God's Word on That

Tag: Promises

  • Praying More Effectively

    Lord God, thank You for the promise of Your Word that tells me when I call unto You, You will answer me and show me great and mighty things (Jeremiah 3:33).  This wonderful promise inspires me to learn to pray more effectively and to experience all You have for me in prayer. 

    Let us charge into the adventure set before us, using God’s Word to guide us and His love to protect us.

    I thank You, Father, for the confidence I have in You, that, if I ask anything according to Your Will, You hear me.  And because I know You hear me, I know I will receive the petitions I have asked of You (1 John 5:14-15).  Your Word reveals Your Will to me (2 Timothy 3:16); therefore, I will pray according to Your Word.

    Your Word is filled with so many precious prayer promises.  Thank You for each and every one of them.  As I meditate on these promises, and learn to pray Your Word and Your Will, I know Your Word will never return to You void of effect.  It will always accomplish Your purposes (Isaiah 55:11).  Thank You, Father.  Thank You for Your Holy Spirit Who helps me to pray more effectively, for when I am not sure how to pray about a matter, the Holy Spirit comes to my aid (Romans 8:26).  I trust the Holy Spirit to lead and help me in every area of my life including prayer (Romans 8:14). 

    Father, in the name of Jesus, I offer up thanksgiving that You have called me to be a fellow workman – a joint promoter and a laborer together with and for You (1 Corinthians 3:9).  I commit myself to pray and not to turn coward – faint, lose heart or give up (Luke 18:1).  Fearlessly and confidently and boldly I draw near to the throne of grace that I may receive mercy and find grace to help in good tie for every need – appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when I [and others] need it (Hebrews 4:16). 

    When I do not know what prayer to offer and how to offer it worthily as I ought, Father, I thank You that the Holy Spirit comes to my aid and bears me up in my weakness.  He meets my supplication and pleads in my behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.  And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit intercedes and pleads on behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s Will.  Therefore, I am assured and know – God being a partner in my labor – all things work together and are fitting into a plan for My good, because I love God and am called according to His design and purpose (Romans 8:26-28).

    I do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make my wants known to You (Philippians 4:6).  Whatever I ask for in prayer, I believe that it is granted to me, and I will receive it (Mark 11:24).  The earnest prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available – dynamic in its working (James 5:16).  Father, I live in You – abide vitally united to You – and Your words remain in me and continue to live in my heart.  Therefore I ask whatever I will and it shall be done for me (John 15:7).  When I bear much fruit through prayer, You, Father, are honored and glorified (John 15:5).

    You, O Lord, are the end of all that is good, the height of all that is life, the depth of all that can be spoken.

  • Praying God’s Words

    Prayer based upon the Word of God rises above the senses, contacts the Author of that Word, and sets His spiritual laws into motion.  Yet it is not just speaking words that gets results; it is spending time with the Father (fellowshipping), learning His wisdom (meditation), drawing on His strength (building faith), being filled with His quietness (trusting), and basking in His love (praising Him) that brings results to our prayers.

    Our world changes when we speak God’s words into it.

    Prayer is fellowshipping with God (1 Corinthians 3:9)that should be constantly practiced (1 Thessalonians 5:17) to bring results based on God’s Word:

    I am watching to see My Word is fulfilled (Jeremiah 1:12).

    It is our heritage and privilege and right.

    Prayer is the “Living Word” (Hebrews 4:12) in our mouths (1 Peter 4:11).  To plead the promises, we put Him in remembrance of His Word (Isaiah 43:26) knowing that His Word is not void and useless (Isaiah 55:11).  Using God’s Word on purpose, specifically, is a most effective and accurate means of praying (John 6:63).  God’s Word – our spirit food as we read it every day – takes root in our hearts, is formed by the tongue, and is spoken out of our mouths.  THIS is creative power!  The spoken words of God work as we confess it and then apply the action to it.  

    “According to your faith will it be done to you”(Matthew 9:29).

    The prayers offered here were designed to teach and train us in the art of personal confession and intercessory prayer.  All the other skills required for successful results are up to each one of us individually.  As Christians, our first priority is to love the Lord our God with our entire being, and our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:30).  We are called to be intercessors, to inquire of God in His temple [our hearts] – that is our job:

    Therefore, this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve Me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be My spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them (Jeremiah 15:19).

    Promise, Prayer and Performance cover our advancement in the spiritual life. Promises and performance are the Lord’s doing, but prayer must come from us. Promises are ineffective and their performance inoperative if prayer (speaking the promises) on our part is lacking. God’s unfailing promises are given to stimulate prayer, not to supersede it. While everything good for us is promised in answer to believing prayer, nothing is promised apart from it. Therefore, prayer = “pleading the promises”.

    When Jesus was on the earth, those who received Him and His teachings became known as “disciples” or “learners”. Therefore, all the promises He gave His disciples are for the disciples of any age to claim. Written for all the saints, they were likewise written for each saint.

    Take the promises, O child of God, and plea them as your title to the inheritance, and they will be owned. They are your charter and covenant from God Himself. Not given of favor, nor for any merit, but are of grace — words of love, not rewards for service.

  • Praying the Promises of God

    Prayer makes us stronger, morally and mentally, than any other activity.  It builds confidence, gives joy and pride in our work, and lifts us up to eagerly face the day’s perils and fatigues.  Faith for fear, strength for anxiety, confidence for hesitation, inward power adequate for whatever situation – that is prayer’s purpose.  Prayer is positive affirmation of faith and confidence in God that puts divine strength in the center of the picture and crowds apprehensions, anxieties, and fears off the edge of the playing field.

    Praying God’s promises changes our world; it changes us.

    Prayer is not a process by which normal man turns our All-powerful God into a bellboy. Real prayer is always more than begging.  It is affirmation!  To pray God’s promises is to release superhuman power into the situation.  It is an endeavor to put ourselves into such a relationship with God that He can do – in and for and through us — what He wants done.  Therefore, prayer is the listening ear of the servant, the hospitable heart of the servant, the cooperative will of God’s servant. 

    God always answers believing prayer that is based upon the promises of His Word. By speaking His promises, we are incorporating God’s truth into every area of our lives.  Many amazing things happen when people learn to speak the promises of God:  Our faith grows; our attitudes change; our hearts are softened. We transcend our problems, and our point of view becomes more congruent with God’s perspective.  Daily miracles take place because prayer produces both physical and spiritual power in our lives.   

    In the kingdom of God we are learning more and more that everything is connected: the spiritual and the physical are all mixed together to create the world as we know it.  That is why speaking God’s promises into our situations can release God’s power into the physical realm. Where do the good things in life come from? Jesus said they come out of our own hearts. Whatever you store there – the information you program into your spirit – will produce for you.  It always produces after its kind!

    Praying God’s Promises back to Him puts you in touch with the heart of God.  They will change your perspective, attitude, and circumstances, because they reveal to you all that God has in store for you.  They are not magical formulas, but they are faith building mediations.  Promise packed prayer, expressed in heart-felt faith, meets any need.  Things won’t happen because you speak these prayers one time.  But they will, over time change your mindset to create your desired world around you.  They will build your faith to enable you to reach out and receive the fulfillment of all your needs.

    It is our privilege, as children of the One True King, to walk in His blessings.  When we read God’s Word we find God has outright promised to bless us emotionally (mind), to prosper us physically (body), and to care for our spiritual growth (soul).  God wants to move in our behalf when we are discouraged, worried, lonely, depressed, confused, tempted, angry, or guilty.  As we pray the promises of God, we learn that God is always there to lead us into greater realms of emotional health and security.  Emotions are not our master, and circumstance are not our master.  The One who is our Lord and Master desires to bless us with a greater portion of love, faith, hope, confidence, happiness, security, and joy.  As we pray, we will find our fear turned into faith, despair turned into hope, and worry turned into peace.  Truly!

  • Promises of Affection

    Whatever you have lost, God will make it up to you if you place your trust in Him and refuse to try to collect what you feel is owed you by yourself. [Look at Joseph and Job.] (Joyce Meyer)

    God has promised to never leave us, to always be with us in every trial.

    You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.  Whom have I in heaven but You?  And earth has nothing I desire besides You.  My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the strength of my spirit (Psalm 73:24-26).

    Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me in (Psalm 27:10).

    How precious concerning me are Your thoughts, O God!  How vast the sum of them!  Were I to count them they would outnumber the grains of sand!       (Psalm 139:17-18)

    Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed (Proverbs 16:3).

    Commit your way to the Lord.  Trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass (Psalm 37:5).

    A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows is God in His holy dwelling.  God sets the lonely in families (Psalm 68:5-6).

    For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sin and lawless deeds I will remember no more (Jeremiah 31:34).

    “[Even if] the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord who has compassion on you (Isaiah 54:10).

    You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You (Isaiah 26:3).

    For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: in repentance and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength (Isaiah 30:15).

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  [He] will say of the Lord “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust” (Psalm 91:1-2).

    O may Thy loving-kindness comfort me, according to Thy word to Thy servant (Psalm 119:76).

    Who am I, O Lord God?  And what is my house that You have brought me this far?  (1 Chronicles 17:16)

    “I will give your life to you as a prize.  In all places, wherever you go – should you then seek great things for yourself?  Seek them not. For I will bring disaster on all people,” declares the Lord, “but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life (Jeremiah 45:5).

    Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored and I have loved you.  Therefore I will give men for you and people for your life (Isaiah 43:4).

    Even to your old age, I am He – and even to gray hairs I will carry you.  I have made and I will bear; even I will carry you and will deliver you (Isaiah 46:4).

    “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of Hosts (Zechariah 4:6).

    If You, O Lord kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?  But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared (Psalm 130:3-4).

    Eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him (1 Corinthians 2:9).

    Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth (Psalm 124:8).

    Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit (2 Corinthians 7:1).

  • Promises For Endurance

    The Bible reveals that God has a plan for every life.  And if we live in constant fellowship with Him, He will direct and lead us in the fulfillment of that plan.

    God’s ways are not burdensome. They only look that way before we actually start following them.

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for You are with me (Psalm 23:4).

    Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways (Psalm 37:7).

    But the Lord is faithful who will establish you and guard you from the evil one (2 Thessalonians 3:3).

    I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! (Psalm 27:13)

    I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety (Psalm 4:8).

    News of misfortune will have no terrors for him [who fears the Lord], because his heart is steadfast trusting in the Lord.  His confidence is well established, he has no fear, and in the end he will see the downfall of his enemies (Psalm 112:7-8).

    For He has delivered me out of all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes (Psalm 54:7).

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

    The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.  Your love, O Lord, endures forever.  Do not abandon the work of Your hands (Psalm 138:8).

    Come, let us return to the Lord… as surely as the sun rises He will appear.  He will come to us…  (Hosea 6:1, 3)

    But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

    I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint (Jeremiah 31:25).

    He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak (Isaiah 40:29).

    God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34).

    He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things (Psalm 107:9).

    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with kindness and mercy, who satisfies your mouth with good things so your youth is renewed like the eagle’s (Psalm 103:2-5).

    “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord.  “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you.  Plans to give you a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).

    Fear not for I am with you.  Be not dismayed for I am your God.  I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you.  I will uphold you with My righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10).

    I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of [slavery].  Open wide your mouth and I will fill it (Psalm 81:10).

    The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you.  He will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid.  Do not be discouraged (Deuteronomy 31:8).

    Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom!  (Luke 12:32)

  • Promises For Deliverance

    Faith teaches us how to turn promises into psalms of praise and proverbs of wisdom.

    God has promised to guide us and help us. Cling to His promises!

    I rise before dawn and cry for help, I have put my hope in Your Word.  My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on Your promises (Psalm 119:147-148).

    My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life (Psalm 119:50).

    He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy (Job 8:21).

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me…  Whoever offers praise glorifies Me (Psalm 50:15, 23).

    The Lord redeems His servants, no one will be condemned who takes refuge in Him (Psalm 34:22).

    A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all (Psalm 34:19).

    The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their cry…  The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles (Psalm 34:15, 17).

    The Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials (2 Peter 2:9).

    The righteous man is rescued from trouble (Proverbs 11:8).

    For every sigh, God has a psalm.

    The Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to Him…  (Deuteronomy 4:7)

    For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime!  Weeping may remain for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5).

    Come let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up (Hosea 6:1).

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

    When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, He makes even his enemies live at peace with him (Proverbs 16:7).

    God will wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 7:17).

    The Lord will keep you from harm – He will watch over your life (Psalm 121:7).

    From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and You listened to my cry (Jonah 2:1).

    I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.  Those who look to Him are radiant, their faces are never covered with shame (Psalm 34:4-5).

    This poor man cried out and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.  The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them (Psalm 34:6-7).

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

  • Seeking His Promises

    The Lord may not have definitely planned that this should overtake me, but He has most certainly permitted it.  So though it were an attack of an enemy, by the time it reaches me, it has the Lord’s permission and so all is well.  He will make it work together with all life’s experiences – for good.       (C H Welch)

    God’s promises are like a sweet aroma that enhances our journey.

    Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel.  All came to pass (Joshua 21:45).

    He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me (Psalm 55:18).

    When I said, “my foot is slipping,” Your love, O Lord, supported me.  When anxiety was great within me, Your consolation brought joy to my soul (Psalm 94:18-19).

    The Lord turns [all] my darkness into light (2 Samuel 22:29).

    In the day when I cried out, You answered me; and made me bold with strength in my soul (Psalm 138:3).

    You broaden the path beneath me so my feet do not slip (Psalm 18:36).

    Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of [the nations].  For the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6).

    He brought me out into a spacious place.  He rescued me because He delighted in me (Psalm 18:19).

    He reached down from on high and took hold of me.  He drew me out of deep waters.  He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too strong for me (Psalm 18:16-17).

    You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble [overpowering me] and surround me with songs of deliverance (Psalm 32:7).

    And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18).

    No harm will befall you; no disaster will come near your tent.  For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways…  “Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him.  I will protect him for he acknowledges My name.  He will call upon Me and I will answer him.  I will be with him in trouble.  I will deliver him and honor him.  With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”  (Psalm 91:10-16)

    A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.  You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked (Psalm 91:7-8).

    And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).

    But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus – after you have suffered a while – perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you (1 Peter 5:10).

    For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed [in us with Christ Jesus]  (Romans 8:18).