promises from the Word of God

God has given us many promises in His Word to assure & comfort us when we walk through the dark valleys in our lives. Whatever circumstances you find yourself in, remember one thing : God is love and He loves you! (1 John 4:16)

Genesis 15:2b  "I am your shield, your very great reward."

Genesis 28:15a  I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go.

Deuteronomy 7:9  Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands.

Deuteronomy 28:12a  The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 33:27a  The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Job 14:15  "You will call and I will answer you."

Job 23:10  But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Psalm 16:11  You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalm 27:5  For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 37:28a  For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones. They will be protected forever....

Psalm 84:11  For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favour and honour; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalm 86:5  You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to You.

Psalm 121:2  My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:5-6  The Lord watches over you - the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalm 121:7-8  The Lord will keep you from all harm - He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Psalm 126:3  The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

Psalm 126:6  He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him

Psalm 145:18  The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.

Proverb 8:17  I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me find Me.

Proverb 3:25-26  Have no fear of sudden disaster ....... for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.

Proverb 3:34b  He gives grace to the humble.

Proverb 18:24b  There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Isaiah 14:3  On the day the Lord gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage.

Proverb 19:23  The fear of the Lord leads to life : Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

Proverb 29:25b  Whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Isaiah 40:11  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young.

Isaiah 40:31  But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 43:2  "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

Isaiah 43:25  "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for your own sake, and remembers your sins no more."

Isaiah 45:2  "I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron."

Isaiah 54:17  "No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from Me," declares the Lord.

Isaiah 58:9a  Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will call for help, and He will say : Here I am.

Isaiah 60:20b  The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.

Jeremiah 7:23b  "Obey Me, and I will be your God and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you."

Jeremiah 33:3  "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

Lamentations 3:22-23  Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:24  I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him."

Lamentations 3:25  The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Micah 7:7  But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Saviour; my God will hear me.

Micah 7:8  Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Malachi 4:2a  But for you who revere My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.

Matthew 5:4  Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Matthew 6:14  "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."

Matthew 7:7-8  "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."

Matthew 23:12b  "Whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Mark 8:35  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Luke 21:33  "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away."

John 4:14  "But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

John 5:24  "I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."

John 6:35  Then Jesus declared, "I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty."

John 6:37b  "Whoever comes to Me I will never drive out."

John 6:47-48  "I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the Bread of Life."

John 8:31b  Jesus said, "If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples."

John 10:9  "I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture."

John 10:10b  "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

John 10:27-28  "My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand."

John 12:46  "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness."

John 14:2  "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."

John 14:19c  "Because I live, you also will live."

Romans 10:12  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile - the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him.

2 Corinthians 9:6  Remember this : Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

2 Corinthians 12:9a  "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness."

Galatians 6:9  Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Ephesians 2:8a  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.

Ephesians 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:19  Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household.

Philippians 4:13  I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.

2 Timothy 4:18a  The Lord will rescue me for every evil attack and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom.

Hebrews 4:9  There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.

Hebrews 4:12  For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Hebrews 4:13  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 7:25  Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.

James 4:8a  Come near to God and He will come near to you.

James 4:10  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.

1 Peter 5:7  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.

Revelation 2:10d  "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life."

Revelation 21:4  He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

Revelation 21:6b  To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 21:7  He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

broken but beautiful

Source : Our Daily Bread

Date : Wed August 6, 2014

Scripture : Jeremiah 18:1-6

Writer : Cindy Hess Kasper

 

[The vessel] was marred . . . ; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. —Jeremiah 18:4

 

Recently, my daughter showed me her collection of sea glass. Also known as beach glass, the varied bits of colored glass are sometimes pieces of pottery but often they are pieces of shattered glass bottles. Originally the glass had a purpose, but then it was casually thrown away and became broken.

If the discarded glass ends up in an ocean, its journey is just beginning. As it is relentlessly tossed about by currents and tides, its jagged edges are ground down by the sand and waves and eventually are smoothed away and rounded off. The result is something beautiful. The jewel-like sea glass has found new life and is treasured by collectors and artists.

In a similar way, a broken life can be renewed when it is touched by God’s love and grace. In the Old Testament, we read that when the prophet Jeremiah watched a potter working, he noticed that if an object was marred the potter simply reshaped it (Jer. 18:1-6). God explained that in His hands the people of ancient Israel were like clay, which He would shape as He saw best.

We are never too badly broken for God to reshape. He loves us in spite of our imperfections and past mistakes, and He desires to make us beautiful.

by : Cindy Hess Kasper

 

 

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the Potter, I am the clay;
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still. —Pollard

 

 

When melted by trial,
we can be fully moulded by the Potter