Daily Encouragement

Living Promises: Week 12, Day 1

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God has plans to give me a future and a hope.

“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you a future and a hope.”

(Jeremiah 29:11)

O Lord,

I give thanks that You are my unchanging source of meaning and hope, and that I am here for a purpose. Because of Your great love, and because You are in control of all things, nothing will defeat Your gracious plans to give me a future and a hope.

Amen.

Living Promises: Week 11, Day 6

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In Christ I have a living hope
of an unfading inheritance.

Blessed be the God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to His great mercy has given me new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and into an inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled
and unfading, reserved in heaven for me.

(1 Peter 1:3-4)

Father God,

I bless You indeed because of Your great mercy and because of my new birth into a living hope. In Christ, my inheritance will never be corrupted, defiled, or diminished. It is reserved in heaven for me, and I will enjoy the blessings of Your presence in the ages to come.

Amen.

Living Promises: Week 11, Day 5

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The worst pains I will experience in this life
are as nothing in comparison to the glory that is to come.

Since I am a child of God, I am an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ,
if indeed I share in His sufferings in order that I may also share in His glory.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to me.

(Romans 8:17-18)

O Lord,

This brief earthly existence is fraught with hardships and disappointments, but I know that even these will contribute to the glory to come. As a joint heir with Christ, I will receive that which will endure forever and will never fade away.

Amen.

Living Promises: Week 11, Day 4

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The Lord is preparing joys
beyond earthly imagination for those who love Him.

Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
nor have entered the heart of man
the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.

(1 Corinthians 2:9)

Dear God,

I do not possess the mental capacity to begin to imagine what You are preparing to give to Your children. The greatest beauties that I have seen or heard or read about are as nothing in comparison to the eternal ecstasy of being immersed in Your triune glory.

Amen.

Living Promises: Week 11, Day 3

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My security is in the Lord
who will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work
and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom.
To Him be glory forever and ever.

(2 Timothy 4:18)

Lord,

My confidence rests entirely on You and not myself. I know that You will deliver me from all evil intentions and devices, and that You will bring me safely in the end to Your heavenly kingdom. There I will behold Your resplendent glory for ever.

Amen.