I’m Not Sure What the Next Step Looks Like
Ruth Schwenk
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
“Summoning his disciples, he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.’” Mark 12:43 (CSB)
Lord, thank You that Your mercies are new every morning and that Your steadfast love never runs dry. When my plans feel heavy and my efforts to change fall short, remind me that I don’t need to wait for a new year to begin again with You. You are my reset, my refuge, and my strength — not just once a year but every single day. Help me walk into each morning with hope, not pressure, trusting that Your grace meets me where I am and carries me forward. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
““I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works …” Hebrews 10:24 (ESV)
“We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.” Psalm 78:4 (NIV)
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 (ESV)
“On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.” Luke 2:21 (NIV)
Lord, I offer You my everyday life — my routines, my work, my habits — as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to You. Help me fix my attention on You so I may be transformed from the inside out by Your Truth and grace. Renew my mind daily, and align my heart with Your will, even in the smallest decisions. When I stumble back into comfort or forget my commitments, gently draw me near again. This year, may my life be a continuous offering, shaped by Your Spirit and lived for Your glory. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
“… Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.” Romans 12:1 (MSG)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? …” Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 (ESV)
“After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil...