Everybody likes promises. Unfortunately, promises are not enough. You must stand on the promises and take them personally if they are going to change your life. When you stand on a promise, you take a position and maintain that position until the promise comes true. It's time for you to take action and stand on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises of scripture is all about trusting God.
The gap between what we say and do looms large when it comes to trusting God.
When everything is good, it's easy to say that our trust is in God. When disaster threatens and apparent catastrophe happens, our trust often evaporates, and we start asking questions like, "God, how could you let this happen to me?"
Trust is not about the easy times. You don't find out whether you really trust God until you are run over by the Mac Truck of Life, and you are clinging to life by a thin thread. If you trust in God in the worst of times, then trusting in the rest of times will not be a problem.
When you read stories in the Old Testament of the Bible, you discover dozens of role models who learned to trust God and to stand firm against overwhelming odds.
Old Testament heroes trusted God when their back was to the wall, and they had no other hope but God. If God did not intervene, it was game over, and they would be the losers.
In the twenty-first century, many people are asking, "Is anybody out there, and does anyone care?"
Scripture unequivocally declares that God is out there, and He cares. The Old Testament shows that when people trust in God, and when they stand firm on His promises, amazing things happen. God doesn't care about the odds. He cares about the trust. When you trust in God, the odds don't matter.
You will never know whether you trust in God until you confront life's biggest challenges. When your back is to the wall, you discover whether you really trust in God.
The story of Job in the Bible illustrates uncommon trust. When everything was taken from Job, and he was sitting in sackcloth and ashes with sores covering his body, he said, "I know that my Redeemer lives." And he followed that up with the words, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust him." In the worst of times, Job maintained his trust in God, and we must do the same.
It does not matter whether our afflictions are great or small, we still face the same challenge as Job. No matter what happens or how dire the circumstances, we maintain our trust in God. We stand on the promises knowing that God is out there, and that He cares about us in a personal way. We know that it's never over until God says it's over, and we willingly trust in his love.
Every challenge that you face is another opportunity to trust in God.
Here are fifty Positive Promises from scripture on which you can stand when you face life's biggest challenges.
Today is a great day to start standing on the promises of God in the small things of life so that when major challenges come your way, you will know what to do. Your trust will already be firmly placed in God.
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:27
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. Ezekiel 36:26
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Luke 11:13
My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory. Philippians 4:19
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds. Jeremiah 30:17
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3
He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. Psalm 96:1-4
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away Revelation 21:4
Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver you. Psalms 50:15
If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. Psalm 91:14-15
If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matthew 17:20-21
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know your name will put their trust in You: for You, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek You. Psalm 9:9-10
They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For He has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Psalm 107:13-16
Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the Lord that has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. Lamentations 3:25
Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you. Exodus 20:12
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. Psalm 103:17
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring. Isaiah 44:3
The Lord shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14
And the Lord, He it is that goes before you; He will be with you, He will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8
Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be dismayed: for the Lord your God is with you whithersoever you go. Joshua 1:9
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. Psalm 18:3
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1
For I the Lord your God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you. Isaiah 43:2
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke 11:9-13
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:31-33
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with mine eye. Psalm 32:8
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:24
Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not. Jeremiah 33:3
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities; Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from destruction; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psalm 103:2-5
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 27:14
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. Isaiah 40:29
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, says the Lord. Isaiah 54:17
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
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