Imagine this: God has a promise tucked away, just for you, for every single thing you're going through. He's always there, right beside you, and He's made these amazing promises so you can trust that He's working things out and you can just rest in Him. Think about it – not one of His promises has ever failed. They've all come true.
Every single promise you ask for in Jesus' name is guaranteed. God will make it happen, for your good and for His glory. These promises are kind of like a two-way street: there's a condition and a result. The result depends on whether you meet the condition.
A promise from God is like a declaration, and it has the power to become reality, as long as you meet the conditions. Spend some time in the Bible, and you'll find tons of promises God has made. A great example is the promise of salvation in the New Covenant. Paul writes, "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
See how that works? It's up to you to believe and confess that Jesus is Lord. When you do that, you activate the promise, and it comes true. God wants everyone to be saved, but not everyone unlocks the power of that promise.
Another example is Exodus 20:12: "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." This promise from God only comes true if you honor your parents. To see God fulfill this promise in your life, you have to meet the condition, and then the result will follow.
God bless you.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life.
For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest thou this?
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.For with the heart man believeth to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:Who will change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things have passed away.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,Nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness.
For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Not by works, lest any man should boast.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them, and will lead them to living fountains of waters: and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
That as sin hath reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people will he remove from all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised:
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; they shall walk, and not faint.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
The Spirit itself testifieth with our spirit, that we are the children of God:And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him, that we may be glorified together.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;
But whoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth, say, Come. And let him that is thirsty, come: And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and there was no more sea.
But God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: Verily, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.
And I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.
He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption.
Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given to me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given to me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to sin, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.And if thy eye causeth thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life:
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and highth.And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,And shall come forth; they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to thee: but the LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD will be thy everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heaven:
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals of it: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and language, and people, and nation;And hast made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Knowing, that he who raised the Lord Jesus, will raise us also by Jesus, and will present us with you.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
His lord said to him, Well done thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
But now being made free from sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
But now is Christ raised from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised Christ from the dead will also revive your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Now he that hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
For as the Father raiseth the dead, and reviveth them; even so the Son reviveth whom he will.
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him he will appear the second time without sin to salvation.
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.