Flowers of Promises
1 Kings 8:24, 56 You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses."
These words spoken by Solomon at the dedication of the temple, in affirmation of God’s fulfilled promises made to David and to Israel, through Moses,bring to my mind the confidence I can have in God’s word.
Ps 33:9 "For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast."
His word is active...alive...it accomplishes what He says it will. At the creation of the world He breathed the word and it was done.
Isa 55:11 "So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."
His word comes to me in clusters of promises....promises packed with power in the fulfilment of things spoken, of things that will be done, of things that will be accomplished according to God’s purpose.
Ps 119:11 "Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens."
Ps 119:160 "Your word is true from the beginning"
God’s word to me is forever sure. It is true. It is for me...for me personally. He speaks to my heart.
Rom 4: 20, 21 "He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform."
Abraham was fully convinced that God can perform and accomplish all that He has promised.
2 Cor 1:20 "For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory."
Ps 145:13 " The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. "
God is faithful....his word is dependable..reliable...I can become fully convinced.... I can know for sure...I can believe in His word.
“All along our pathway, God places the flowers of promise to brighten our journey. But many refuse to gather these flowers, choosing instead the thorns and thistles. At every step they weep and mourn, when they might rejoice in the Lord because He has made the road to heaven so pleasant.
As we look at the promises of God, we find comfort and hope and joy; for they speak to us the words of the Infinite One. Properly to appreciate these precious promises, we should study them carefully, examining them in detail. How much joy we might bring into life, how much goodness into the character, if we would but make these promises our own! As we journey in the upward way, let us talk of the blessings strewn along the path. “ The Youth’s Instructor, January 23, 1902.
Lord I want to run free and gather armfuls of flowers...to skip with joy..to experience the exuberance of delight in the beauty of each and every picked flower. Thank you for the flowers of promises strewn throughout the Bible in clusters of scented wonder.
“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses."
These words spoken by Solomon at the dedication of the temple, in affirmation of God’s fulfilled promises made to David and to Israel, through Moses,bring to my mind the confidence I can have in God’s word.
Ps 33:9 "For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast."
His word is active...alive...it accomplishes what He says it will. At the creation of the world He breathed the word and it was done.
Isa 55:11 "So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."
His word comes to me in clusters of promises....promises packed with power in the fulfilment of things spoken, of things that will be done, of things that will be accomplished according to God’s purpose.
Ps 119:11 "Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens."
Ps 119:160 "Your word is true from the beginning"
God’s word to me is forever sure. It is true. It is for me...for me personally. He speaks to my heart.
Rom 4: 20, 21 "He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform."
Abraham was fully convinced that God can perform and accomplish all that He has promised.
2 Cor 1:20 "For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory."
Ps 145:13 " The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. "
God is faithful....his word is dependable..reliable...I can become fully convinced.... I can know for sure...I can believe in His word.
“All along our pathway, God places the flowers of promise to brighten our journey. But many refuse to gather these flowers, choosing instead the thorns and thistles. At every step they weep and mourn, when they might rejoice in the Lord because He has made the road to heaven so pleasant.
As we look at the promises of God, we find comfort and hope and joy; for they speak to us the words of the Infinite One. Properly to appreciate these precious promises, we should study them carefully, examining them in detail. How much joy we might bring into life, how much goodness into the character, if we would but make these promises our own! As we journey in the upward way, let us talk of the blessings strewn along the path. “ The Youth’s Instructor, January 23, 1902.
Lord I want to run free and gather armfuls of flowers...to skip with joy..to experience the exuberance of delight in the beauty of each and every picked flower. Thank you for the flowers of promises strewn throughout the Bible in clusters of scented wonder.
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