Monday,  October 29, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 104 • 15 of 41 •  Other Editions

YOU HAVE MY WORD

• As he slipped the engagement ring on her finger, he said, "I want you to know that I will love you forever and then some. But if things don't work out, I expect you to give me back this ring."
• People change. Situations change. Times change. But God will not change.
• If there is anything that we can know beyond the shadow of a doubt it is this: God's promises and His oath will never change. We have His Word and His Word is truth.
• Because God is truth, we can believe and be secure in all of His promises. His truth is like the anchor of a ship. The wind may blow and the ship move from the left to the right - even in a circle, but it is secure and immovable as long as the anchor holds.
• In God's eternal truth we find hope. When we feel as though we are being swept along by circumstances that are beyond our control and have nothing secure to grasp, we need to reach for Him. He will lift us up and plant our feet on the firm foundation that is His never changing Word.
• Though we may not understand what is going on in our world, we know Who is in control. We must always hope, knowing His best is coming soon.
Prayer: Give us, Father, a hope that will not fade, a trust that will not waiver, and hope that holds firm. Amen.
Scripture: Hebrews 6:18-19: God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

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