25 Focus Areas for Believers in 2025

Embarking on a brand new year often brings mixed thoughts and emotions. Because “brand-new” conjures up all kinds of hopes and dreams. 

But how do God’s people steer our focus? What focus areas would please the Lord?

So here are 25 focus areas I want to share with you.

Brand-new Focus Areas

(1.) Beginnings. “The point in time or space at which something starts.”(Google) The world, life, time and space all started with God. Give Him the new year and your new beginnings.

(2.) Forge new paths. Whether careers, direction, vision, mission, or ministry, remember who makes new paths. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

(3.) Dreams. Dream big ole’ ginormous things only God can pull off. He’s the biggest dreamer of all. Dream with God, you and Him dream best together. 

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(4.) Do-overs. Sometimes we get to do something over, other times it’s impossible. But every new year, month, week, and day presents opportunities to change our actions, reactions, perspective, words, and outlook.

(5.) Second chances. Everyone hopes for a second chance after forgetting something, messing up, or hurting someone. Not only expecting them from others, but also giving them to others. Because we serve a God of second chances and countless chances. 

(6.) Wholeness. We were made for wholeness, but we learned brokenness. Jesus makes us whole. “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” Colossians 2:9-10 (ESV)

Living Life Focused

(7.) Abundant life. Do you realize abundant life started the moment you received Christ as Lord? “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10b (ESV)

(8.) Joy. Jesus told us to abide in His love and keep God’s commandments so that “my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11b (ESV)

(9.) Peace. Peace from the Prince of Peace. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)

(10.) Love God and others. “There’s no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31b (ESV) 

(11.) Stay in the Word. Nothing anchors us more than a God who is trustworthy and true to His Word.

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Hope in the Lord: Focus Areas

(12.) Hope in the Hope-giver. Hope has a name. Jesus.

(13.) Depend on God. Culture says we are weak if we need help and we can’t pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. God says, “Look to the hills, where does your help come from? From Me the God of heaven and earth.” (See Psalm 121:1)

(14.) Stand on holy ground. Are we shifting ground from this world’s opinions to holy ground?

(15.) Walk by faith. Our faith is unstoppable when we trust in an unstoppable God who does bigger and better things than anyone or any god.

(16.) Trust a God who’s faithful. Great is His faithfulness! 

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Spiritual Things as Focus Areas

(17.) Fruit of the Spirit. Are we growing every year in spiritual fruit? “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)

(18.) Prayer. Prayer releases our burdens to God. The Lord has a strong shoulder for the burdens heaped upon us from people, the world and hardships.

(19.) Build up the body. “We are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Ephesians 4:15b-16 (ESV)

(20.) Invest in the Kingdom. Reach the lost, make disciples, pour into others and help the needy. 

(21.) Hold onto Jesus. No matter what the future holds, cling to Christ with all our might as He holds onto us! 

Confirmations: Focus Areas

(22.) Know who we are. God always meant for us to connect who we are with whose we are. Our identity lies in the Father and we belong to Him. Remember you are a child of God, chosen, loved, redeemed, forgiven, and free.

(23.) Relationship over religion. When God created us, He intended an imtimate relationship with His people. Christianity focuses on relationship, knowing the Creator in a personal way. Religious rites and ceremonies leave us empty.

(24.) Recognize spiritual gifts and callings. Think about how God’s gifted you with spiritual gifts and callings on your life. Then ask Him to provide opportunities and direction to fulfill them for His glory.

(25.) Let God be God. Sometimes we take on God’s job, desiring control over our lives and running ahead of Him. What will the new year hold if we simply let God do His job as God. If He manages the universe, He certainly can manage my life and much better than me.

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Last week’s post, Personalize and Pray Scriptures for the New Year.

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