Saying Goodbye to 2025 and Saying Hello to 2026

Goodbye 2025

Year 2025 has come and gone. Let's say, “Goodbye.” Let's say goodbye —not with regrets, not with complaints, but with gratitude. Every quiet mercy, every unexpected kindness, every lesson wrapped in ordinary days shaped us. We honor the year for what it gave and for the great things we received.

Saying Goodbye to 2025 is not a backward glance with the words, “I'm glad it's over.” Instead, be thankful and honor the year that gave you space and time to move forward.

Being Thankful for 2025

Let's be thankful for 2025, and bless the year that has ended. Let's be thankful for the moments that shaped us, the lessons that deepened us, the kindnesses that met us when we needed them the most. Let's release 2025 as we welcome a brand-new year.

Hello 2026

Entering a new year is more than flipping a calendar page. It is a spiritual crossing, a threshold moment. It's a time when we will choose how we walk, how we will talk, what we will carry into the new year, and what we will leave behind. It's a time we will accept new mercies every morning, according to Lamentations 3:22-23.

Let's remember the promise in Isaiah 43:19:

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”

Let's start the new year off right. Most of the time, the way we start something is the way it will end. Instead of resolutions that fade before February, I invite you to step into the year with affirmations—truths you speak over your life, your spirit, and everything that concerns you.

About Affirmations

Affirmations should always be in the present tense; never past or future. Say or write them as if they are in the process of happening, like an ongoing presence. You are not selfish by beginning each affirmation with the first-person singular pronoun followed by a verb.

Here are examples of the correct format for affirmations.

• I walk into 2026 with peace as my companion.
• I welcome new things God is bringing forth.
• I choose presence over pressure.
• I honor the lessons of the past and step boldly into the future.
• I am open, expectant, and ready for what unfolds.

Welcome to 2026

We welcome new beginnings, new mercies, new possibilities. We welcome the “new thing” God is already bringing forth (Isaiah 43:19). We welcome the unfolding of grace, the surprises of joy, the quiet work of renewal. We welcome the chance to walk in peace, presence, and purpose.

As 2026 begins, let's anticipate the newness God is already preparing. Let's enter the year with open hands, steady hearts, and a spirit willing to be surprised by grace. Let's greet the new year with this whispered prayer:

“Here I am, Lord—ready for the new thing You are doing.”

May we walk into the new year with courage, clarity, confidence, and calm. May the God who makes all things new guide our steps, steady our spirit, and surprise us with hope, peace, joy, and love.

Here is one of your first 2026 “To Do List.”

• Say Goodbye to 2025 with thankfulness.
• Release 2025 with gratitude.
• Carry no complaints or regrets into 2026.
• Say Hello to 2026 with affirmations.
• Welcome the new year not as a calendar flip, but as a threshold, and a lighted path into the unknown.
• Be open to the great expectations that will be your companions in the new year.