Joshua 21:45

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. 

Today's Thought: When God made a promise, He is able to fulfill it.

There are approximately 8,810 promises in the entire Bible. In the Old Testament there are 7,706 and in the New Testament there are 1,104 wonderful promises. Deuteronomy 28 has 133 promises, which is more than any other chapter in the Bible. “We’re sitting on the premises when we ought to be standing on the promises!” observes Vance Havner.

In this passage of the Word of God, God fulfilled His promise to Abraham. He brought the nation of Israel to the promised land and won victories for them to claim the land. "All came to pass." Everything that the Lord promised to the nation of Israel, He did fulfill. There are promises in the Bible we can claim. We only need to be in active participation through faith and all these promises shall come to pass according to the plan of the Lord.

The goodness of the Lord rests on His promises. Because the Lord has promised, we only need to believe and live these promises through the eyes of faith. Faith appropriates us these promises of the Lord in our lives.

Psalm 18:18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. 

Today's Thought: You will never fall before enemies if the Lord is your foundation.


The Hiroshima Peace Memorial is only structure left standing near the ground zero of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Though only the skeletal remains of the building withstood the bomb just almost above the structure, it was preserved as a memorial to the thousands who died and for the living to prove the enormity of strength and formidable character of the Japanese.

Christians should also remember that during calamities in their lives, the Lord remains their strongest foundation. He is still the God who led the waters out to the seas. He is still the God who kept the stars on their courses above. He is still on His throne. When the Lord is your foundation and strong tower, you are secured from any bomb that is intended to level you flat.

Because of the goodness of the Lord, you should always remember to remain in His fortress. There is safety in His tower. Do not allow yourself to be astray far from the tower of the Lord. Otherwise, you lose the security the Lord provides.

James 1:22

But ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 

Today's Thought: The real measure of what we hear is our application thereof.

Among business leaders a paradigm shift has been made in terms of evaluating human resources - from formal education to experiential learning. While they understood the importance of formal learning, experiential learning provides a concrete and solid foundation for a better form of knowledge. It is by doing that the learning of the person is enhanced and widened.


The word of God is not meant to be read or heard, it is design to be applied in life. You will not know the joy of giving if you will no give. You will not know the blessing of obedience if you will not obey. You will not experience love of worship if you will not go to church. Hearing the word of God is good, but it is not end point of all. The goal is for us to apply the word of God.

If we continue to just listen to the preacher without doing something out of what we hear, we are just fooling ourselves. It would be disastrous for a man who had been diagnosed with cancer not to do something about it. We may become deaf of all the good things we hear from the word of God, but our life will be filled with good intentions only if we don't live out what we hear.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 

Today's Thought: There is safety and life in the fear of the Lord.



In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides King George II commissioned Jack Sparrow to find the Fountain of Youth before the Spaniard could locate it. Fictional stories like this come in numbers because people of olden times were too engrossed on finding a way to stay young and remain living forever.

But they forgot to know that there is a fountain of life in the Lord which they could easily drink and enjoy. The fear of the Lord is the source of strength for a person. Because one fears the Lord, he will order his life according to the commandments of the Lord, thereby lengthening his days. For instance, a man who fears God will not drink liquors and smoke cigarettes, this lengthen his life. More than that, the fear of the Lord is also the beginning of life as humbles the person to accept the Lordship of Jesus Christ in his life at the day of salvation.


There are several people who went home because they forget to acknowledge God in their lives. Christians, God is extending his hand of love and mercy, you just need to humble yourself and acknowledge His Lordship. Fear Him as you love Him - and you will live.

John 18:11

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 

Today's Thought: The will of God is only sweet if we learn to embrace the mind of the Lord.


Someone says, "The will of God which we sometimes think so hard, is, if we only knew it, just the softest pillow to rest upon." If we recognized that there was no choice but God's, no aim but such as had Him for its object, how it would take the worry and care from our lives! Have we learned that we are only safe, happy, right, when He chooses?

There are times it is hard to understand the will of God, much more hard to accept. What God intends for our lives seem not to be that easy and we find ourselves traveling the rough road. However, if we learn to understand that if we are living in the will of God all things are easy, we should be. If we only understand that God does not intend any bad thing in our lives, we should rejoice in whatever situation we are in.

You will only be happy in every situation if you know you are in the will of God. If are not living in the will of the Lord, it would also be very hard to rejoice in the rod of the Lord. Embrace the mind of God and you will be happy in the will of God.