: Revelation 1:9-19
FIELD NOTES
Charles Wesley published these words in 1750 for New Year’s Day worship. Let them be our prayer as we begin a New Year.
Wisdom ascribe, and might and praise
To God, who lengthens out our days,
Who spares us yet another year,
And lets us see his goodness here;
Happy, and wise, the time redeem,
And live, my friends, and die to him.
Merciful God, how shall we raise
Our hearts to pay thee all thy praise?
Our hearts shall beat for thee alone,
Our lives shall make thy goodness known,
Our souls and bodies shall be thine,
A living sacrifice divine.
I, and my
Led by the Spirit and the word;
We plight our faith, assembled here,
To serve our God the ensuing year;
And vow, when time shall be no more,
Through all eternity to adore.
QUESTIONS FROM THE FIELD
- Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If so, how do they reflect your commitment to praise and serve God?
- Many people start the new year with resolutions — promises to themselves of good things they want to do in the coming year. What is something good you’d like to promise to do for God or for others in the New Year?
PRAYER