It’s a new year! This is a good time to focus our minds on God’s promises to us for the new year.
The Bible gives us hundreds of promises, yet we often don’t avail ourselves of the comfort, strength, and guidance there for us. I want to remind you of some of God’s promises for you in 2026.
In 2 Peter 1, we are told,
His divine power has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires (2 Peter 1:3-4).
Peter tells us God’s promises are great and precious: Great because they are powerful, and precious because of God’s great love for us. And through these promises we are encouraged and equipped to become more like Jesus, to live a life of glory to God.
Here are some important promises to focus on today—this fifth day of 2026:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
Is there a more important promise than this? Just to know you have forgiveness—forgiveness for all the stuff you’ve done, all the sin in your life, all your unrighteousness. He is faithful and just and will always forgive you when you confess. This promise is absolutely essential—because without forgiveness we have no hope of eternal life. But God has promised us eternal life when we have received his forgiveness and been made a new creation in Christ. In the same book of 1 John, we read:
And this is what he promised us—eternal life (1 John 2:25).
As you begin this new year, make it a regular practice to remember this promise—he has forgiven your sins and cleansed you from all unrighteousness, and he will always do so. It’s a great and precious promise just for you.