The Christian life is a life of faith: faith in Christ, and faith in God's promises. "Does God give you his Spirit," writes the apostle Paul, "and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? Consider Abraham: 'He believed God [i.e., by exercising faith in God's promises], and it was credited to him as righteousness'" (Galatians 3:5-6).
But in order to walk by faith in God's promises, we must know them: "Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ" (Romans 10:17).
"The promises of God" Scripture cards set will be based on the 366 promises curated by C.H. Spurgeon in his classic devotional Faith's Checkbook. Each card will be beautifully hand-lettered and/or digitally designed by one of the talented visual artists in our household: my wife and two daughters.
Designing all of these cards will probably take at least a year. However, we will be able to begin to produce and release the cards one Scripture book at a time. For example, there are 10 promises from Genesis and 16 promises from Matthew. Some of these "mini-sets" will need to be combined: e.g., Leviticus and Numbers have 8 promises combined. Others might need to be split in two or three parts: e.g., Psalms or Isaiah.
Once all 366 cards have designed, people will be able to buy the whole set. A monthly subscription is also a possibility: one promise for each day of the month.
We must never, ever underestimate the value of God's promises. As Spurgeon writes: "A promise from God may very instructively be compared to a check payable to order. It is given to the believer with the view of bestowing upon him some good thing. It is not meant that he should read it over comfortably, and then have done with it. No, he is to treat the promise as a reality, as a man treats a check."
My hope and prayer is that these Scripture cards will be used mightily by the Lord to build up his people through faith in his promises.
Daniel Vos
3 years ago
The Christian life is a life of faith: faith in Christ, and faith in God's promises. "Does God give you his Spirit," writes the apostle Paul, "and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? Consider Abraham: 'He believed God [i.e., by exercising faith in God's promises], and it was credited to him as righteousness'" (Galatians 3:5-6).
But in order to walk by faith in God's promises, we must know them: "Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ" (Romans 10:17).
"The promises of God" Scripture cards set will be based on the 366 promises curated by C.H. Spurgeon in his classic devotional Faith's Checkbook. Each card will be beautifully hand-lettered and/or digitally designed by one of the talented visual artists in our household: my wife and two daughters.
Designing all of these cards will probably take at least a year. However, we will be able to begin to produce and release the cards one Scripture book at a time. For example, there are 10 promises from Genesis and 16 promises from Matthew. Some of these "mini-sets" will need to be combined: e.g., Leviticus and Numbers have 8 promises combined. Others might need to be split in two or three parts: e.g., Psalms or Isaiah.
Once all 366 cards have designed, people will be able to buy the whole set. A monthly subscription is also a possibility: one promise for each day of the month.
We must never, ever underestimate the value of God's promises. As Spurgeon writes: "A promise from God may very instructively be compared to a check payable to order. It is given to the believer with the view of bestowing upon him some good thing. It is not meant that he should read it over comfortably, and then have done with it. No, he is to treat the promise as a reality, as a man treats a check."
My hope and prayer is that these Scripture cards will be used mightily by the Lord to build up his people through faith in his promises.