Fresh Hope for a New Year

Join us in 2026 with faith—help carry hope to searching hearts around the world.

Give | Pray | Stream | Shop   Dear Friend and Partner,   As we embark on what we believe will be a truly life-changing 2026, we want to share what the Lord has been revealing about the very changes we all long to see and the true nature of how He manifests them in our lives.   In seeking the Lord for the coming year, we've sensed Him calling not only us—but all who are part of our TBN family—to believe for an unprecedented season of increase and impact. What's especially important to grasp is that transformation doesn't come simply because "it's time," as if God is waiting on a specific day, month, or year to finally be able to bless us. Nor does it come because we've jumped through certain hoops or passed certain tests. True increase comes through the acceptance of God's invitation to pour Himself through us in ways we've never experienced before.   And how do we do that? It sounds like another hoop, another challenge to go along with the already existing parade of trials and storms seemingly designed to derail any progress we've made. Anyone paying attention certainly knows that here at TBN, we've experienced our share of storms this past year. You've undoubtedly experienced your own as well.   Maybe a better question isn't how we accept this invitation, but what this invitation even looks like.   Most of us can quote verses about considering it all joy when we face various trials and tribulations. Yet how often do we consider what we're actually being challenged to do? Is it all about adopting a faith-positive spin on life just to get by, or is God exhorting us to fundamentally change our definition of what these situations actually are?   A story that's been resonating with us as we step into this new year is that of Peter walking on water. It's one of those "oldies but goodies" we tend to take for granted as a simple illustration of faith and doubt. What God has been revealing to us, however, is that Peter's experience, like our own and perhaps yours, is not so much a lesson of faith, but of perception.   When Peter begins to sink at the sight of the waves and cries out to Jesus, it's not that his faith suddenly evaporates. After all, he still has faith that Jesus can indeed save him, and he certainly had enough faith to step out into the storm in the first place. In fact, he seemed excited about it. What changed wasn't the existence of Peter's faith, but its focus. He went from using his faith to have a unique, transformational experience with Jesus to using it to try to escape that very experience because of what it had started to look like.   For a moment there, though, Peter got it. All the other disciples were cowering in the boat from the beginning. Peter was the only one who initially saw the situation as an opportunity, not just to be with Jesus, but to actually become like Jesus. You can see it in his almost celebratory level of enthusiasm, "If it's you, Lord, bid me come!" Peter didn't see a storm; he saw an invitation—an invitation to transformation.   It's a pattern that appears again and again throughout Scripture. Events that appear to be coming against someone almost always prove to be the very means by which they experience the presence of God: Daniel in the lion's den, the Hebrew boys in the furnace, Joseph in the pit. These weren't trials and tribulations; they were orchestrated encounters, the very fuel God used to empower their transformations.   What if we were to embrace the same perspective, hh and every time a challenge arose, we chose to declare that the Kingdom of God is being revealed? Instead of using our faith to escape the storm, what if our prayer was, "Don't get me out of it until I've gotten everything out of it"?   How else can God pour into us more of His presence, more of His love, more of His influence, unless it's through circumstances orchestrated to provide us the opportunity to shine where no one else could—not in spite of the circumstances, but because of them?   Here at TBN, we're all in for what God desires to do in and through this network as He leads us into this new year. We believe that in the days ahead, as we seek only Him and His purpose in the midst of whatever circumstance we find ourselves, God is going to send an outpouring of His Spirit through His people that will fill the earth with the presence of the Kingdom of God like never before.   Nations and regions previously closed to the message of Jesus will open, and thanks to your ongoing prayer and support, TBN will be there to share God's overwhelming love and disciple new believers into a strong and enduring faith.   Friend, we want to encourage you to accept God's invitation to a life-changing 2026 and join Laurie and me in joyfully declaring, "If it's you, Lord, bid me come!"   God bless you   Matt & Laurie Crouch Just $10/mo. Can Change Lives Forever! As we step into 2026, we invite you to become a TBN Ambassador and help share the hope of Jesus with searching hearts around the world. 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