September 10, 2023 … Believing God’s Promises …

September 10, 2023 …  Believing God’s Promises  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from group, Bethel Music singing … Promises Never Fail … poignantly, yet powerfully ,singing of how God’s promises never fail those who faithfully believe in and follow God’s truth.  

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Highlight Passage: … Luke 1:45 [NLT] … 

45 You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said.”   

… Elizabeth declares that her relative, Mary,  is blessed because of her faith in God’s promise of the the birth of Messiah to Mary.         

               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Luke 1:26-45 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Mary is blessed among women as she believes a visit from the Angel, Gabriel, informing Mary that she will give birth to the Messiah. .                                                                                            

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] …  

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.     

…No need to fear because of God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to always lift up His faithful and chosen family.       

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] …  

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 

… God’s promise to His people, thru Jeremiah, that His plans for His faithful followers would be hopeful and good in the future.       

Reference Passage: … Matthew 1:20-24 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… An angel visits Joseph in a dream telling him about Mary having a Son which Joseph believed and followed in faith.    

Reference Passage: … John 3:16 [NLT] …  </b>

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life..  

… God’s promise of eternal life for any/all who believe on Him as Lord and Savior.      

Reference Passage: … 2Peter 1:4 [NLT] … 

4 And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. 

… Peter shares God’s promises of an eternal hope and future with our Lord for those who believe in His word.     

                                                                                                                                        

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Cindy Hess Kasper   … AT THIS LINK …  related a story about her summer visits with her grandparents, whose life experiences, shared with her in those summer visits ,helped to build her faith in God’s word and HIs promises to all believers.          

Do my readers hold to the truth that God ALWAYS keeps His promises?  Because we may be in a place where holding on to God’s promises is difficult, as it no doubt was for Mary and Joseph when they were visited by an Angel of the Lord . <b>(see Highlight passages)</b> But when we can - and do - trust and believe in the promises of God thru His word, we will be able to deal with the most challenging of circumstances in life.   That is my prayer for my fellow Christian readers here today.         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your word, Lord, which shows me the way to have faith in Your promises.    

My Prayer Today:: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to follow Your word, Lord, which shows us the truth of Your promises.  … Amen

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