Getting Started

Because of who God is, we know that God makes and keeps his covenant promises. God’s covenants reveal His loving grace and mercy, because although people deserve nothing but condemnation, God gives gracious, covenantal salvation. Because God has welcomed us into eternal covenant relationship, we seek to live in a loving relationship with Him and others.

Something to consider: God pursues us in spite of ourselves.

The promises of God

God promises

Hebrews 10:16
Galatians 3:29
Psalms 105:8
Exodus 6:7
Hosea 11:1

God promised

1 John 2:25
John 10:9
Genesis 15:5
Genesis 17:2, 4
Genesis 21:1-2
Hebrews 13:5
Joshua 1:5
Luke 11:9-13
Luke 12:28

Promise of Christ's return

John 14:2-3
Acts 1:11
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Revelations 1:7

Promise of blessing

Psalms 128:5-6
Ezekiel 34:26
John 1:16
John 10:10
Romans 8:28
Ephesians 1:3

Promise of strength

Psalms 73:25-26
Isaiah 40:29, 31
1 Corinthians 1:8
Ephesians 3:20
2 Thessalonians 3:3
1 Peter 5:10

Promises for the sick

Psalms 23:4
Psalms73:26
Isaiah 57:18
Matthew 8:16-17
John 16:33
Romans 8:37-39
James 5:14-15

God's promises to people

Noah

Genesis 5:1-7
Genesis 6:5
Genesis 9:9-10
Hebrew 11:7
2 Peter 3:3-7

Abraham

Genesis 11:1
Genesis 12:9
Genesis 15:6
Joshua 24:2
Nehemiah 9:7
Acts 7:2-3
Galatians 3:16

Moses

Exodus 1:1
Exodus 3:12,14
Exodus 15:21
Hebrews 3:1-6
Deuteronomy 18:18
Acts 3:17-22

David

2 Samuel 5:3
Psalms 89:3-4
2 Samuel 7:8-19

God's promises for situations

Promise of a new covenant

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Matthew 26: 26-29
2 Corinthians 3:5-6

Promises when you're tempted

Job 23:10-11
1 Corinthians 10:13
Hebrews 2:18
Hebrews 4:15-16
James 1:2-4; 13-14
1 Peter 5:8-10

Promises for forgiveness

2 Chronicles 7:14
Psalms 103:8-12
Jeremiah 31:34
Luke 15:3-7
Acts 10:43
Ephesians 1:7
1 John 1:9

Promises for when you're afriad or weak

Psalms 4:8
Psalms 23:4
Isaiah 35:4
Romans 8:26,37-39
2 Corinthians 1:10
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 13:6
Psalms 72:13
Isaiah 41:10
1 Corinthians 1:7-9
2 Corinthians 4:7-9
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Questions about Covenant

Now that we've looked at a number of verses, we encourage you to explore these questions with your group or in a journal.

• What is a covenant? 
  

• Why is it necessary for us that God covenant with us?  
  

• What is the new covenant and what makes it superior to the others? 
  

• What promises has God given us?
  

What does it mean?

Knowledge is good, but knowing how to act on that knowledge is better. Explore some of these questions about how our knowledge affects our lives.

• In what ways is a covenant different from a contract? 
  

• Are you in a covenant with God?
  

• Has God kept His promises in the Bible?
  

• Do you trust God to keep His promises to you?