SWEET
PROMISES
BREAD
3 You
will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in
you. Isaiah 26:3 (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)
“Let
the beloved of the Lord rest
secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.” Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIV)
4 He is
the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who
does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy
32:4 (NIV)
3 Trust
in the Lord and do good; dwell in
the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your
righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday
sun. 7 Be
still before the Lord and wait
patiently for him. Psalms 37:3-7 (NIV)
28 For
the Lord loves the just and will
not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the
offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 37:28 (NIV)
39 The
salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble. 40 The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the
wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him. Psalms 37:39-40 (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)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have
come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV)
35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or
persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your
sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans
8:35-39 (NIV)
13 May
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that
you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (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
“The Christian is a new creature, born and
taught from above…and has renounced the confused, distant, uncomfortable
notions he/she once formed of God…He/she sees God in Christ, reconciled, a
Father, a Savior and a Friend, who has freely forgiven him/her all his/her sins
and given him/her the spirit of adoption; he/she is now no longer a servant,
much less a stranger, but a son/daughter; and because a son/daughter, an heir
already interested in all the promises,
admitted to the throne of grace, and assured expectant of eternal
glory.” John
Newton
“Pleading the promises
of God is the whole secret of prayer.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“You have a Savior. You have a Lord.
You have a Christ. And you have His promises.” Greg Laurie
“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
“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
“You never pray
with greater power than when you plead the promises of God.” William
White
“The purposes of
God are His concealed promises; the promises, His revealed purposes.” Philip
Henry
“When faith has
the upper hand in my heart I am satisfied with Christ and His promises. This is what Jesus meant when He said, ‘He
who believed in Me shall never thirst’ (John 6:35).
When my thirst for joy and meaning and
passion are satisfied by the presence and promises of Christ, the power of sin
is broken. We do not yield to the offer
of sandwich meat when we can smell steak sizzling on the grill. The fight of faith against lust is the fight
to stay satisfied with God.” John Piper
“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 anointing’s
released during those seasons are still available today.” Dutch
Sheets
“Prayer is a direct address to God. Prayer
secures blessings and betters people because it reaches the ear of God. Prayer
affects people by affecting God to move them. Prayer moves the hand that moves
the world. The utmost possibilities of prayer have rarely been realized. The
promises of God are so great to those who truly pray, that when He puts Himself
fully into the hands of the praying ones, it almost staggers our faith and
leaves us amazed.” E.M.
Bounds
“My hope is not in a cure today. My hope is not the
absence of suffering and comfort returned. My hope is in the presence of the
One who promises never to leave or forsake, the One who declares nothing “will
be able to separate us from the love of God.” (Romans 8:39). Nothing. Your
story is a good story. In the grief, pain and hard, the Author has a plan. It
may feel like a desperate breaking of your very heart, but suffering is not the
absence of God or good.” Kara
Tippetts
“We will each of us endure moments, perhaps
years, when we are tempted to doubt whether the promises were true after all.
Joseph in prison. David in the cave. JESUS IN THE GRAVE. Such moments form the
crucible where faith is forged. He cannot lie. He will do what He said.” Ronnie Collier Stevens
HEART SAVOR
- · God delights in loving His children and fulfilling His promises are proof of that love – in His time, in His way – for His glory.
- · God desires for His children to know His promises and pray them back to Him – it blesses His holy heart.
- · Every promise of God is “Yes” in sweet Jesus.
