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The Word of the Day for July 14 is:

lenient \LEEN-yunt\ adjective
1 : exerting a soothing or easing influence : relieving pain or stress
2 : of mild and tolerant disposition; especially : indulgent

Examples:
The judge decided to be lenient because it was a first offense, but
warned that the defendant would not be so lucky a second time
Did you know?
"Lenient" is a word with a soothing history. It derives from the Latin
verb "lenire," meaning "to soothe" or "to soften" (itself from
"lenis," meaning "soft or mild"). The first, now archaic, sense of
"lenient" referred to something soothing that relieved pain and
stress. That meaning was shared by "lenitive," an earlier derivative
of "lenire" that was commonly used with "electuary" ("lenitive
electuary" being a medicated paste prepared with honey or another
sweet and used by veterinarians to alleviate pain in the mouth).
Linguists also borrowed "lenis" to describe speech sounds that are
softened -- for instance, the "t" sound in "gutter" is lenis. By way
of comparison, the "t" sound in "toe" is fortis.

FW: 365promises.com

Promise #164 - Monday June 13, 2011

Matthew 17:19-20 KJV

19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast
him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because
of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall
remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.

Promise #164: Nothing will be impossible for those who have even a little
faith.

In this promise, Jesus tells us that even if our faith is as tiny as a
mustard seed, we can be able to tell a mountain to be thrown into the sea.
Since I haven't seen many mountains hurled into the sea lately, I often
wonder what Jesus meant when He said these words.

Of course we all have many mountains in our lives that we face on a daily
basis. Perhaps it isn't the literal mountains around us that need moving,
but the figurative ones? Maybe one day we will see literal mountains cast
into the oceans, but in the meantime, what are the mountains in your life
where you need a miracle? I love the fact that Jesus encourages us that we
don't need much faith at all to make a big impact.

From what I understand, a mustard seed is a very small seed, yet Jesus
says even if our faith is that small, nothing will be impossible to us.
Maybe it is time to start exercising the faith that you have? Start
speaking to the mountains in your life with a childlike simplicity just
believing that they have to go away in Jesus name. Who knows what may
start to happen?

When I think of this promise, I am reminded of the man who came to Jesus
to see his son set free and Jesus asked him, "Do you believe?". The man
responded "Lord, I believe, help my unbelief!" God understands our
frailty, yet He continues to encourages us to simply have faith and watch
what happens. Today I am going to speak to the mountains in my life, how
about you?
Photo by Steve Taylor

365 Promises - Daily Promise Blog - Promise #159 - Wednesday June 8, 2011

365 Promises - Daily Promise Blog - Promise #159 - Wednesday June 8, 2011

Hebrews 10:10 KJV

10 By the which will we are sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.


Promise #159: I made you holy by the once for all sacrifice of My Son, Jesus Christ.

I love the finality of this promise. We are made holy by the once and for all sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. The price He paid two thousand years ago covers our past sins, our present sins and our future sins. There is nothing else the needs to be paid or could be paid. As Jesus cried out on the cross, "It is finished!"

Hallelujah for such a promise! Our sanctification is secure for all eternity because of the finished work of Jesus Christ! As Paul says in Romans 8:1, there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus! What a glorious promise.

Sometimes it is easy for us vacilate between being forgiven and feeling guilt and shame. The blood of Jesus has settled this issue once and for all! All we need to do is simply accept this free gift and walk in the assuredness that we could never add anything to the amazing, extravagant gift that God the Father has given us in His Son, Jesus Christ.

When I think of the permanence of Jesus' sacrifice, and how my redemption and sanctification has been secured for eternity, it brings me into a sense of peace and rest knowing that when God looks at me, He doesn't see all my sin and my shortcomings. He sees me through the once and for all finished sacrifice of the spotless Lamb of God. What good news!

Promise #143

May 23 - Promise #143 - 2 Peter 2:9
I will rescue the godly from all their troubles.

2 Peter 2:9 KJV
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations,
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Promise #142

May 22 - Promise #142 - Isaiah 61:1
I open prison doors and set captives free.

Isaiah 61:1 KJV
1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound

Promise #141

May 21 - Promise #141 - Matthew 6:8
I know what you need before you even ask.

Matthew 6:8 KJV
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Promise #140

May 20 - Promise #140 - Deuteronomy 28:2
All My blessings will overtake those who obey Me.

Deuteronomy 28:2 KJV
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee,
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.