These 20 goals for a Christian mother at New Years help start the year off by knowing what will be the focus. As Christian mothers, we want to point our children to Jesus and set their feet on the path of truth.
Having set goals can help to keep you intentional and accountable to follow through with them. It keeps you focused on what matters and it teaches your children the importance of making God a part of each day.
In my motherhood journey, I find setting goals helps me stay focused and organized. I want my children to grow up choosing to make God a big part of their day, to study their Bibles, and to grow in their faith over time. I know that the truth my husband and I instill in them today will impact who they become down the road.
Having goals to keep God a big part of our lives this year reassures me that these valuable truths are not getting pushed aside and forgotten about.
I want Jesus to be the center of our New Year, and to point my children to biblical truths and set them on a path of righteousness. And to teach them to acknowledge God every day and to invite Him to be a part of their everyday lives.
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What Are Some Goals For A Biblical Mother At New Years?
1) Point Your Children To Jesus This Year
A great goal for a Christian mother this New Year is to point your children to Jesus. Whether things are going great and your children are happy and well, and when things are challenging and your children have a hard time, point them to Jesus.
He is the answer, He is the One who brings healing, hope, and peace in a very dark world. A Christian mother’s role is to help children learn about Jesus and to encourage them to build a relationship with Him.
2) Spend Time In God’s Word With Your Children
Another great goal for a Christian mother in the New Year is to spend intentional time in God’s Word with your children. Make time for your family to study the Bible together, put aside other things that aren’t important, and focus on instilling God’s Word in your children’s hearts.
Seeds of hope will be planted in them and you will see those seeds come to full fruition over time. God is doing good work in their hearts, keep directing them to His Word.
Blessing children with their own Kid’s Bible encourages them to dive deeper into learning God’s Word.
3) Cover Your Children In Prayer This New Year
Cover your children in prayer this New Year, may it be a year where you faithfully pray over them. Your prayers are powerful and effective (James 5:16 NIV) and they are never in vain. Pray through every situation and every obstacle, and lift your children in prayer daily, it will impact their lives greatly.
You may not see the outcome anytime soon, but God is working on their behalf, and your prayers are a big part of that. Praying for your children is a great goal to set for a New Year.
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4) Instill In Your Children A Desire To Memorize Scripture
Take intentional time this New Year to teach your children the importance of memorizing Scripture and taking practical steps to learn new Bible verses. You can focus on one verse a month, or a new verse each week, and keep teaching them to your children until they catch on.
Planting God’s Word in your children’s hearts will bless them immensely, you never know when they will need that verse in their life, moments when they are struggling or dealing with hardships. The Bible verses you helped plant in them will come to mind and help them through many situations.
There is so much wisdom and guidance that comes from knowing God’s Word, and children can be blessed by knowing biblical truths.
5) Help Your Children Learn More About The Importance Of Living By Faith
A goal for this New Year is the help your children learn the importance of living by faith. The Bible tells us that it’s impossible to please God without faith (Hebrews 11:6 NIV), so helping children learn the value of faith at a young age will bless them greatly as they grow.
Living by faith is a big part of the Christian walk, there are many times in life when faith is required because we don’t always see the big picture. Living by faith is a beautiful blessing you can pass on to your children, and making intentional time to teach your children about faith and why it’s so important is a great goal for this New Year.
6) Teach Your Children To Turn To Prayer In Good Times And Bad
Teach your children to turn to prayer in the good times and the bad ones. God is worthy of our praise and He wants us to come to him in every situation. When the sun is shining and all is well, and when it’s dark and gloomy and challenges arise, teach your children to turn to prayer through everything.
It’s a blessing they will learn to appreciate as they grow, and what a privilege it is to come before the Lord in prayer, anytime and anywhere!
7) Instill In Your Children A Desire To Lend A Helping Hand To Others
Instill in your children a desire to lend a helping hand to others, that they would be people who see a need and take action. Teach them the value of blessing others and choosing to help when they see a need before them. To put their faith into action and show love to others through kindness and being helpful.
8) Faithfully Take Your Children To Church
A goal for this New Year for a Christian mother is to faithfully take your children to church weekly. Attending a local church is an important part of one’s faith journey, we were never meant to live out our faith alone. God wants us to be in a community with other believers, encouraging and helping one another.
Teaching your children this valuable blessing at a young age is beneficial, as they grow they will learn the importance of being an active part of the body of Christ.
9) Give Your Children Opportunities To Ask Questions And Discuss Biblical Truths As They Learn
Give your children opportunities to ask questions and discuss biblical truths as they learn and study God’s Word. Encourage them to ask questions, because that’s a great way to go deeper into biblical truths.
It’s important that they understand what they are learning from the Bible, and by asking questions they will have opportunities to make sure they fully understand so they can learn to apply biblical truths to their lives and grow spiritually.
10) Speak Words Of Truth, Hope, And Life Over Your Children This Year
A goal for a Christian mother this New Year is to choose words wisely. Speak words of truth, hope, and life over your children. Intentionally speak biblical truths to your children, and know that God’s Word is touching their hearts and working within them.
Words have the power to speak life or death (Proverbs 18:21 NIV), and through your words, you can help your children walk in hope and truth. You can speak words that have meaning rather than empty words with no benefit. Aiming to be wise with your words is a great goal to set for a New Year.
11) Instill In Your Children’s Hearts The Beauty Of Worship
Instill in your children’s hearts the beauty of worship this New Year, teach them the joy that comes from worshipping the Lord in Spirit and in truth. Help them realize the many ways to worship, through singing, writing, prayer, art, sitting before the Lord in quietness, using talents for His glory, and so much more.
Worship is giving the Lord the glory in many ways, offering to Him the praise He is worthy of. Teaching your children the beauty of worship is a wonderful goal for a Christian mother this New Year.
12) Focus On Encouraging Your Children With Scripture
Focus on encouraging your children with Scripture this New Year. God’s Word brings hope, peace, and joy, and it fills our hearts with purpose and meaning. Encouraging your children with Scriptures is a beautiful goal to have, always reminding them that God is loving and faithful.
There are Bible verses to help with any situation, and God’s Word offers peace and hope like no other. So use Scripture to encourage and uplift your children this New Year, and make it a goal to remind them what God’s Word says in different situations.
Dive into God’s Word with your children this New Year, and encourage Bible study by blessing them with their own Kid’s Bible.
13) Remind Your Children To Invite God To Be Present In Their Day
Remind your children to invite God to be present in their day, start each day acknowledging God, and let your children invite Him to be a part of their day. This teaches them to give God the honor He is due and to acknowledge Him as the Lord of all.
Teaching them that God wants to be a part of their day will help them learn that He is ever-present and never leaves their side.
14) Take Opportunities For Your Children To Be Around Other Children In The Faith
A great goal for a Christian mother this New Year is to take opportunities for your children to be around other children in the faith. Let them relate to other children who are being raised with the same values and morals. They will need friends who they can relate to and who they can find encouragement from as they grow.
Whether it’s taking them to a church event, Sunday school, or any opportunity for them to connect with other children in the faith.
15) Play Worship Music To Set A Peaceful Atmosphere Of Worship
Play worship music often, make it a normal part of your children’s life to set a peaceful atmosphere of worship. As your children start to learn the words to the songs, they will begin to enjoy singing along and having these worship songs on their minds and hearts.
It’s a beautiful goal for teaching your children to worship through song and making melodies in their hearts unto the Lord.
16) Remind Your Children The Importance Of Giving, Allowing Them Opportunities To Give
Remind your children the importance of giving, and allow them opportunities to give. Teaching them the beauty of giving is a great goal for the New Year, it’s a big part of raising children to be kind, and generous, and to serve others.
You can find opportunities for your children to actively give to others, use creativity, and let them be a part of giving. Whether it’s blessing someone with a meal, giving a financial blessing, buying someone’s coffee, or giving to a food bank. No matter what the situation, all of them are great ways to teach children to give.
Placing someone else’s needs before their own, and teaching them to see beyond themselves and to give from the heart is a great goal for the New Year.
17) Teach Your Children Bible Stories And Talk About What They Can Learn From Them
Teach your children Bible stories and talk about what they can learn from them. A goal for this New Year can be to take the opportunity to learn from Bible stories and Bible characters. There is so much children can learn from the people in the Bible that God used to complete His work on earth, and often the Bible characters are very relatable to today.
These true stories can inspire children in their own lives and encourage them in their faith journey.
18) Intentionally Take Opportunities To Direct Your Children To Biblical Truth
A goal for a Christian mother this New Year is to intentionally take opportunities to direct your children to biblical truths. In any situation, look to the Bible and see what it says to help. Teach your children to turn to God’s Word for guidance and help, and to apply what they learn to their lives.
Make the phrase “What does the Bible say?” a normal one in your household, teaching children to get direction and answers from God’s truth.
19) Enjoy Nature And God’s Beautiful Creation With Your Children
Enjoy nature and God’s beautiful creation with your children, on a beautiful day go outside and take in the beauty God made. Help your children to see everything as God’s masterpiece, and to give Him the credit and the glory for everything He created. It will teach them to appreciate the blessing God has given us through nature.
Spend intentional time outside to reflect on the Lord, and to spend quality time together. Have a time reading the Bible together while in nature and enjoy special God-time as a family.
20) Instill In Your Children A Heart Of Gratitude And Thanksgiving
Instill in your children a heart of gratitude and thanksgiving this year. Focus on reminding them of the blessings they’ve been given and the importance of giving God the credit for it all. Teach them to appreciate the small and the big things, and to view it all as a gift from God.
These 20 goals for a Christian mother to have this New Year help her be intentional and make God a big part of the year ahead. Because setting goals helps keep accountability and makes it easier to follow through.
As Christian mothers, these goals can help us raise our children to be grateful, and thankful, and to acknowledge God in their day. The seeds of truth we plant in them today will reach full fruition in the years to come and what a joy that will be to witness as our children grow into the godly people God made them to be!
