
01/05/2025
A Year Wiser: Reflecting on Life, Gratitude, and God’s Light (3/3) - Apr 28 - May 2, 2025
Topic No. 3: Strengthening Your Walk with God - 📖 James 4:8 – “Come close to God and he will come near to you.”
Reflection Focus:
Birthdays often make us look outward, but they’re also a call to look upward. Reflect on your relationship with God today: How has He been faithful to you over the years? How can you deepen your prayer life, trust, and devotion in the coming year to honor the One who gave you life?
Self-Reflection: Drawing Closer to God
There are moments in life when we feel distant—disconnected from peace, purpose, or even from God Himself. Often, that distance isn’t because God has moved away, but because we’ve drifted. Whether it's due to busyness, distractions, guilt, or complacency, it’s easy to lose sight of the relationship we were created to nurture. Yet, the truth is, God is always present and always waiting for us to turn back, to reach out, to realign our hearts.
To draw closer doesn’t mean perfection or performance—it means presence. It’s choosing to start the day with a prayer instead of scrolling, opening Scripture instead of just seeking solutions from the world, or sitting in silence with God instead of avoiding our emotions. For example, someone who commits just ten quiet minutes a day to pause and speak honestly with God may begin to notice peace returning, or clarity slowly unfolding. These small but intentional moments of connection are powerful. When we prioritize closeness with God, He meets us in those spaces—sometimes with comfort, other times with conviction—but always with love.
🙏💖 OUR PRAYER: A Heart Turned Toward God
Gracious God,
In the noise of my life and the rush of my days, I admit that I sometimes wander far from You. Yet my heart longs to be near You—to feel Your peace, Your presence, Your love. Help me to remember that You are not far; You are always within reach. Teach me to make space for You each day, in stillness and in prayer, in Scripture and in service. Let my desire for closeness with You be greater than my distractions. May my steps draw me nearer—not in fear or pressure, but in love and trust. I want to know You more deeply, walk with You more faithfully, and live with You at the center of all I do.
In Your holy name, we pray.
Amen.
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References: Bible.com
📷: Dailyverses.net
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