![12 Prayers to Ring in the New Year](https://cdn.corpemf.com/blogs/47439.png)
As we wrap up this past year and welcome the next one, now is a great time to pray and reflect on all we have gone through and learned. Leave the hurts and regrets at Jesus’s feet. Embrace His forgiveness and grace as you prayerfully commit your next year to God.
![Father, I have lost focus last year and allowed the past to be a brake on my future. Please help me turn my gaze toward You by forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. Help me to LEARN from my past but not LIVE there. Amen.](https://cdn.corpemf.com/blogs/47427.png)
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
- Philippians 3:13 NLT
![Father, in the coming year, I pray for more of You and less of me. I pray my expectations for the coming year are shaped by seeking glory for You. May my expectations be replaced by Yours. I submit my life to You. Amen.](https://cdn.corpemf.com/blogs/47433.png)
For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.
- Philippians 1:20 NLT
![Heavenly Father, I’m so grateful that I am a new creation in Christ. The old life is gone, and the new life has begun. Give me a fresh vision for the year ahead. Help me to keep my eyes on where You want to take me. May Your purpose be my greatest passion in life.](https://cdn.corpemf.com/blogs/47437.png)
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT