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December 09, 2012

Ep.739: How Reliable Are Your Promises?

The impact of promises made, kept and broken

Theme Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13

We all have had the experience of making or receiving a promise that was not kept. When you think about it, the experience is a sad one, for with a broken promise comes some level of a damaged trust towards the one who did not deliver. Over time this can lead to all kinds of deep and permanent damage to our relationships. What makes a promise? How do we better keep our promises? What about God? What had He promised us, and is He keeping His promises?

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  1. Debbie
    Debbie says:

    Acts 23:12 – “…certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had this conspiracy.”

    Ya just have to wonder what happened to these men when Paul was whisked out of their reach (all they way to Rome).

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