14 Days of God's Promises - Day #2

The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.

 -Lamentations 3:25

Our help is sure, 
If we endure, 
And claim God's promise true. 
Though long we wait, 
We'll claim by faith, 
Like Abraham of old. 

14 Days of God's promises - Day #1

   He will bless them that fear the LORD, 

both small and great.

 -Psalms 115:13

Fear Him, all ye people, 
The LORD, our Mighty God. 
O turn from evil that He hates, 
And love the Lord our God. 

He promises His blessing,
On those both great and small, 
Who fear Him in sincerity,
So let us fear Him, all. 

If we would claim God's promises by His grace, and grow in faith, we must be in His Word meditating on it, daily. I just wanted to share for a couple weeks some promises from God's Word each day to help that, prayerfully, be a reminder and an encouragement to myself and others.

Psalm 121

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 

Psalm 121

Bless the Lord

We ought not to make our praises of God to depend on our own personal and present reception of benefits. This would be bare selfishness. Even publicans and sinners have a good word for those whose hands are enriching them with gifts. It is the true believer who will bless the Lord when He takes away His gifts, or hides His face. - C.H. Spurgeon 

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 

-Habakkuk 3:17-18

I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall 

continually be in my mouth. 

Psalms 34:1

He calleth them all by their names

Look up into the night sky, and remember Who it is that made those billions and billions of stars, and calls each one by their names. He is Your Maker. If you know Him as your Lord and Saviour, He is your own Heavenly Father, and He cares for you. 

"Lift up your eyes on high, and behold Who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth." -Isaiah 40:26

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. -Psalms 147:4

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." -1 Peter 5:7


And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 

Matthew 8:26

Why do you doubt,

When the LORD is your Master?

Why do you doubt, 

When He ruleth the seas? 

Why do you doubt? 

Dear child of His, ponder. 

May it not be He asketh thee?

...O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? - Matthew 14:31b

Is the Almighty God Who created all things your Saviour?

Never a Time...

There is never a time, in any circumstance, 

that God is not praise-worthy. 

Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart 

before Him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

 -Psalms 62:8

More like Jesus

"It is impossible to suggest that a person can encounter the holy God of Scripture and 

be saved without also coming to grips with the horrible nature of his own sin, and 

consequently longing to turn from it."-unknown 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 

righteousness: for they shall be filled.

 -Matthew 5:6

MORE LIKE JESUS

More like Jesus would I be, let my Savior dwell with me;

Fill my soul with peace and love—make me gentle as a dove;

More like Jesus, while I go, pilgrim in this world below;

Poor in spirit would I be; let my Savior dwell in me.

If He hears the raven’s cry, if His ever watchful eye

Marks the sparrows when they fall, surely He will hear my call:

He will teach me how to live, all my sinful thoughts forgive;

Pure in heart I still would be—let my Savior dwell in me.

More like Jesus when I pray, more like Jesus day by day,

May I rest me by His side, where the tranquil waters glide.

Born of Him through grace renewed, by His love my will subdued,

Rich in faith I still would be—let my Savior dwell in me.

-by Fanny Crosby

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and 
renew a right spirit within me. 
-Psalm 51:10

The Godly view of sin

Ezra spoke: 

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. -Ezra 9:6

The Psalmist said: 

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. -Psalms 119:136


Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. -Psalms 119:53

Daniel, a man "greatly beloved" of God said this: 

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. -Daniel 9:8

And Job, whom the Lord tells us walked perfect and upright before Him, when he saw the glory of God he said this of himself:

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. -Job 40:4

The publican felt this way of himself, and said these words: 

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. -Luke 18:13

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Have you personally seen yourself this way? It's not something optional for just the most spiritual saints of God. Sorrow for sin is a very mark and proof of those who are truly convicted of their sins by the Holy Spirit. The Lord Jesus Christ said: 

 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

-Matthew 5:3

"Until one sees his own poverty, he cannot see God's riches. It is only God who can make us recognize our poverty that He might make us rich. It is only God who can make us lowly in heart that He might lift us up." -Selected

  When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

-Mark 2:17

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Praise the Lord, there is full forgiveness to be found through Jesus Christ! 

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, 

who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, 

that thou mayest be feared. 

-Psalm 130:3-4

Much more then, being now justified by His blood, 

we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 

-Romans 5:9

Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, -1 Peter 2:7

Something to think about: Is the Lord Jesus Christ precious to you? 

The consequences of sin

Sin has consequences. 

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

Galatians 6:7-8

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Sin is destructive. 

 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. -Proverbs 29:1
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Sin hinders our prayers. 

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 

-Psalms 66:18

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Sin defiles. 

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. -James 3:6

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Sin enslaves in bondage. 

 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? -Romans 6:16
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Sin separates. It separates the child of God from fellowship with Him. It will separate the lost from Him eternally in Hell. 

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 
-Isaiah 59:2

 But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. -Luke 13:27-28

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Sin can have eternal consequences even to those who are saved. A consequence of loss. 

 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. -1 Corinthians 3:15

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Sin is deadly.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

-James 1:15


 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -Revelation 21:8

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All sin is serious. All sin is terrible. All sin is destructive. All sin is deadly. Oh may we pray for eyes to see how awful, how terrible all sin is, and to be enabled to 

turn from it by God's grace! And more than that, may we pray for Him to shew us what is sin in His eyes. For "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." -Proverbs 21:2

Quicken Thou our hearts, O God, 
In earnestness I plead!
Let sin and all it's "pleasures"
Become our greatest grief.  

Who can understand his errors? cleanse Thou me 

from secret faults. 

-Psalms 19:12

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because 

they keep not Thy law. 

-Psalms 119:136

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But there is sweet consolation for all those who are burdened with and hate sin....the precious blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse and make you whole.

The Lord Jesus said:  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28

 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -Hebrews 9:14

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

-Romans 6:23

The terribleness of sin

"Where there is no repentance, rest assured there is no faith in Christ; but where there is true repentance--that godly sorrow for sin that needeth not to be repented of--rest assured there you will find faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all your sins." -L. Justice

 "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death." -2 Corinthians 7:10

No sin against God can be little, because it's against the 

great God of Heaven and earth.- John Bunyan 

He that has slight thoughts about sin, 
never had any great thoughts about God. - John Owen

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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 
-Acts 20:21

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -John 1:29 So very thankful for the precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ cleansing me from my many, many sins. Has He cleansed your sins? 

All we like sheep have gone astray...

God's people are compared to sheep quite often in the Scriptures. 

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. -Psalms 100:3

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. -Psalms 119:176

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. -Matthew 10:16

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. -Isaiah 53:6

The Lord Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep."  - John 10:11

Follow the leader


Sheep have a strong instinct to follow the sheep in front of them. When one sheep decides to go somewhere, the rest of the flock usually follows, even if it is not a good "decision." For example, sheep will follow each other to slaughter. If one sheep jumps over a cliff, the others are likely to follow. Even from birth, lambs are conditioned to follow the older members of the flock. This instinct is "hard-wired" into sheep. It's not something they "think" about. 


We rather have that tendency to follow others too, don't we? God warns us about it. 


Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: - Exodus 23:2


Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. -3 John 1:11

Sheep are lowly creatures. Yet think of how our Almighty Lord has humbled Himself in being called the "Lamb of God". We are to be like our Lord in all lowliness and meekness. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." -Matthew 11:29

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. -Isaiah 53:7


But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; - Philippians 2:7-10

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 

and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 

away the sin of the world. -John 1:29

I shall not want

A friend of mine shared a sermon recording from her pastor with me recently, that spoke on this chapter. It dwelt on what a wonderful thought it is, that those who are the Lord's children have HIM as their Shepherd through this life. If He is truly our Shepherd, we shall not want (i.e., lack). "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing." -Psalms 34:10  "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." -Psalm 84:11 

Are we truly seeking the LORD, and walking uprightly? "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD." -Lam. 3:40  "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." -Psalm 139:23

~Psalm 23~

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. 

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  The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; 

therefore will I hope in Him.

 -Lamentations 3:24

If the LORD Himself is truly your portion, what more can you need?