Whether you are starting over after a loss or stepping into something you have long hoped for, fresh starts can feel both exciting and uncertain. These KJV verses celebrate the God who makes all things new and walks ahead of you into what is next. His mercies are new every single morning.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 · King James Version
In Christ you become a new creation; old things pass away and everything is made new, no matter your past.
Behold, 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.
Isaiah 43:19 · King James Version
God announces that He is doing a new thing, even making a way for you through what feels like a wilderness.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23 · King James Version
His mercies are new every single morning, so each new day truly can be a fresh start with God.
Brethren, 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,
Philippians 3:13 · King James Version
Letting go of what lies behind and reaching forward frees you to step into the new season ahead.
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.
Revelation 21:5 · King James Version
The One on the throne declares He makes all things new, a promise that reaches into your beginning too.
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.
Ezekiel 36:26 · King James Version
God offers a new heart and a new spirit, changing you from the inside as you start again.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah 29:11 · King James Version
God's thoughts toward you are of peace and a hopeful future, an expected end you can trust as you begin.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: perform
Philippians 1:6 · King James Version
The good work God began in you He will finish, so your fresh start rests in His faithfulness, not your own.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 · King James Version
Trusting God with all your heart, rather than leaning on your own understanding, steadies each new step.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalm 40:3 · King James Version
God can put a new song in your mouth, turning a hard chapter into fresh praise as you move forward.
Scripture is full of fresh starts, from being a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) to God doing a new thing (Isaiah 43:19). His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23).
2 Corinthians 5:17 and Revelation 21:5 both celebrate God making all things new, and Philippians 3:13 encourages you to press forward instead of dwelling on the past.
Yes. Lamentations 3:22-23 promises new mercy each morning, and Philippians 1:6 assures you that the good work God began in you will be completed.