Freely Speaking Audio Devotion

Welcome to Freely Speaking, an OHSOFREE devotional ministry where we share our hearts and trust God for transformation.  

Today, Sharee Gaiser encourages our hope in God’s faithfulness. 

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22–23 (NIV) 

At the end of the year, I literally dragged myself over the finish line. With what little energy I had left, I fell in a heap of utter exhaustion as fireworks burst across the night sky to herald a new year.  

With a fresh new calendar in front of me, I resolved to pick myself up, dust myself off, and try to steady my gaze on what lay ahead—clinging to whatever hope I could muster. 

With a new year stretched before us, we can carry a mixture of anticipation, uncertainty, and quiet longing. The past may hold challenges we’re still processing, and the future can feel unclear. Yet Scripture reminds us that hope is not rooted in circumstances or in our ability to start strong. Our hope is anchored in the character of God: His faithfulness, His nearness, and His unchanging promises. 

The writer of Lamentations knew firsthand what it was to stand in the rubble of discouragement and still reach for hope. In the midst of grief and devastation, he lifts his eyes and declares that God’s mercies are new every morning. Not because life is easy, but because God is unwaveringly faithful. 

This new year becomes an invitation to trust again, to begin again, and to believe that God is already ahead of us, ordering our steps, renewing our strength, and working in ways we cannot yet see. Hope is not wishful thinking; it is confident expectation based on who God is. As we look forward, we do so knowing and trusting that His mercies are new every morning and His plans for us remain good. 

Friends, as you step into this new year, where do you need to trust God’s new mercies and allow His faithfulness to renew your hope? 

No matter how you ended last year or how uncertain the path ahead may feel, God meets you with fresh mercy each morning. His faithfulness has carried you this far—and it will carry you forward into all that lies ahead. 

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