God's Promises
- Vera Likhonin
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 6, 2024
Women's Bible Study
ICE-BREAKER QUESTION:
What goes into your favorite breakfast?
SUMMARY
Today we will briefly discuss what the Bible says about how to become God's Child. Then we will go through 10 of God's Promises for His Children.
We will go over mostly leading questions that will help us understand what the Bible says about the topic.
GENERAL DISCUSSION:
Briefly discuss the following questions, without going too deep.
Q: What does it mean to be a "child of God"?
Q: Is everyone in the world a child of God, or is it a special privilege that certain people have?
Briefly, let's review what the Bible says about being a child of God.
READ John 1:11-13 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Q: Based on the passage that we read, what are the three things that are required in order to become a child of God?
If needed, discuss what it means to be born again:
READ John 3:1-17
Note:
We are born again when we look up to Jesus and believe in Him. Similarly, the Israelites looked up to the bronze serpent in order to save themselves from a snake bite.
READ John 3:14-15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
Q: How can we be absolutely sure that we are a child of God?
READ Romans 8:16
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ...
GOD'S PROMISES:
Q: Which of God's promises can you think of offhand?
Q: Briefly discuss the following statements, are these statements Biblical?
With God, you will have no troubles in this world.
God helps those who help themselves.
God tempts us to see if we are faithful.
Briefly discuss the promises which are listed in the following grouped passages and how the promises affect you personally.
1. Promise of Everlasting Life
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
How does the promise personally affect you?
2. Promise of Provisions
Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Matthew 6:31-32 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
How does the promise personally affect you?
3. Promise of Peace
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
How does the promise personally affect you?
4. Promise of God Working in Us
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 143:8 ... cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.
How does the promise personally affect you?
5. Promise of Refuge
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.
How does the promise personally affect you?
6. Promise of the Holy Spirit
John 14:15-18 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
How does the promise personally affect you?
7. Promise of Answered Prayers
Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
John 16:24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
How does the promise personally affect you?
8. Promise of Hope for the Future
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
How does the promise personally affect you?
9. Promise of a Way of Escape During Temptations
James 1:12-14 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
How does the promise personally affect you?
10. God's Word is Trustworthy
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Isaiah 55:10-11 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
How does the promise personally affect you?
Q: Which of these promises was the most encouraging for you and why?
PRAY
by: Vera V. Likhonin
References:
- The Bible, New King James Version
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