Quotes about Promise

I had a sort of faith during my early life. But devils also have a sort of faith. Still, neither they nor I received the faith of the covenant of promise. Even the apostles had a sort of faith when they were first with Jesus in Cana. Then and there, they "believed on him" in a way. But they did not yet have the faith which overcomes the world.

Christ is a "tried stone." Those who trust in Him, He never disappoints.

Something better" is the watchword... of all true living. Whatever Christ asks us to renounce, He offers in its stead something better...

He hath said it, and He will perform His Word. Calmly rely on His promise, because He means all that He says. Say, He has spoken to me in His Word, and He will fulfill every promise that He has made. Do not become restless. Be trustful. God's Word is true.—Selected Messages, bk. 1, pp. 83, 84.

It is impossible for any mind to comprehend all the richness and greatness of even one promise of God.

We are always to look to God; His word is not Yea and Nay, but Yea and Amen.—Selected Messages, bk. 2, pp. 394, 395.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise." 2 Peter 3:9.

Shall we lay hold upon the hope set before us in the gospel that we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is?

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250 000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.

Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.

The future will be better tomorrow