12 Religious New Years Poems

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• Poems of New Beginnings and Guidance
• Poems of Prayer for Peace and Strength
• Poems of Gratitude and Blessings
• Poems of Reflection on God’s Provision
• Poems of Faithful Anticipation for the Year Ahead

Poems of New Beginnings and Guidance

These poems offer inspiration and divine guidance as we step into a new year filled with fresh possibilities and renewed hope.


1. Another Year
   Poet: F. R. Havergal
   
   Is the work difficult?
   Jesus directs thee.
   Is the path dangerous?
   Jesus protects thee.
   Fear not and falter not;
   Let the word cheer thee:
   All through the coming year
   He will be near thee.




2. The Dawn Of A New Year
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   At the dawn of a new year, challenges abound
   Uncertainties loom, casting shadows all around
   Yet in faith, we find the strength to bear
   Trusting in God to guide and care
   
   As we navigate this unknown terrain
   We rely on God to ease the worry and pain
   With trust and belief, we embrace each new day
   In the hands of God, we find our way




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3. The Journey Of Faith
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   In the journey of faith, we walk in grace,
   Anticipating our growth in the coming year's embrace.
   With grateful hearts and hopeful eyes,
   We seek to deepen our spiritual ties.
   
   May we learn and flourish as the days unfold,
   Gaining wisdom and courage, as new chapters are told.
   In the light of faith, let us brightly shine,
   Embracing the journey ahead with a spirit divine.


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Poems of Prayer for Peace and Strength

In these poems, heartfelt prayers seek God’s peace and strength to navigate both the calm and challenging days ahead.


4. Grant Me Thy Peace
   Poet: Elizabeth Crannell
   
   Lord, through the coming year I make no plea
   For wealth or power; neither that of grief
   I have no portion; but where'er I be,
   Grant me Thy peace!
   
   I ask not that my days shall pleasure know:
   Nor that from sorrow I shall find relief;
   In hours of joy, in hours of pain or woe,
   Grant me Thy peace!
   
   If storm-clouds lower, if the sky be gray
   And lightnings rift the air; if stormy seas
   Threaten to me engulf, dear Lord, I pray,
   Grant me Thy peace!
   
   If those I trust deny me, or betray,
   Till sorrow's chalice holds but bitter lees;
   If hopes, long cherished, fail me by the way,
   Grant me Thy peace!
   
   If joy bids fair to be my welcome guest
   Lest I forget oh, leave me not alone;
   But let my happy heart have added zest;
   Grant me Thy peace!
   
   That peace which passeth understanding, give.
   A peace which deadens pain when hope hath flown
   In joy, in grief, whether I die or live,
   Grant me Thy peace!




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5. The Coming Year
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   May God be with us
   in the coming year
   May He bless family and friends
   who are dear.
   
   We give him thanks and praise
   for our life blessings
   And look forward to a
   New Year with Him guiding.
   
   We pray for wisdom,
   we pray for peace,
   We pray that war
   and hatred would cease.


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Poems of Gratitude and Blessings

Expressing gratitude for God’s blessings, these poems celebrate life’s gifts and the spirit of thankfulness as we start a new year.


6. Thank You Lord
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings I see,
   As I begin this New Year with humility.
   Grateful for love, health, and joy so true,
   For family, friends, and skies of blue.
   With gratitude in my heart, may I start anew,
   Thanking God for His blessings; ever so true.




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8. Thank Thee Lord Jesus
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   We thank thee, Lord Jesus
   for coming to earth
   We will always
   celebrate your birth.
   
   A new year is beginning,
   we look forward to
   Help us each day
   to be more like you.
   
   Guide us and direct us
   to do your will
   We listen for your voice
   as we are still.


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Poems of Reflection on God’s Provision

Reflecting on God’s faithful provision, these poems recognize His presence in the past year and anticipate His care in the coming one.


9. The New Year
   Poet: Nathaniel Parker Willis
   
   Fleetly hath passed the year; the seasons came
   Duly as they were wont — the gentle spring,
   And the delicious summer, and the cool,
   Rich autumn, with the nodding of the grain,
   And winter, like an old and hoary man,
   Frosty and stiff — and so are chronicled.
   We have read gladness in the new green leaf,
   And in the first-blown violets; we have drunk
   Cool water from the rock, and in the shade
   Sunk to the noontide slumber; we have lucked
   The mellow fruitage of the bending tree,
   And girded to our pleasant wanderings
   When the cool winds came freshly from the hills;
   And when the tinting of the autumn leaves
   Had faded from its glory, we have sat
   By the good fires of winter, and rejoiced
   Over the fulness of the gathered sheaf.
   "God hath been very good." 'Tis he whose hand
   Molded the sunny hills and hollowed out
   The shelter of the valleys, and doth keep
   The fountains in their secret places cool;
   And it is he who leadeth up the sun,
   And ordereth the starry influences,
   And tempereth the keenness of the frost;
   And, therefore, in the plenty of the feast,
   And in the lifting of the cup, let him
   Have praises for the well-completed year.




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10. A New Year
    Poet: Unknown
    
    Over the threshold a gallant new-comer
    Steppeth with tread that is royal to see;
    White as the winter-time, rosy as summer,
    Hope in his eyes, and his laugh ringeth free.
    Lo! in his hands there are gifts overflowing,
    Promises, prophecies, come in his train;
    O'er him the dawn in its beauty is glowing,
    Flee from his presence the shadows of pain.
    
    Welcome, then, New Year, with stainless white pages,
    Though we may blot them ere long with our tears;
    So it has been through the long passing ages,
    Worn with the footprints of close crowding years.
    Welcome, sweet year! may the full-handed hours
    Find us like servants who wait for their Lord;
    Using with earnest devotion our powers,
    Looking for him, and obeying his word.


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Poems of Faithful Anticipation for the Year Ahead

These poems look forward to a new year with faith, trusting in God’s plan and embracing each moment as a gift from Him.


11. A Year in His Hands
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
    
    A new year dawns, with skies unknown,
    Yet not one step we walk alone.
    Through faith we trust, come joy or tears,
    In God's great plan for all our years.
    
    Each moment shines, a gift so dear,
    Wrapped in His love, free from fear.
    Though paths may twist and trials come near,
    Our hearts stay strong, for He is here.
    
    We lift our gaze, our hopes set high,
    Embracing grace that fills the sky.
    In every breath, through all we do,
    Lord, may our lives reflect You true.
    
    So here we stand, in humble grace,
    To face each day, each time, each place,
    With faith renewed, we boldly go,
    Held by His hand, His love to show.




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12. Another Year
    Poet: John White Chadwick
    
    That this shall be a better year
    Than any passed away,
    I dare not at its open door
    To wish or hope or pray.
    
    Not that the years already gone
    Were wearisome and lone;
    That so with hope too long deferred
    My heart has timid grown.
    
    Nay, rather that they all have been
    So sweet to me and good.
    That if for better I should ask
    'Twould seem ingratitude.
    
    And so with things far off and strange
    I do not care to cope,
    But look in Memory's face and learn
    What largess I may hope:
    
    Another year of happy work,
    Which better is than play;
    Of simple cares, and love that grows
    More sweet from day to day.
    
    Another year of baby mirth,
    And childhood's blessed ways,
    Of thinker's thought, and prophet's dream,
    And poet's tender lays.
    
    Another year at Beauty's feast,
    At every moment spread.
    Of silent hours when grow distinct
    The voices of the dead.
    
    Another year to follow hard
    Where better souls have trod;
    Another year of life's delight,
    Another year of God.


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