The prayer asks God for guidance in the coming year, requesting a holy year spent following God's will, a trustful year with God's faith and fullness, and a year of love, prayer, joy, and hope. It asks God to use the prayer to proclaim truth, power, and peace across the world in the coming year.

1. New Year’s Prayer

8. Lord, I would ask for a year of joy; Thy peace, thy joy divine, Springing undimmed through all the days Be thy days of shade or shine.