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We are beginning October with some promises straight from the Word of God. The response to the daily promises in September was great. I thought this would be a good way to start the new month of October. We come to Day Two.

Day One – Promise One for October – The promise of His answer.
Day Two – Promise Two for October – The promise of His provision.

It was heartbreaking for the single mom when her child asked for the special treat. The brokenhearted mom had to say, “No, Honey. I’m sorry. Mommy doesn’t have the money for it this week. But we will do something fun instead.” That same scenario is being played out in many places and in many circumstances right now.

Please do not think for a moment that I am promoting the prosperity gospel of naming it and claiming it and somehow demanding it from God. I shutter to even write these words. Far greater, however, is our promise today that God knows all about us. He knows what we need. He knows what will be good for us. He is the great nourisher and provider for His people.

“But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). The two words “shall supply” is the word pieroo (play-RO-o) which means “to fill up, cause to abound, to furnish.” The word “need” is chreia (KHRI-ah) which speaks of “that which is necessary, useful; necessities.”

God knows what you need.
God knows when you need it.
God knows how to supply your need.
God will provide your need.

For today: Don’t quit your job and wait for God’s check to be in the mail. However, rest assured He has promised to supply your needs. I have a hunch that quite probably He has also supplied many of your wants as well.

A personal note from Dr. Mike to start our October! Thank you for the wonderful response to the promises I shared with you in September. Let’s start October with seven days of promises.

Day One – Promise One for October – The promise of His answer.

I have two younger sisters. As I recall and as I have been reminded from time to time, I used to pick on my sisters as we were growing up. I know that you find that hard to believe, but it is true. There were times that my sisters were telling me something or asking me a particular question and I teased them by pretending that I didn’t hear them. Louder and louder they would speak into my ears and I totally had them convinced that they were invisible and I didn’t hear them!

God is never like that. He promises to hear and answer.

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and might things with thou knowest not” (Jeremiah 33:3). His answer may be yes, no or yes, but just not yet. But the promise is that He hears and will answer. If there is no unconfessed sin that hinders (Psalm 66:18), you can rest assured that the answer is on the way.

For today: God is not a mail order clerk in a Heavenly Amazon just waiting to fill your daily orders. However, rest assured He has promised to answer. He’s our Father, and He knows just what is best for us.

In the past few days, I have been personally blessed to rehearse and share just a couple of the verses of the Bible that tell us of God’s faithfulness. As our world becomes more perilous, our awesome Lord becomes more precious to His people.

We close out September celebrating God and His incredible faithfulness. Welcome to Day Eight!

Day One: Faithfulness in Psalm 36:5. To the clouds!
Day Two: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:1. Make it known to the next generation!
Day Three: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:8. Indescribably amazing!
Day Four: Faithfulness in Psalm 92:1-2. Spot it at the end of your day if you’re not distracted.
Day Five: Faithfulness in Psalm 119:89-90. Look around and see the Lord’s object lessons.
Day Six: Faithfulness in Isaiah 25:1. Just as He planned and purposed!
Day Seven: Faithfulness in Lamentations 3:22-24. His best on my worst days!
Day Eight: Faithfulness in 1 Corinthians 1:9. That’s just Who He is, my friend!

“God is faithful, by Whom you were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

You can trust Him.
He is fully trustworthy.
He has never said, “Oops! Let’s try that one again.”
He is absolutely faithful.

Don’t get so busy that you lose sight of His faithfulness.

October will be here tomorrow, and I just can’t think of a better way to close out September than remembering and celebrating our very faithful Lord.

For today: How will His faithfulness impact your life, my friend? I need to be a believer who is faithful as well.

Ready for Day Seven of the faithfulness of our God series? I won’t keep you waiting. I have been eager to share this one with you.

Day One: Faithfulness in Psalm 36:5. To the clouds!
Day Two: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:1. Make it known to the next generation!
Day Three: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:8. Indescribably amazing!
Day Four: Faithfulness in Psalm 92:1-2. Spot it at the end of your day if you’re not distracted.
Day Five: Faithfulness in Psalm 119:89-90. Look around and see the Lord’s object lessons.
Day Six: Faithfulness in Isaiah 25:1. Just as He planned and purposed!
Day Seven: Faithfulness in Lamentations 3:22-24. His best on my worst days!

“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.”

It was the worst of times for Jeremiah.
The people of Judah would not listen to his messages.
They kept on sinning and now God’s judgment was unfolding.
Jerusalem was falling and the Temple would be destroyed by the invading Babylonians.

Lamentations consists of five mournful, melancholy poems in which Jeremiah cries out in sorrow and anguish to the Lord. In the midst of the profound sorrow, the writer looks up and there are God’s compassions failing not but being renewed every morning. God’s faithfulness is great. It’s huge. I don’t know how else to write it, friend. God’s faithfulness is something we can celebrate every day. But I can tell you from personal experience that on your worst of days God’s faithfulness is huge. It is just like the Lord reminding us, “On your worst of days, here is My best!”

For today: God’s faithfulness speaks of His firmness, being stedfast, and fully trustworthy. He indeed is just exactly that in the best of times and the worst of times.

I hope you have been encouraged in these final days of September as we have considered God’s faithfulness. Today is Day Six, and may the Lord bless you indeed.

Day One: Faithfulness in Psalm 36:5. To the clouds!
Day Two: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:1. Make it known to the next generation!
Day Three: Faithfulness in Psalm 89:8. Indescribably amazing!
Day Four: Faithfulness in Psalm 92:1-2. Spot it at the end of your day if you’re not distracted.
Day Five: Faithfulness in Psalm 119:89-90. Look around and see the Lord’s object lessons.
Day Six: Faithfulness in Isaiah 25:1. Just as He planned and purposed!

“O LORD, Thou art my God; I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name; for Thou has done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”

Sometimes our best laid plans just do not go as we hoped they would. Think of these plans that didn’t work out so well!

One person reports a steal of a price on a pair of jeans bought on eBay. They were actually stolen!
Or how about the dad who picked up the wedding card with what he thought was fancy writing for the bridal couple. It actually read “Merry Christmas” in Spanish.
Then there was the criminal who laid out his plans carefully to rob the bank. In the rush of the moment, he didn’t realize that he dropped his wallet at the scene of the crime.

None of these events went as planned. You could probably add more to the list. But all of God’s plans, all of them, every single plan, will happen as He planned long ago. Trust Him. Watch how He works. Do everything He instructs you to do in His Word so that you don’t miss His plan coming to pass.

For today: What an awesome God we serve!