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Psalm 30:5 (WEB) For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. Promise #235: Your sadness may last for a night but joy will come in the morning. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says that there is a season for all things. There is a time to weep and there is a time to rejoice. There are times of intense hardship and there are times of rest and peace. Today’s promise from Psalm 30:5 is really speaking to those who are struggling...

Isaiah 66:13 (WEB) As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.” Promise #234: I will comfort you just like a mother would. We all need comfort. There are times when we need a father’s reassurance and there are times when we need a mother’s comfort. When our children were little, if they got hurt playing in the backyard, they would look for their mother first before they would look for me. That is because there is something in a mother’s heart that provides a reassuring comfort that is quite different...

Isaiah 61:1-2 (WEB) 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; Promise #233: I bind up the brokenhearted and I will comfort all who mourn. This is the Bible passage that Jesus read in the temple that affirmed His calling at the start...

Job 5:17-18 (WEB) 17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole. Promise #232: Do not despise My discipline, for in time I will heal your wounds. You may be reading today’s promise and wonder why I would have ever chosen a Bible passage about discipline and wounding to be part of 365 Promises. We don’t hear too many sermons preached about the discipline of the Lord and if we do, they may be skewed from the...

Psalm 92:13-14 (WEB) 13 They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts. 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. Promise #231: I will make you fruitful in your old age. I want to finish my life well. In Hebrews 12:1-2, we are called to throw off all the things that hinder us and the sin that so easily entangles us to run our race. I am not sure how many days I have left on this side of heaven, but I want each one of them to mean something from an eternal...