STANDING
ON THE PROMISES
BREAD
1 The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me
lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake. 4 Even though
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you
are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare
a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows. 6 Surely
goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in
the house of the Lord forever. Psalms
23:1-6 (NIV)
11 For
the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. 12 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you. Psalms 84:11-12 (NIV)
14 “Because
he loves me,” says the Lord, “I
will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call upon me, and I
will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor
him. 16 With
long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.” Psalms 91:14-16 (NIV)
1 Praise the Lord.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who finds great delight in his commands. 2 His children
will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and
riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 Even in
darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and
righteous man. 5 Good will come to him who is generous and lends
freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. 6 Surely he will
never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever. 7 He will have no
fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. 8 His heart is
secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. 9 He has
scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his
horn will be lifted high in honor. 10 The wicked man
will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of
the wicked will come to nothing. Psalms
112:1-10 (NIV)
17 “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty
to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he
will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah
3:17 (NIV)
27 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow
me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one
can snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them
to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
John 10:27-30 (NIV)
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also
in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I
would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me
that you also may be where I am.” John
14:1-3 (NIV)
5 Keep
your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,
because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I
will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6 (NIV)
45 Not
one of all the Lord's good
promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. Joshua 21:45 (NIV)
20 For no
matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through
him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God says, ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor
are your ways My ways’ (Isaiah 55:8). We live on promises, not on explanations.
We shouldn't spend too much time asking why.” Greg
Laurie
“Written to his wife during one
difficult time in the work of the China Inland Mission, ‘We have twenty-five
cents - and all the promises of God!’”
J. Hudson Taylor
“Pleading the promises
of God is the whole secret of prayer.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“God is to be
trusted when His providences seem to run contrary to His promises.” Thomas
Watson
“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
“Standing on the promises of Christ my King, Through
eternal ages let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, By the living Word of God I shall prevail, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises I now can see Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me; Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord, Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call, Resting in my Savior as my all in all, Standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior; Standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God.” R. Kelso Carter
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, By the living Word of God I shall prevail, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises I now can see Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me; Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord, Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call, Resting in my Savior as my all in all, Standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior; Standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God.” R. Kelso Carter
HEART SAVOR
- · Know His Truth and His Truth shall set you free. You will indeed be able to stand firm.
- · The secret of prayer is pleading His promises. That is His perfect and pleasing will.
- · Every believer in sweet Jesus is availed all the promises of God. Don’t rob yourself by being ignorant to them.
