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We receive God's promises with the Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5b.
The New Year hands of faith. 4. The peace of God - John 14:27; Philip-
B. Love God's promises (Ps. 119:140).
pians 4:6-7.
Love means cherish, value and treasure 5. The physical health and healing of God
God's promises. - Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 40:29-31.
2023 119:148). Meditate prayerfully, thank- Psalm 32:8.
C. Meditate on God's promises (Psalm 6. The leading and guidance of God -
fully and gratefully.
7. The forgiveness and the cleansing of
D. Obey the conditions (1Samuel
15:22,23). All the promises of God are God - Hebrews 8:12; 1John 1:7,9
conditional. Fulfil the conditions attach- As we go through the year we can
ed to the promises. We can't expect to add many more promises from our daily
and enjoy God's promises if we are not ful- Bible reading to this list, under various
headings. Let's enter the New Year
filling the conditions.
E. Claim through faith and prayer. Claim 2023with confidence and courage, fully
the promises of God through faith and trusting that he who has promised is
The Promises of God prayer. Believe the promises. Memorize faithful.
the promises. Thank God for the promi-
ses. Pray over the promises.

To begin with, here are a few promises of
It is good to remind ourselves of the willing to give up everything and any- God to get us started-
good, great and glorious promises of thing in order to make those promises 1. The provision of God - Psalm 34:10;
God for our encouragement and confi- our own in reality. Matthew 6:33; Philippians 4:19.
dence as we enter the New Year 2023. D. God's promises are tested and tried 2. The protection of God - Isaiah 43:2;
(Psalm 119:140 ESV). His promises are 54:17. Rev. Richard Masih
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