Teaching Illustrations About Promise
Promises From God
Our Daily Bread, January 1, 1985A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim.
- God’s presence— “I will never leave thee” (Heb. 13:5)
- God’s protection—”I am thy shield” (Gen. 15:1)
- God’s power—”I will strengthen thee” (Isa. 41:10)
- God’s provision—”I will help thee” (Isa. 41:10)
- God’s leading—”And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them” (John 10:4)
- God’s purposes— “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil” (Jer. 29:11)
- God’s rest—”Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28)
- God’s cleansing— “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9)
- God’s goodness— “No good thing will He withhold from them that work uprightly” (Psalm 84:11)
- God’s faithfulness—”The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake” (1 Sam. 12:22)
- God’s guidance—”The meek will He guide” (Psalm 25:9)
- God’s wise plan—”All things work together for good to them that love God” (Rom. 8:28)
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Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
James 1:12 Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
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2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Corinthians 1:20 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.
Galatians 3:18 (NIV) For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
Psalms 106:12 (NIV) Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.
Joshua 21:45 (NIV) Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
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