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Your Daily Prayer

A Prayer to Walk by Faith in the New Year

Your Daily Prayer

Your Daily Prayer

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

As a new year approaches, it’s easy to feel weighed down by doubt, fear, and uncertainty about what lies ahead. Yet Scripture calls believers to live differently—to walk by faith, not by sight. In 2 Corinthians 5:7, Paul reminds us that faith means trusting God beyond what we can see or understand. While circumstances may feel overwhelming, God is present, faithful, and actively working in our lives. This new year invites us to shift our focus from fear to faith, holding firmly to God’s promises and trusting Him to guide every step forward.

Main Takeaways

  • You’ll learn what it truly means to walk by faith rather than by sight.

  • Discover how focusing on the unseen strengthens trust in God during uncertain seasons.

  • Understand why faith grows as we obey God and step forward despite doubt.

  • Reflect on how God’s promises bring hope and direction for the new year.

  • Be encouraged to face the future with confidence, knowing God is for you and with you.

Bible Verse References

Your Daily Prayer

Dear God, help me walk by faith and not by sight as I step into this new year. Forgive me for the times I have focused more on fear than on Your promises. Teach me to trust You even when the path ahead is unclear. Strengthen my faith, guide my steps, and help me grow more into the likeness of Your Son. I place my hope in You, knowing You are good, faithful, and always with me.
Amen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Life Audio. Thank you for listening to Your Daily Prayer, a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you need to connect with your father in heaven.

0:21.6

No matter what is going on in your life today, you can trust that God wants to hear from you.

0:27.3

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0:47.4

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0:55.5

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1:01.4

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1:02.7

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1:07.2

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1:09.4

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1:19.5

A prayer to walk by faith in the new year.

1:27.2

Written by Vivian Bricker, read by Carrie Ikeberger.

1:32.0

For we live by faith, not by sight. Second Corinthians 5, verse 7.

1:39.5

As the New Year approaches, I'm reminded of my doubts and insecurities.

1:45.3

I fear that the upcoming year will be filled with troubles and devoid of hope.

1:51.1

I'm challenging myself to change my perspective on life.

1:55.0

Rather than thinking in a negative way this upcoming year,

1:58.2

I'm choosing to boldly step out in faith.

2:03.7

I want to live by faith, not by sight. The words Paul says here still apply to us in modern day. We need to focus on our future

2:11.4

in heaven with Jesus, rather than our present struggles. Living by faith and not by sight challenges us to look to the

2:20.3

spiritual instead of the physical. If we live by sight, we will constantly be doubting God,

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