2025 Word of the year

My Bible Study has a “word of the year” tradition. Each member chooses a word to represent their focus for the coming year depending on their circumstances. It is often centered on our spiritual journey but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. I thought this might be a good conversation starter for this group.

Hope is my word of the year.

For me, 2024 was a year of transformation as I renewed my relationship with God, but also pain as I started the divorce process. 2025 will be a year of change as I become single, retire, move to a new community, and become a grandparent. As I enter 2025 I choose Hope!

The Hebrew word for Hope is “qawah” which translates as “to wait or look with eager expectation”. Hope includes confidence in a positive outcome. This is quite different than the English usage which implies a slimmer chance.

These are my favorite versus about hope:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

How about you? Do you have a word of the year??

Hi, Scott.

I am sorry to hear about your divorce (I had read about it in one of your previous posts), but I like what you posted. I have a very intense inner knowing of what God wants from me this year, but it is hard for me to put it into a single word. I know that he is calling me into a deeper life of humble prayer, so maybe brokenness, or humility, or prayer would be my word.

In line with your word, I have offered a link to the following teaching series on Hope to a few people here recently, and maybe it would be something of interest to you.

SHALOM!