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PROGRAM D-8001
It’s a new year! It’s a good time to focus our minds on God’s promises to us for the new year.
The Bible gives us hundreds of promises—yet we often don’t avail ourselves of the comfort and strength and guidance that is there for us. Therefore, I want to remind you of some of God’s promises that are there for you!
In 2 Peter 1:4, we are told that through God’s divine power and our knowledge of God, “he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” Peter tells us that God’s promises are great and precious—great because they are powerful, and precious because of God’s great love for us. It is through these promises that we are encouraged and equipped to become more like Jesus, and to live a life of glory to God.
Here are some important promises to focus on today—this first day of 2018:
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Is there a more important promise than this? Just to know that you have forgiveness—forgiveness for all the wrong stuff you’ve done, all the sin in your life, and all your unrighteousness. He is faithful and just, and will always forgive you if you confess. This promise is absolutely essential, because without forgiveness we have no hope of eternal life. God has promised us eternal life when we have received his forgiveness and been made a new creation in Christ. In the same book of 1 John, we read this promise:
And this is what he promised us—eternal life. 1 John 2:25
As you begin this new year, make it a regular practice to remember this promise—that he has and will always forgive your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. It’s a great and precious promise, just for you!