A New Year or a New You?

• What are your hopes or dreams for the new year? Why are these things on your list?
  
• Read Isaiah 43:14-21
  
• What caught your attention from this passage?
  
• What do we learn about God from this text?
  
• What had God done for the people of Israel (see v16-17)? Why do you think he reminded them of these things?
  
• How does remembering what God has done in the past impact us in the present?
  
• Why do you think in v18 that God told them to forget all those things?
  
• How does dwelling on the past (whether good or bad) impact us? How does this impact our relationship with God?
  
• What things are you dwelling on today from your past that might be getting in the way of God leading you toward something new?
  
• Do you tend to embrace or resist new things? Why do people struggle so much with change?
  
• What are God’s promises in v19-21? 
  
• What is one area where you feel like God might be calling you to follow him down a new path in your own life? What are the dreams and visions that God is putting on your heart for the future?
  
• What new thing might God do in your life group this next year?