God's Promises

Use a Bible Drill to teach the children about God's Promises.  Suggested Approaches for
Bible Drills.  The following is a list of Bible verses which describe some of God's
Promises.

The Major Biblical Covenants

Covenants with Noah.

Genesis 6:18 - Promise to save Noah and his family from the flood.
Genesis 9:11 - Promise never again to destroy the earth by flood.
Covenant with Abram.  Genesis 12:2, 3, 7.
Make Abram into a great nation.
Bless Abram.
Make Abram's name great.
Abram would be a blessing.
Bless those who bless Abram.
Curse those who curse Abram.
All peoples on earth would be blessed through Abram.
Give land to Abram's descendants.
Covenant with Moses and the Israelites.  Deuteronomy 28:1-68.
Promise of blessings to the Israelites if they obeyed God.
Promise of curses to the Israelites if they disobeyed God.
Promise that David's kingdom would be established forever.  2 Samuel 7:16.
Promise to Israel of a New Covenant.  Jeremiah 31:31-34.
God will put His law in their minds.
God will write His law on their hearts.
God will be their God and they will be God's people.
Everyone will know God.
God will forgive their wickedness and their sins.

Promises To Remember When We Are Afraid:

Genesis 28:15 - "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will
bring you back to this land.  I will not leave you until I have done what I have
promised you."
Deuteronomy 31:8 - "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he
will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Psalm 50:15 - "and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will
honor me."
Luke 21:17-18 - "All men will hate you because of me.  But not a hair of your head
will perish."
James 4:8 - "Come near to God and he will come near to you."
Promises To Remember When We Make Decisions:

Psalm 32:8 - "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will
counsel you and watch over you."
John 8:12 - "When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of
life."
John 14:26 - "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."
James 1:5 - "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to
all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

Promises To Remember When We Have Done Something Wrong:

Matthew 6:14-15 - "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will
not forgive your sins."
1 John 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness."

Promises To Remember When We Are Having A Bad Day:

Jeremiah 29:11 - "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"
Matthew 11:28 - "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give
you rest."
Luke 6:35 - "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without
expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of
the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 10:28 - "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch
them out of my hand."
John 14:3 - "In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told
you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."
John 20:29 - "Then Jesus told him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed;
blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'"
Romans 10:9 - "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
James 4:10 - "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."

Promises To Remember When We Need Something:

Luke 12:31 - "But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well."
John 14:14 - "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
 1 John 5:14-15 - "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask
anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us--
whatever we ask-- we know that we have what we asked of him."

Promises To Remember When We Are Being Tempted To Do

Wrong:

1 Corinthians 10:13 - "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under
it."
2 Thessalonians 3:3 - "But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you
from the evil one."