Handling New Beginnings - How to Milk the Year to Your Favour

 

Just like every new year, prophecies, prayers and wishes open the doors and set a mark. While many celebrate January 1st, birthdays can also be your first day of your year. In some cases, any other day can begin a new year for you. Yours could be the day you gave your life to Christ, the day you gave up your addictions or made a turn in your career - what really matters is the significance you attach to that day.

Celebrating a time and season like the new year is Biblical and necessary. It is very important because all through scriptures, there were specific mentions to events by the times and periods. From Genesis 1:1, we see the first record of time saying, "In the beginning". Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 also further explains that there is a time for everything.

For a believer in Christ, entering into a new season is not enough. It is necessary to make the best of that season. At the end of every year, people are quick to give reviews about the year and account their lessons, successes and failures for the year. One reason for this is to analyze and come to a conclusion as to whether or not the year was worth it. This brings us to the question.

How should a believer in Christ approach a new beginning?

1. Prayerfully take charge of the year. 

There is so much uncertainty that holds up for the next second, next minute, hour, day and the big future. Your plans are valid and will only become reality if you pray them to be. When you begin a new season, prayer helps you to navigate uncertainties and fulfil your goals and plans for that season. Prayer also helps you to make your plans in order.

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2. Follow God's Leading

It is not enough to pray. God gives us directions when we communicate with Him in the place of prayer. It will be wrong to pray to God and refuse to follow instructions from Him. God's instructions can lead you to people capital, finance and grace that will help you fulfil your plans and goals for the season. Your obedience to the instructions of God should not be replaced with anything else. God in return honours obedience and gives beautiful rewards as a result.

3. Stay Confident

It's not always about the planning, but about how you want to maximise your plans and laid down goals. Ask yourself solid questions about how you intend to bring your 'perspire to acquire' motivation into reality. To do this, you need the confidence to face the year. By confiding in God, your reality becomes the truth in 2nd Timothy 1:7 which says that God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. Growing your confidence in God means that you know who God says you are and by that knowledge, you can overcome all things. Your knowledge of whom God says you are may require time before its manifestation. Thus, the proof of confidence is TIME. That a man can be so confident with what God wants to make out of His life and he's patiently staying while others are moving. What God says you are also requires your belief  (attitude). Real pirpose requires confidence and the true proof of confidence is attitude. This helps a man to discover himself  so well that his belief  (attitude) begins to sync with his vision not as a result of pride but confidence. Thus, irrespective of the 'pressure' and 'doings' from your peers and the social media. You're not bothered because you've confided in Him so much that  you now know who and what He says you are.

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Finally, as you begin this new season, put in mind that God is the author of everything related to time. He controls and directs times and seasons. He must not be left out but must be put first in everything you intend to do. As the featured image in this article reads, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God, but this only happens when we allow Him to step in. When you give God access to control and direct your life's seasons, then you will be prosperous and account in the end that you had a great year.

How to Prepare for a Result Oriented Year

In case you have looked at your life and wondered how you used the previous year, then this article is for you. If you have reviewed the past year and it feels like you didn't tick anything off your goals for the year, or maybe you did but it's not enough or could be better, well, I absolutely understand how you feel and it's okay to feel that way.

But what if I told you that you could still achieve  those goals and much more in the new year? A lot can be achieved in the next set of 365 days. You can write a new book, grow your YouTube channel, and launch a new website but you have to carry a mindset that screams that “anything is possible with consistency”.

You see, your success and survival in 2026 is dependent on a few things which I have received as a few words for you from the Lord. 

1. Set your Heart on God

Your ability to set your hearts on things above.

Colossians 3: 1- 3

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Heighten your consciousness on the above scripture and key into your victory in Christ. 

2. Have a Positive Mindset

Don't be conscious of negativity at all. This can only be possible when you have faith in God and believe in yourself. I’m learning that sometimes, faith is madness. No! Scratch that - every time, every single time, faith is madness. This is because it is first unusual. It is a deviation from the norm and as long as it sounds logical, it’s not faith.

Our human minds cannot fathom the depth of who God is so maybe we should quit trying to understand God because He is God all by Himself.

Psalm 105:13-15

Exodus 30:30

You can still write a book, land your dream job, make a movie, or start a podcast. That's why I wrote to you to tell you that all of these are possible. Yours is just to keep reading till the end to find out how and also benefit from our New Year gift to you which will be introduced later in this article.

You can't continue to wake up every day wishing you were in a better space. It's beyond confession and affirmations. As much as confessions and affirmations are great, they can never take the place of action.

Let me put it to you, you are not afraid to start. You are afraid of something greater be it fear of inconsistency, fear of performance, fear of rejection, or fear of not making profits. According to embroker.com, 90%  of startups fail. They probably were in a better place to achieve success than you are but yet they failed.

Because sometimes all you need is a friend to walk you through, check up on you, send you reminders of why you started, hold you and walk you through the path you have chosen for yourself.

This is why  I'll be taking you by the hands on a consistent journey of 30 days.

I'll send you everyday emails for the 30 days and help you keep track of your goals. This will be the best thing that will happen to you in October if you follow through.

Let me quickly tell you two things you need to achieve your most ambitious goals in october. Two great ingredients you need to enter into the month.

1. Accountability

The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) did a study on accountability and found that people have a 65% chance of completing a goal if they commit to someone. And if there’s a specific accountability appointment with an individual, such as a regularly scheduled session with a mentor or coach, those chances of success go up to 95%.

 Now, that's huge because nobody loves accountability, unfortunately, it's the breath of success. When we don't subject ourselves to accountability we set ourselves up for evil without knowing.

What is accountability? It simply means showing up for the thing you said you would do. It can be personal accountability ie accountability to yourself or external accountability( accountability to a friend, coach, mentor, or acquaintance.

This accountability we have been avoiding is clearing the touch we needed to finally achieve our goals. Everything you need to know about doing accountability well will be shared with you in the inner circle.

2. Consistency

Little drops of water make a mighty ocean. One thing I've noticed is for you to be respected and successful in this social media age doesn't take a lot. It only takes consistency. For you to be respected in your niche it takes one thing. Successfully put out content that shows your expertise. If you make a video per day for the next 30 days. You would have made 30 videos at the end of October and 60 videos at the end. 

In the 30-day of consistency challenge, you will be allowed to ask questions that bother you via mail.

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I see you triumphing in 2026

Happy New Year in advance