Tag: promises of God
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Do you know what God has spoken?
2 Samuel 7:25 “And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.” How’s your reading comprehension? Do you remember those exams from high school that were used to test it? I never really liked those tests, because my thoughts could…
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Encourage Yourself
1 Samuel 30:6 “And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” Have you ever been in a situation where it seemed as though nobody could really help you – or perhaps nobody…
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Presumptuous Sin
1 Samuel 28:16-19 “And Samuel said, ‘Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy? The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. Because you did…
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Jehovah Jireh
Nehemiah 9:18-21 “Even when they had made for themselves a golden calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies, you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor…
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Finishing Well
Hebrews 11:20-22 “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.” True faith finishes well. That…
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It’s Everything!
Hebrews 11:17-19 “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, ‘Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’ He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he…
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A Fixed Gaze
Hebrews 11:12 “Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.” As you go through life and plan your day, how far forward is your gaze fixed? For example, perhaps you have an early…
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The Creator’s Oath
Hebrews 6:13-20 “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself,saying, ‘Surely I will bless you and multiply you.’ And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So…
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Faithfulness
1 Corinthians 1:9 “God is faithful.” Unfaithfulness is a devastating sin, and the closer the relationship between those whom this sin effects, the more ruinous it is. The book of Proverbs describes those who are unfaithful in fulfilling their duty in the workplace like this: “Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,…
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Standing on the Promises
Joshua 1:2-3 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.” Are…
To Encourage You 