At the beach

All of us have read about promises somewhere.

Most of us have read about promises in the newspapers.

I have done so today in our local paper. Governments promising us a budget surplus. Governments promising us also that they would not introduce any new taxes.

But I don’t know how many of us have read the promises in the Bible, the Word of God.

I have read the BIBLE today. I don’t read the newspaper every day, but I have made it a habit to read the Bible every day. Here are some promises you find in the Scriptures:

1. God promises to help us when we need it.  Hebrews 13:5,6

2. He promises to strengthen us when we feel weak. Isaiah 41:10

3. When we feel dejected, he promises to cheer us up. Matthew 14:27

4. He promises to guide us when we are confused. Psalm 32:8

5. He promises us power in the service for Him. Acts 1:4-8

And here are promises, prophecies, of Christ’s Second coming:

1.  Foretold by the prophets. Daniel 7:13

2. Foretold by Jesus himself.  Matthew 25:31

3. Foretold by the Apostle Paul. First Timothy 6:14

4. Foretold by angels. Acts 1:10,11

“Broken promises,” is the title of a column in our local newspaper today. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, May 26, 2015)

“The LORD is faithful to all his promises,” we read in the Bible in Psalm 145:13!

HOME

“East and west, home is best.  – C. H. Spurgeon

“The worst prison is a closed heart.”

HEART

“No love in your heart is a real heart problem”

Source: Age Concern Newsletter, August 2009.

“The following poem was found on the wall of a shepherd’s cottage out of Seddon in the 1960’s ………

Thank God for dirty dishes

They have a tale to tell

While others may go hungry

We’ve eaten very well

With home and help and happiness

We shouldn’t want to fuss

For by the stack of evidence

God’s been very good to us.

Sent in by Hassanah Lawler of Nelson.”

DISHES: They need to be dried

“LIFE IS FULL OF LITTLE DUTIES. WORRYING ABOUT THEM, GRUMBLING ABOUT THEM, DWELLING UPON THEM MAKES THE DUTIES SHACKLES WHICH BIND US, BUT JUST DOING THE DUTIES MAKES THEM WINGS.” – Anonymous

The Cross

“For what

First Thessalonians 2:19

Intr.:

is our

1.  hope, our

2.  joy, or the

3.  crown

End:

in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ when he comes? Is it not you?”

Memories

“He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.” – First Thessalonians 3:6