For What It's Worth by Erin

Standing on the Promises of God!

I have been thinking about how to gain some “spiritual muscle”. My friends, we have been promised many things by God Himself, and we only have to look to scripture to find those assurances. Let me remind you of just 6 that all of us should know “by heart”.
 
“By heart”, you ask? Yes, to know them so well that they become a part of us, so that we can access them whenever we need to. “Why heart?”, you ask again. Because since the time of the ancient Greeks, the heart was thought to be the seat of where thought originated. Now we use that phrase to denote things that we should take into our very being, our heart, if you will, and keep it there to ponder, to hold and believe, and to cherish, so that it becomes a very important part of who we are. More than rote knowledge, knowing something “by heart” becomes an intimate part of who we are and who God created us to be.
 
Let’s look at these six, so we can see how faith and reliance on these God given assurances can provide girth to the muscle we are trying to flex. I have each of the promises summarized, but the summary is nothing compared to what the scripture actually says about each of what God is giving His Word to. It adds flesh and body to flex and leverage in our lives.

Like Deacon Brett’s “day at a time” suggestion as a way to approach the times we are living in, going in heavily armed with the promises from God Himself, we have some “spiritual muscle” to lean on. Read the summarized promises, and then go further into the scriptures themselves, to learn “by heart” what God want us to trust and know for ourselves, for our families, and anyone we meet who needs some assurance and hope!
 

May God then helps us to use them!  Amen +