As the year draws to a close, many individuals turn to prayer for reflection, gratitude, and seeking guidance for what lies ahead. The end of the year is a time for evaluating our growth, expressing thanks for our blessings, and asking for divine wisdom and courage as we step into a new chapter.
The Bible offers countless verses that can enrich our prayers and strengthen our faith during this transitional time. Here, we’ve compiled 30 powerful scriptures that can inspire your end of year prayer, helping you to connect deeper with God and to prepare your heart for the future.
So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.
But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.
Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
The end of a thing is better than its beginning; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills— from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,continuing steadfastly in prayer.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times a year.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.
The LORD your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Famous and Strong Quotes about end of year prayer
The only journey is the one within.
In the long run, it is the bold who are the truly prayerful.
I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.
You can make anything by writing.
The universe is wider than our views of it.
Reflecting on the Year with Gratitude and Hope
Heavenly Father,
As we stand at the close of this year, we come before You with hearts full of gratitude. Thank You for the moments of joy, the lessons learned through challenges, and Your unwavering presence in our lives.
In the quiet of this moment, we reflect on the paths we have walked. We seek Your forgiveness for our shortcomings and thank You for the grace that has carried us through. Help us to learn from our past and grow in faith as we look to the future.
Lord, as we prepare to welcome a new year, we ask for Your guidance and wisdom in all that is to come. May our steps be directed by Your light, and may we embrace new opportunities to serve You and others.
In the coming year, grant us strength to face challenges and a spirit of hope that shines in the darkness. Help us, O Lord, to cultivate love, joy, and peace in our hearts and to share these blessings with those around us.
May we always seek Your kingdom first and align our desires with Your will. We trust in Your plans for us, knowing that they are good. In all things, may we glorify Your name.
In Jesus’ name, we pray,
Amen.