Bible Stories › Topics › God’s Promises
19 stories
Bible Stories About God’s Promises
God’s promises often take longer than we expect, and they rarely come the way we imagine. Abraham waited twenty-five years. Israel waited four hundred and thirty. Joseph died before his promise came true.
But not one word has failed. These stories trace that faithfulness from Genesis to Revelation.
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)- A Bow in the CloudGenesis 8:15–9:17 · Book 4, Day 9
For over a year, Noah and his family had lived in the ark. They had watched the rain fall for forty days and forty nights. They had felt the ark rise…
- Count the StarsGenesis 15:1–6 · Book 6, Day 1
Years had passed since God first told Abram to leave his homeland. God had promised to make him a great nation. Abram had obeyed. He had traveled…
- God Remembered NoahGenesis 7:1–8:1 · Book 6, Day 2
Noah had spent years building the ark exactly as God told him. Then the day came. God told Noah to go into the ark with his family and the animals, two…
- Back to BethelGenesis 35:1–15 · Book 6, Day 5
Years earlier, Jacob had run away from home with nothing but a staff. His brother Esau wanted to kill him. On his first night alone, he slept with a…
- Carry My BonesGenesis 50:22–26; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32 · Book 6, Day 6
Joseph had lived an extraordinary life. Sold into slavery by his brothers, he rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt and saved his family…
- The Selfsame DayExodus 12:31–42 · Book 6, Day 7
Long before Israel ever went to Egypt, God told Abraham something hard. Your descendants will be strangers in a land that isn’t theirs. They will be…
- All Came to PassJoshua 21:43–45 · Book 6, Day 12
The book of Joshua is full of battles, journeys, and lists of borders and cities. But near the end of all the fighting and dividing of the land, the…
- A House Forever2 Samuel 7:1–17 · Book 6, Day 15
King David was finally at rest. His enemies were defeated, and he lived in a beautiful palace of cedar. One day he looked around and felt uneasy. “See…
- Not One Word Hath Failed1 Kings 8:54–61 · Book 6, Day 16
After seven years of work, King Solomon finished the temple in Jerusalem. It was the house God had promised David that his son would build. Priests…
- Josiah by Name1 Kings 13:1–5; 2 Kings 23:15–16 · Book 6, Day 17
After Solomon died, the kingdom split in two. Jeroboam, king of the northern tribes, didn’t want his people traveling to Jerusalem to worship. So he…
- A Letter to the ExilesJeremiah 29:1–14 · Book 6, Day 20
Thousands of people from Jerusalem had been carried off to Babylon, far from home. Their city was under threat, their temple was far away, and they…
- I Will Not Leave You ComfortlessJohn 14:1–3, 15–18, 25–27 · Book 6, Day 27
It was Jesus’ last night with His disciples before the cross. They had shared the Passover meal. He had washed their feet. Judas had gone out into the…
- As He SaidLuke 24:1–12 · Book 6, Day 28
Early on the first day of the week, a group of women came to Jesus’ tomb carrying spices they had prepared. Their Lord was dead, and they had come to…
- This Same JesusActs 1:1–11 · Book 6, Day 29
For forty days after His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples and spoke with them about the kingdom of God. Then, on the Mount of Olives, He…
- Surely I Come QuicklyRevelation 22:12–21 · Book 6, Day 30
The Bible begins in a garden, with a tree of life. It ends in a city, with a tree of life. In the last chapter of the last book, the apostle John was…
- New Heavens and a New EarthIsaiah 65:17–25 · Book 8, Day 13
Near the end of his book, Isaiah was given a vision bigger than anything he had seen before. It wasn’t just about Israel coming home from exile. It was…
- A New HeartEzekiel 36:22–28 · Book 8, Day 15
Ezekiel was a priest living among the exiles in Babylon. His people had been carried away because, for generations, they had turned from God to idols…
- Boys and Girls Playing in the StreetsZechariah 8:1–8 · Book 8, Day 19
The prophet Zechariah lived at the same time as Haggai. Jerusalem was still mostly rubble. Its walls were broken. Its streets were nearly empty. The…
- They Shall See His FaceRevelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 · Book 8, Day 30
The apostle John was an old man, exiled on the island of Patmos for preaching about Jesus. And there God gave him a vision of the very end of the…
Get 7 more Bible stories free, plus one each week by email.
Send me the free devotional