Three Ways to Be Consistent in Your Walk in 2026

New Year, New Me!!! *Wait* Is anyone else tired of that saying? 

There’s so much you accomplished in 2025, you don’t need a complete overhaul. But you probably do have new goals for 2026, especially when it comes to growing in your walk with God. The key to transforming goals into reality? Developing easy, repeatable habits you can incorporate into your everyday life.

This is a concept I’m just now starting to understand in my life. I love the idea of setting goals, but the actual execution has always been a bit elusive. Whenever I’ve tried to set New Year resolutions, I find that life continues at the same pace it’s always been, and my goals end up being nice ideas I wrote down and decorated in my planner, nothing more.

But that all changed for me last year when I learned that being consistent is the difference maker. Developing healthy habits, especially when it came to my walk with God, into my everyday routine enabled me to start seeing the changes in my life that I was praying for. God met me where I was and helped me go deeper in my relationship with him.

So as we start a fresh year, here are three habits that helped me to build consistency in my daily walk.

• Start Small. Don’t try to take on the world and change your entire life just because it’s January. Lasting change takes time, and you’ll be more successful if you can focus on one thing before moving on to another. If you want to go deeper in your walk with Jesus and you’re not sure where to start, pick one thing and start there. Memorize Scripture. Start a prayer journal. Find someone to mentor you and be faithful to meet with them on a regular basis. Once you’ve mastered this one thing and have it ingrained in your schedule, it will be easier to add the next thing without dropping the first.
  
  
• Schedule It. Until it’s part of your everyday routine, make it a point to schedule your time. If your goal is to have a daily quiet time, it’s good to plan out when you want to have it. As I’ve learned first-hand, if my quiet times are just something I’ll get to when I have time, I usually don’t find time for them. As you work on incorporating this rhythm into your life, give yourself some grace and flexibility. Give yourself a deadline of two weeks to try different times of the day to have your quiet time and make notes on when works best for you. It’s okay to experiment with different times that work best for your schedule, just be intentional and once you’ve found it, do your best to keep that time dedicated to spending uninterrupted time with Jesus.
  
  
• Mark It Off. Find a way to track your progress. This shouldn’t be used to judge yourself because there will be days that you miss – and that’s okay. But when you want to build a habit, keeping track of how many days you accomplish it helps you see how you’ve grown. I tracked a new habit last year and made it all the way to 461 days before my app crashed. And you know what happened in those 461 days? I saw myself grow and change in ways that I had been praying about for years. Building consistency in that one area of my life touched every other area.

Creating and achieving goals takes time. Take your thoughts and ideas to God and ask him to give you wisdom and direction on what to pursue. Be patient with yourself, and most importantly just keep going. There will be setbacks, there will be learning opportunities and there will be challenges to achieving your goal and growing your faith, but friend, that’s what makes it all so worth it in the end. 

Just start somewhere and be consistent.