Digging in the Word will find treasures you never knew were there.
2 Peter 1:1-4 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Encouragement is something each of us needs and desires. Peter was an encourager. He was a teacher and an inspirer. The later part of this portion of scripture tells us we have precious promises. There are so many different promises in the Word of God it would take a very long time to list each one but man what a journey that would be!
Looking for the promises of God in scripture is like looking for diamonds in sand. Each time you find one you are inspired and encouraged to keep digging. You pick it up and place it into a bag or some type of holding device. So that later on you can look back at them.
Not they I have ever found a diamond in sand but looking for those precious promises are the very same. We go digging for them by reading the Word of God. When we find one and we hide them in our heart. We bank those precious promises each of us need. It gives us encouragement and inspiration from the best source we have!
Battling discouragement? Pick up The Precious Promise Book- the Bible and read it, study it, memorize it, and last but not least apply it to your life!