God keeps His promises........

This is taken from a prayer of King Solomon.....

2nd Chron 6:15 “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.

Solomon was praying here, and expressing to God, that He had kept or accomplished what He had promised His servant David, who was Solomon's father. He went on to say that God not only had spoken about what He would do, ( to build the temple ) but, by His own hand had fulfilled it.

In the Bible, the word promise means to make a a claim. God has made so many claims in the Bible, and He has fulfilled everyone of them, and will fulfill those that are to come.

Can I encourage you today, ( especially if you are suffering, going through a very difficult time, and are afraid of the future, and are worried etc, ) to ask God to bring His promises, or one of His promises to your mind and heart. And, then, can I encourage you to believe His promise. Why? Because God keeps His promises.

May I pray for you right now.......Father, thank You for Your love, Your grace, and Your mercy towards us. And I ask right now in Jesus name, that You might help any dear brother or sister who is in great difficulty at this moment to find comfort and strength in and through Your Word, and Your promises. ............We love You Lord........

Pastor Bob Grenier

Calvary Chapel Visalia

Application and promises....

1. The Bible is chock full of so many promises.

2. God does not change, thus He has and will be faithful

3. Promises are given to us by God to be believed and trusted.

4. God's promises are connected to His will.

5. Timing is in God's hands.

6. Loving Him and one another is in our hands.

7. John 3:16 is a promise of sorts.

2 Promises from God......4 U....

The first one is found in Proverbs 1:23, "Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make known my words to you.

The two promised blessings are conditional, they are based on our turning at the rebuke of the Lord. To turn, means to turn back, to return, to come back. This is something God will give us, and it's something we can do when needed, "to come back" to the Lord. Rebuke, means correction. So, when the Lord corrects us, we can turn back to Him, and to His ways.

Here are the two blessings. He will pour out His spirit on us, and He will make known His Words to us.

The second promise is found in Proverbs 1 also, but, it's in verse 33 where it says..... "But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.

So, the promise here is that for the person who will listen to God ( which also means obey, and to be diligent ) they will dwell safely, and be secure without fear of evil.

Both of these promises focus upon the Lord, and upon His Spirit and His Word.

That's the trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

God calls us to Himself, and promises to speak to us, to give us the work of the Holy Spirit, the comforter, to give us safety, and to keep us from destruction.

What a wonderful God we serve.

Father, thank You for the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Holy Spirit of God, and for Your promises found here in Pro 1. May we respond to You and be blessed by You this day, in the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.

Pastor Bob Grenier

Calvary Chapel Visalia.

Applicational thoughts and promises.

1. God is especially interested in getting you back .

2. He makes it possible for us to turn back to Him.

3. He has more for us then we can imagine.

4. He will fill us, He will speak to us.

5. He will watch over us and protect us.

6. If you don't want to come back to Him, He can change your heart

7. God's promises are sure and steadfast, they cannot be broken by Him.

8. What is the Lord saying to you right now, this very minute?

9. Will you respond to Him? He loves you so.