Quotes about Promise

He hasn't just forgiven us, he's taken up residence in us, and in that there is real hope. For further study and encouragement: Ephesians 2:11—22

Scripture never looks down on the sufferer, it never mocks his pain, it never turns a deaf ear to his cries, and it never condemns him for his struggle. It presents to the sufferer a God who understands, who cares, who invites us to come to him for help, and who promises one day to end all suffering of any kind once and forever. Because of this, the Bible, while being dramatically honest about suffering, is at the same time gloriously hopeful.

The Bible declares he does over and over again. It tells us that God's eyes are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayers (Ps. 34:15).

It says that he is with us wherever we go (Gen. 28:15).

It tells us that he will never leave us or forsake us (Heb. 13:5).

We have peace because we know that he will complete the good things that he in grace has initiated in our lives.

In short, a nation in covenant with God is assured peace, prosperity and power. In sharp contrast, look at what befalls the nation that abandons the covenant.

I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be     blessed.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.