STANDING
ON THE PROMISES
BREAD
26 “There
is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on
the clouds in his majesty. 27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy
him!’” Deuteronomy 33:26-27 (NIV)
28 Do you
not know? Have you not heard? The Lord
is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow
tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men
stumble and fall; 31 but
those who hope in the Lord will
renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and
not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
1 But
now, this is what the Lord says--
he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have
redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the
waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not
sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the
flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the Lord,
your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” Isaiah 43:1-3 (NIV)
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid. John 14:27 (NIV)
13 No
temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he
will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,
he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)
6 For
the Lord gives wisdom, and from
his mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He holds victory in store for
the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, 8 for he guards the course of
the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. Proverbs 2:6-8 (NIV)
2 “This
is what the Lord says, he who made
the earth, the Lord who formed it
and established it--the Lord is
his name: 3 ‘Call
to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do
not know.’” Jeremiah 33:2-3 (NIV)
10 So do
not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God’s promises are like the stars; the darker the night,
the brighter they shine.” David
Nicholas
“We as
Christians know that faith is taking God at His Word. And we realize that faith does not get us
around our problems, but it gets us through them. Such a promise is found in Psalm 48:14, ‘For
this is God, our God forever and ever.
He will be our guide even to death.’
His promise then is no matter how difficult we may find life to be, He
will guide us all the way home. Isaiah
42:16 ‘And I will bring the blind by a way they know not. I will lead them in paths that they have not
known.’ This is the way God leads His
own. You and I are blind to the future,
but He is not, and He has promised to lead all who will put their trust in
Him. Sometimes, because our
circumstances are totally out of our control, we not only have to believe these
promises, but we must put them to the test.” Wales
Goebel
“Life holds for all of us, from
time to time, desolate places. All that was ordinary and secure and familiar
and dependable seems a thousand miles away. Here we are in this strange
wilderness- out of work, ill, robbed of something or someone, banished from a
privilege that once was ours, no longer needed, confused, forsaken. It is a
place of dryness, loneliness, isolation, helplessness, fear. We feel as though
we are walking where no human being was ever meant to walk, a place of dragons. Don't despair. Even though you find no signs, be sure that thousands
have traversed this terrain. When you reach the far side you will meet them.
But there is something that is far more comforting than that. You are not alone now. Always beside you is Another whose voice you may not hear, whose arm
you may not feel, whose footprint you may not see. Nevertheless His Word is
utterly to be trusted: "I cared for you in the wilderness.” (Hosea 13:5) Elisabeth
Elliot
“Pleading the promises
of God is the whole secret of prayer.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“A fixed, constant attention to the promises,
and a firm belief in them, would prevent solicitude and anxiety about the
concerns of this life. It would keep the mind quiet and composed in every
change, and support and keep up our sinking spirits under the several troubles
of life….Christians deprive themselves of their most solid comforts by their
unbelief and forgetfulness of God’s promises.
For there is no extremity so great but there are promises suitable to
it, and abundantly sufficient for our relief in it.” Samuel
Clarke
“God wants us to
reconnect with the powerful and timeless things He has done in the past,
enabling us to build on them rather than always starting over. He not only desires that we be encouraged by
remembering His past faithfulness, but also to realize that the promises and
anointings released during those seasons are still available today.” Dutch
Sheets
“O Lord, I plead thy precious promises; and
thou canst not deny thy word. Thou hast
laid thyself under obligation to help a feeble, praying soul. Then let thy Holy Spirit abide with me, to
quicken my soul when fainting, and to rule my heart in all things, that no sin
may have dominion over me.” K. H.
Von Bogatzky
HEART SAVOR
- · I can trust the promises of God.
- · God’s promises shine the brightest in the most difficult of circumstances.
- · I am to plead His promises in prayer.
