Using God's Promises
We can trust Him in our lives.
This world is a terrible place. We all face difficult things that cause us trouble or hurt. Sometimes, it’s our own fault. But, many times it’s not.
We struggle with our own thoughts and behaviors. We get hurt by what others do and what the system does to us. Meanwhile we all face disease, disaster and death. This includes any generational curses or spiritual attacks we face.
Standing on God’s promises can help us overcome these things. Speaking God’s promises out loud to ourselves and others and believing them can help us get through this world and into Paradise in the next.
Reading through the Bible, you see that faith, and trusting God is the most important thing. Believing what God tells us matters. We are made righteous by believing God. We can see mountains move by believing God instead of trusting our flesh and our fears.
In the beginning the first couple listened to lies and did not trust God. They didn’t believe what God told them, and all the trouble in the world came upon us because of it.
Through out the Bible there are choices given to trust God or not. But, our flesh, our fear and the enemy leads us to not trust Him. Even in our own lives we have terrible problems and choices which arise where we can choose which way to go. To trust God or trust our own flesh.
It’s a battle. We can turn to God or not, in every situation.
So, what does it look like to use God’s promises?
Let’s say we are facing a problem. It doesn’t matter what it is, because the solution is to always turn to God.
So, we pray.
Then, immediately after the prayer, we might start doubting God. Our thoughts come to attack us, our fear rises up, and people close to us keep sowing doubt.
Stand on the promises of God.
Jesus said, “whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”–(John 14:13-14)
Believe this. Say, “Jesus said that whatsoever I ask in His name He will do.”
Speak this to yourself and others. You are not demanding. You are reminding yourself, and encouraging yourself. You are driving away the enemy, of fear, doubt, flesh and devils.
Paul said “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”–(Rom 10:17)
That means our faith grows when we hear God’s promises. So, speak them out loud and let your faith be strengthened against whatever is against you. Speak the promises to your family and friends.
Jesus said “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”–(Matt. 17:20)
If faith comes by hearing, then faith increases through speaking the Word of God. And if that faith can grow to the size of a mustard seed we can speak to mountains and remove them. Faith can remove mountains in your life. But, you gotta speak the promises and Word of God out loud. Do you believe?
Demonic forces whisper into our mind and lives, causing us to doubt. They turn our flesh against us and we forget God.
Speaking the Word out loud reminds us. Hearing the promises grows our faith. Speak them to yourself and others. Are you ashamed of Jesus? Are you ashamed of the Word? Then, speak it loud and proud.
Let’s say we fear failure. We speak “No! God is faithful. He will establish me and keep me from evil. In Jesus name.” Say it. Believe it. (2 Thess. 3:3)
Get away from people who sow doubt. Get away from faithless people who tell you the facts. God doesn’t care about your facts, He is a miracle making God. He will use all the facts to prove we can trust Him.
Stand on His promises.
When in doubt say, “No! I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. In Jesus name.” (Phil. 4:13)
When we are facing real terror, we can say the Psalms soldiers have used for centuries.
“Terror, and destruction will not harm me. I trust God and have made Him my refuge. No evil shall befall me. In Jesus name.” (Psalm 91)
“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want, In Jesus name” (Psalm 23)
“He will protect me from the pestilence. I am healed in Jesus name.” (Psalm 91)
Stand on the promises. Trust the Lord. Cast out demons. Speak faith in your life and others.
Does this mean we can jump out of an airplane without a parachute and just trust God’s promises?
Jesus said “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” (Matt. 4:6-7)
This is the sort of faith destroying question the devil asks.
Whether it’s your mind, other people or the devil. There will be folks who will try to crush your faith. Whether intentionally or not. Get away from it.
Do not throw your pearls to the swine. They cant see past their own nose and flesh.
God wants us to trust Him. He wants us to use His Word to stand against the problems we face. Speak it out loud in Jesus name. Remind yourself of His promises. Trust Him.
This not only applies to our lives, but it is the foundation of our Salvation.
We believe and trust that Jesus is The Lord. We believe and trust that He is the Son of God, and came in the Flesh. We believe and trust that he died for us and rose from the dead for our justification.
It’s a promise. It’s the Word. He’s the Word made flesh.
Ask Him to save you. Confess Jesus is the Lord. Trust and believe the Word. Speak the promises into your life. But you gotta know the Word to speak the Word. Do you know it? Do you know Him?
Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ a collection of dystopian short stories.“The Future is Coming” and his latest book “The Latter Days‘ is a book on Bible Prophecy and avoiding the deceptions to come.
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