Therefore we should pray for each other the way Jesus prays for us in John 17:17: 'Sanctify them in the truth your word is truth'. In other words, when we trust the promises of God, we sever the root of corruption by the power of a superior promise. Peter described the freeing power of God's promises like this: 'Through you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire' (2 Peter 1:4).

'The promises of God's grace provide the power that makes the demands of God's holiness an experience of freedom rather than fear. When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!īought with the precious blood of Christ.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm