This is a message straight from Heaven that you must never forget. It’s one like no other you’ve ever heard on the promises of God. The Bible tells us that the Lord definitely keeps His promises. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise (II Peter 3:9). God told me that all the power of Heaven is in each promise He has made and that we can trust every one of them. It’s wonderful to have real faith in God, not just talking faith or singing faith but live, working faith like you find in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews.

God speaks, and what He says comes to pass because He means business. For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass (Ezekiel 12:25). God said it; I believe it, and that settles it. It’s always been that way in my life from the time I was a child. Whenever Mama or Daddy, the preacher or a Sunday school teacher told me that God had said something, I believed it; and that settled it. I never doubted that there was a Heaven or a hell, the virgin birth of Christ, His Crucifixion or His Resurrection.

The Promise Will Come

Elijah gave a wonderful promise to Elisha; it was a promise straight from God, and Elisha knew it. And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so (II Kings 2:9,10). Elisha didn’t ask for money or other worldly treasures Elijah might have had. The only thing he wanted was a double portion of the power of God that Elijah had. Elisha held on to that promise, and he received it.

When God makes me a promise, I hold on to it. He told us in His Word that the answer may tarry, but it will come. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry (Habakkuk 2:3). God let me know that at times there would be a waiting period before the fulfillment of a promise because adjustments would have to be made. Not only would I have to be prepared to do all that God wanted me to do, but He’d have to take time to get other people in place whom I was working with in His Kingdom.

God is not negligent concerning any of His promises; they will all be fulfilled, and you must not let anything make you doubt. God can’t work with doubt, so you have to get rid of it or you’ll come up lacking. When you doubt, you’re not holding on to God’s promises. The Bible says, But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord (James 1:6,7). If you let your faith waver, it won’t work for you; and you won’t get results because you let go of the promise. When you lose your confidence in and obedience to a promise, that’s a disobedience to God. It takes Bible faith to be able to have the strength to hold on.

The Vision

The Lord gave me a most amazing vision concerning His promises which He wants me to share with you. Up until I received this visitation, whenever I had come to the end of my rope and done all I could do in a certain situation, I would tie a knot and hold on. The Holy Ghost had taught me how to yield to God and wait upon Him, how to tie a knot and hold on to God’s unchanging hand. He taught me how to declare that all was well as long as I had my eyes on God and that every promise He gave me would be fulfilled. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

Then the Lord gave me this wonderful vision several times. I could see myself holding on to a knot at the end of my rope in all faith, love and expectation; but when I looked down, there was a beautiful sea below me that was filled with the promises of God. It was God’s sea of promises for each and every one of us, and I had never dreamed of such a thing! I was so close to it that I could see that every wave was a promise, and it stretched for as far as I could see. That vision has burned upon my soul ever since, and I can picture it with my eyes open or closed. I’ll always keep that vision before me.

But that wasn’t all—the Lord also spoke to me and said, “It’s time to let go of the knot.” I obeyed; and when I did, I landed on His sea of promises. It was a glorious feeling! The love of God covered me up, and His glory took over. I just wanted to shout the praises of God, and they were flowing like mighty rivers from the inside of me. I had been pulling on the Lord for a great need for the ministry, and I knew I had won.

As I said, the Lord had taught me years ago about tying a knot and hanging on when I had come to the end of my rope; but now is a very different time. We’re in the final hour, and it’s going to take millions and millions of dollars to get this Gospel to the whole world and to get Bibles into the hands of people who need them. Untold millions have never had their own Bible, and we must serve them. We must win the lost at any cost, and we don’t have long to do it.

We Live Outside Eden

Ever since man was driven out of Eden, he has had to live by promise. Before Adam and Eve sinned, it was not necessary for them to live by promise; all they had to do was stay away from the tree of death. Everything else was full of life and freely given to them. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost would come down and talk to them one-on-one; but their sin changed all that.

Outside Eden, we all have had to live by promise; but look at the people in the Bible who used God’s promises to do such great work for the Lord. Noah’s ark was built outside Eden by promise. Later, God gave Noah’s family security and full assurance when they received His rainbow of promise. It was a sign that God would never flood the earth again. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh (Genesis 9:12-15).

Unfortunately, many people in Noah’s day did not accept this promise; and as time went on, the devil took over their minds. Soon they began to build a tower that would reach to Heaven. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11:4). Where was their faith?

It’s awful for people to mock and doubt the great God of the universe. No human being could ever have made the stars, the beautiful moon or the sun that shines by day. The lovely clouds and the changing skies are also wonderful sights to behold, but none of this could have been done by the hand of man. Man had absolutely nothing to do with it, so why can’t we trust the One who did it all? You must know that when God speaks, it’s done.

Live by Faith

We have to trust God by faith; and down through the years, those who have held on to His promises are the ones who have been victorious. In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, there’s one example after another of faith. Look at Abraham; he’s called the father of the faithful. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham (Galatians 3:7-9).

Jesus didn’t come to earth by way of the Law; He came through grace and faith. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all (Romans 4:16). Jesus was never a priest under the Law; the Bible plainly teaches that He was all about grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17).

Abraham Believed His Promise

Think about Abraham offering his own son. He was really tested. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him (Genesis 22:1-3). Abraham told the servants to wait at the foot of the mountain while he and his son went to worship the Lord. That was pure faith because Abraham knew he was on his way to sacrifice Isaac. He had the knife; and Isaac, the type of Christ, was carrying the wood.

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together (Genesis 22:7,8).

The Bible tells us that Abraham did offer Isaac in his own spirit and mind. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure (Hebrews 11:17-19). Abraham had the promise that God would raise up seed from his son, and he knew God could not lie. Abraham knew that if God wanted him to slay his son and offer him as a sacrificial burnt offering, He would have to raise him from the dead. Abraham had held on to the promise that he would be the father of many nations for twenty-five years before it finally happened.

You must hold on to your promise, too, knowing it will be fulfilled. You can’t hold on for a little while and then let go; you must hold on to the promise all the time.

The Miracle of Supply

Remember Abraham’s words, “God will provide.” The Lord revealed to me one day that on Noah’s ark, all the meal barrels remained full for over a year because they were miracle meal barrels. Whenever the Lord tells me something, He always takes me to His Word to prove that it can be found there. So I went to I Kings and read that the widow woman’s meal barrel and empty oil cruse were filled up and stayed that way throughout the whole famine.

Elijah said to her, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah (I Kings 17:11-16).

The widow woman’s need was so greatly supplied that it’s hard to tell how many people she helped with the miracle that the Lord gave her through her obedience. She didn’t worry about her situation day after day; she held on to her promise from God, and it worked.

God Promised Me Souls

“God will provide” is a promise you must use, too. I used that promise to build this work when Angel and I came to Akron, Ohio over fifty-six years ago. We were already in debt for our big tent, but we came knowing that God would provide.

Later, God told me that I was to go on television and show Him at work. God wanted people to see His miracles, and now people all over the world are witnessing His great power. It’s not Ernest Angley; I stress over and over that God is the One. To the thousands in my big overseas crusades I’ll cry, “Who did this?” They’ll cry back, “Jesus!”

The Lord has promised me millions of souls in this final hour, and we’re now winning thousands every week. When we go to the mission fields, we win thousands more to the Lord in just a few minutes of time. People come out of all kinds of darknesses of the devil. Many are born into witchcraft, voodoo and other darknesses of the devil without ever knowing anything about God, His Son or the Holy Ghost; and we’re sweeping them in through the promises and the power of God. We’re sounding the Gospel trumpet all over the world in this final hour saying, “Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!” The message is going forth by way of radio, television, the Internet, books, CDs and magazines.

The Promise of Salvation

What promises God has given us! There’s the promise of Calvary for all. Hear it saying, “Whosoever will, let him come.” And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).

Forgiveness is now available for everyone, so do as the Bible says: Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55:6). God said that those who seek Him early with all their hearts will find Him. I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me (Proverbs 8:17). And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).

The marvelous salvation that was born in Bethlehem was promised to us. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting (Micah 5:2). Divinity from Heaven was made flesh. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Jesus confirmed His divinity when He said, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (John 14:9). What a promise! When the shepherds humbly kissed the little baby’s face in Bethlehem that night, they were kissing the face of God.

If the birth and death of Christ can’t humble you, nothing will. If Calvary doesn’t give you love, peace, joy and perfect assurance, nothing will. If all the power of Heaven can’t be revealed to you through Calvary, nothing will reveal it to you. If the nail-prints in Christ’s hands won’t convince you that He died for you, nothing will. You’ll walk around with the same doubt that Thomas had; and if you die before you get rid of it, you’ll go into eternal darkness.

A real born-again experience is not just turning over a new leaf; it’s one that makes you completely new, made in the image of God. The Bible tells us that we were not born in the image of God outside Eden. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me (Psalm 51:5). But through Jesus, we can have God’s image.

The Promises Do God’s Work

Some people only think about their seas of trials and troubles because they don’t realize that God’s seas of promises are available to them. I don’t know how many promises there are in the Bible because I’ve never counted them; but I know there are many, and God gives them to us to be used through His grace. When we use them, they will do the works of God in our lives. They will bring people into the Kingdom, give sight to the blind and make crippled limbs whole. They will heal the sick and even raise the dead. There’s wonder-working power in the promises of God!

His promises bring love like the world has never seen before, peace like the world has never felt before and joy like the world has never known and never will have without Jesus. The promises contain all the greatness of Heaven! Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). What a promise! He also said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live (John 11:25). We will live forever! Although our bodies may die, they will be resurrected. We’ll never die because our souls will never die. That’s a promise!

Gather God’s promises together and decide you’re going to live by them. If you don’t do that, you’ll live in doubt, fear, frustration and despair like so many depressed people in the world do today. I learned one day that my future was as bright as the promises of God, and I decided that was all the brightness I needed.

I embrace God’s promises every day, and I talk faith. You’ll never hear me talk doubt because I make no room for it. I only make room for God’s promises, and I’m busy using every one that I need. The Bible says, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (II Corinthians 12:9). God promises us security and help; and the Bible declares, My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). Why should you doubt all your needs being met? We’re not supposed to doubt anything God says in His Holy Word or any works of the Lord that we witness.

God’s Promises Are Eternal

You have to really know God, and you have to love Him with all of your heart. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment (Mark 12:30). Love is the first thing the Lord gives you when you go to Calvary, and that first love carries all His other promises. I can shout, “All is well!” because I have the promises of God.

Some people have only words, but I have God’s promises. People may make you promises and intend to keep them, but then they fail. God never makes a promise that He won’t stand by. He has all ability and all power, and the promises in His Word will endure forever. The word of the Lord endureth forever (I Peter 1:25).

The promise of an eternal home in Heaven will never be broken. God made it hundreds of years ago, but it’s still as fresh as if He had made it today; and it’s renewed for everybody who goes to Calvary. When you take out citizenship papers in Heaven, this old world is no longer your home. God calls you a pilgrim and a stranger, and you’re just journeying through on your way to Glory Land. You must know without a doubt that you have your passport, Jesus; then you won’t worry about getting into Heaven. You will know you’re on your way.

Abraham knew he was seeking a divine city, and the Bible tells us that he found it. By faith he [Abraham] sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:9,10). I found that city, too, through the faith and love of God.

Walk on the Promises

I’m walking the seas of promises today, and that’s why I’m so happy and free. They’re seas of life, peace, joy and great satisfaction. I’m also walking the waters of soul winning, and I’m going to the ends of the earth. I’m traveling the seas, the skies and the airwaves to help others. We’ll only get to the lost of this world by walking on the seas of promises; just walking the water won’t work, saith the Lord. Man’s spirit can’t do it. Only in the name of Jesus can we win millions for the Lord and witness millions receiving miracles and healings.

If people would have recognized Jesus to be the Promised Seed when He came to earth and accepted Him as such, this world would be a different place; it would be a brand-new world through the promises of God. The Bible proves this is true by stating that when Christ comes back to earth with the saints of God, He will lift the curse and bring peace. That’s a promise, and it will be fulfilled. There will be no vicious animals or violent people on earth for 1000 years. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:6-9).

The devil will be cast into the bottomless pit, and there will be peace on earth at last. And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:1-3). Never doubt that promise.

Serve Jesus

Divine blood makes us a part of the family of God, and that’s a fantastic promise. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons [or daughters] of God (I John 3:1). That new life gives you the mind of Christ, and you’ll think like He thought when He was here. You’ll wear His shoes, live like Him and serve like He served. You’ll serve the healing balm of love like He did, and you’ll seek to heal broken spirits.

When you’re made new, you won’t serve the devil’s hate, unforgiveness or strife. You won’t tongue-lash people, run them down or criticize them. If you do, God said you’d never see Heaven. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain (James 1:26). God also promised, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4). God will keep that promise just as He kept it with Adam and Eve. God fulfills all of His promises, both good and bad; but His promises to you are all wonderful if you’re a child of God.

Jesus Is the Way

Jesus came saying He was the new and living way. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh (Hebrews 10:19,20).

He also said He was the only way to Heaven. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep (John 10:1,2). Jesus made it clear that there are no side doors to Heaven. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture (John 10:9).

Heaven is promised to everyone who will live holy and accept Jesus Christ because He’s the only way. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

The Bible is all truth, and there’s no guess-work involved with it. You either believe God and His Word or you don’t. You believe His miracles are for today or you don’t. Consider the nine divine fruits: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance (Galatians 5:22,23). If you don’t believe in these fruits, then you can’t believe in the Lord, in His Holy Book or in His promises. If you don’t have God’s good promises, His bad promises will be yours; and you won’t even have to claim them. They’ll be right there to destroy all those who deny Jesus.

Where Are the Miracles?

Oh, Lord, help us to awaken people all over the world! The spirit of the Antichrist is covering the earth; and it’s filled with violence, hideous crimes, deceit, lies and hate. People don’t want the love of God, so they won’t accept His promise of deliverance from all the powers of the devil…and they won’t accept this promise that He made to all believers: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils…they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover (Mark 16:17,18). If you don’t believe that promise, you can’t believe in Jesus Christ no matter what you say. That’s why there are so many dead Christians and dead churches today.

We must ask as Gideon did, “Where are the miracles?” If the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles (Judges 6:13)? When you find true believers who are ready to meet the Lord when He comes, you’ll find miracles, healings and true salvation. However, most so-called Christians today don’t live according to the promises of God, and they don’t even consider using the blood.

The Lord said that in the last days people would deny His power, and it’s happening everywhere. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away (II Timothy 3:1-5).

They’ve Lost the Power

Churches that once were on fire for God no longer have that fire. Many used to conduct great revivals, but they don’t have them anymore. They have let go of the power of God and now preach only a social Gospel that won’t turn people to righteousness. Without holiness, no one will ever see God. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14).

It’s so sad that the majority of people on earth today will never see the face of God. Even at the White Throne judgment, they won’t be allowed to look upon God; but they’ll hear His judgment voice saying, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).

Many people have denied that there’s a burning hell, but that doesn’t change the fact that there is one. They’ve denied the righteousness and holiness of God and the Spirit of truth; but the Bible declares: Let God be true, but every man a liar (Romans 3:4).

If you believe the Word, you know that God is your Father and that He is the creator and owner of everything. The devil is a bluffer, and he doesn’t own one foot of this earth. He owns only hate and that which applies to it; he owns those who have sold themselves to the devil, and that’s all. He doesn’t own the moon or the sun, the birds or the fish; and he definitely doesn’t own the air that we breathe. We’re connected with God’s throne, but the devil can’t touch His grace because it would destroy him.

The power of grace is what delivered us; works couldn’t do it. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8,9).

You Must Be Born Again

Salvation comes by grace, not by signing a church card or being baptized in water. You have to get saved first before you can be baptized in water and have it mean anything to Heaven. Water baptism is an answer of a clear conscience before God, so it’s no good unless you believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus. Being buried with Him and raised up into the likeness of His life is what water baptism signifies. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4).

In water baptism, you acknowledge Christ’s death, His burial and His Resurrection. Jesus taught it; and before Him, John the Baptist came teaching people to repent and be baptized. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (Matthew 3:1,2,5-10).

“You have to accept Jesus Christ,” John told the Pharisees and Sadducees, “because I won’t baptize sinners.” Some of them claimed, “Abraham is our father, and we want to be baptized.” But John told them to stop saying that because forgiveness didn’t come through Abraham. Then he asked them to show him that they had really repented with godly sorrow and had received forgiveness before he would baptize them. Repenting with godly sorrow means that you’re as sorry for your sins as God is that you committed them.

Hold On

Are you ready to tie a knot at the end of your rope and hold on until the Lord says to let go? If not, you’re not ready for His promises to be fulfilled in your life; and you’re in trouble. Some people never learn to tie a knot, and they just give up; but the Bible says, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God (Luke 9:62). If you even look back, you’ve lost Heaven.

Do you hold on to every scripture? They’re your life. The devil will try to discourage you and get you to let go of them, but don’t listen to him. Look only to Jesus because He’s your faith. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2). When you look to Jesus, He’ll give you the strength to hold on; and He brought divine blood from Heaven to help you do it.

When you’re holding on to God’s promises, you’re holding on to His unchanging hand. Don’t talk about your despair or all the troubles you’re going through; those things don’t matter because you’re going to land on the seas of promises, and everything will be all right. Hold on to that knot in prayer and fasting until you’re ready to believe. It may take seven days, ten days, fourteen days, twenty-one days or even forty days; but don’t let go.

You Must Be Ready

Paul told us many times that he was ready. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 21:13). I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also (Romans 1:15). For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand (II Timothy 4:6). Read about all that Paul went through, and know that he was ready for every trial. Every time he tied a knot, he’d hold on until the Lord told him to let go; then he’d land on the seas of promises.

Peter didn’t land on the seas of promises; he landed on water, but the promise to him would have kept him up if he had only continued to believe. Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come (Matthew 14:28,29). The word “come” was a promise from the Lord that Peter would stay on top if he would believe. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me (Matthew 14:29,30).

Peter stepped off that boat and actually walked on the water. We don’t know how many steps he took, but he probably didn’t start to sink until he got quite a distance from the boat. Then the devil said, “Here comes a big wave, Peter, and it’s a mountain!” Suddenly, Peter forgot about Jesus and started to go down. He did get his mind back on the Lord before he sank all the way because we hear him cry, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt (Matthew 14:30,31)? The Lord reached out and lifted Peter up, and they went walking back to the boat together.

Claim Real Life

How many times has the Lord walked with you back to the boat, telling you that you have nothing to fear and nothing to worry about? Why do you want to dangle at the end of a rope with nothing under you? No wonder it scares you to look down because there’s nothing there to catch you but trouble. When you don’t use eyes of faith, you won’t see the promises under you. You’ll only see trouble, despair, sickness, death, sorrows and heartaches.

Jesus is my faith—is He yours? Why would you ever use human faith when divine faith is available to you? The Lord said that little faith like Peter had would fail; but divine faith is big faith, and it never fails. It always brings you out on top, if you’ll use it. The Bible says, Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward (Hebrews 10:35). Keep your faith and confidence in God and love the Lord with your whole heart; it’s the only way you’re going to hold on to all He has promised you.

What do you see today, Children? Does your future look bleak because all you see is trouble? Your future is never full of trouble when you’re really born new; but if you haven’t found Jesus, you don’t know what it’s like to really live.

We were all born with death in us, and we didn’t know what life was. Many tried to put their lives together piece by piece; but it wasn’t real life, and they found themselves disappointed again and again. But one day, they found the Master, the One who brought the greatest promise ever—the promise of Heaven for us. Jesus also brought the promise of salvation—the pardon from all of our sins. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). That’s a lot of love, and we must hold on to it. Jesus promised that He would always be with us. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Hebrews 13:5).

Receive the Holy Ghost

Later, Jesus gave us the promise of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He would be the One to guide us, teach us, direct us and never leave us. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (John 14:26). Jesus said He’d give the Holy Ghost to those who obey Him. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him (Acts 5:32). As long as we yield to Him, the Holy Ghost will always live in us. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever (John 14:16).

It’s essential that we all have the Holy Ghost to have power from On High. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8). And nobody can have the real Holy Ghost baptism today without speaking in other tongues. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4). Some people are deceived and think they have the Holy Ghost when they really don’t. They talk in tongues at will and prophesy at will, but that’s not the Holy Ghost baptism from Heaven. It’s just self and the devil, and it’s not real. The Lord told me that it grieves His Spirit.

When people speak in tongues at will, the Lord said that it opens the door for the devil to take over and use their tongues and their voices; and that’s dangerous. Why don’t people want the real thing?—Because they don’t want to live holy and pay the price. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21).

See the Promises

Children, you must see the sea of promises as God has shown it to me. It’s a glorious sight, and it will give you such peace and contentment. Don’t look at a sea of troubles, broken promises, doubt, fear and darkness. The God of miracles lives, and we must live by His promises. When you come to the end of your rope, know that it’s not really the end; you’re just being tested. If your faith is good, you’ll land on the sea of promises. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27). Don’t allow fear to creep in; just let the Lord have His way.

It’s time to tie that knot and hold on; and if you’ve already tied it, it’s time to let go, saith the Lord. Realize once and for all that you have the seas of promises. You have all of God’s promises in the Word, and they’re just as much yours as they are mine. Lord, give the people vision; let them see the seas of promises. What a beautiful sight it is for us today. Lord, help them and give them understanding of what you’re trying to teach them and bring them into. Let the Holy Spirit show them the promises so they’ll never forget them, and they’ll stop all their worrying and fretting. Help them to get rid of every fear so they can’t be tormented anymore. Don’t let fear find a dwelling place in the heart of anyone who reads this message. Lord, all your promises are ours to hide in our hearts; they’re ours to treasure, to use and to live by for the rest of the journey. Let your light shine upon us, Lord, so we can be your reflectors to shine you to the whole world. Oh, Lamb of God, what glory is yours as you deal with your people on the mount of your glory!

You’ll Never Be the Same

Give everything to Jesus today. You must accept all of Him, and He has to have the whole you. Paul wrote to one of the churches and said, Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10). We can’t be complete in Jesus until we’re complete in His promises; and not until then are you complete, saith the Lord.

Take the mighty anointing that God is offering you through this message and anoint yourself—your mind, your eyes, your ears, your heart, your lungs, every part of you. God promised that His anointing would break all your bondages. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (Isaiah 10:27).

You must decide that you’ll never be the same, so make this vow before the Lord: “I’ll never be the same in prayer, in fasting or in watching for Jesus to come. My ears will hear what the Spirit is saying, and my eyes will behold God’s glory and the results of His promises. I will lean upon His everlasting arm of promises and be everything He desires me to be. I will cut loose from everything that would hinder me or bind me, and I will let go of my knot and land on the seas of promises.”

Claim Divine Peace and Joy

Start walking with Jesus and do His work in perfection just like He did when He was on earth. Let this message burn in your soul, and I pray that you will never be the same. Ask the Lord to let you see in all reality what God showed me—the great vision of the sea of promises for us to walk on in this hour. All of His seas belong to you and me; and the Lord gave them to us so that we can reach people all over the world through faith, love and total obedience.

If the devil has been tormenting you with mind battles, get rid of them. Decide that you won’t pay attention to them ever again because you know they come from the devil. Then claim divine peace. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). The Lord promised we could have His peace. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3). If you keep these promises, you’ll stay on top and never sink into pools of despair.

Always remember that the joy of the LORD is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10), but you must hold on to that joy. Don’t look around to see what friends and loved ones are doing because that could steal your joy. People who aren’t doing right can rob you, but don’t allow them to. Hold on to what the Lord has promised. Hold on to His greatness and what He has promised you from Heaven, and you’ll be all right. Hold on to the blood that stained the Old Rugged Cross because that’s your greatest divine weapon.

Salvation Is Yours

You who are unsaved, it’s time to come to the Lord. The Bible says, Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6). You must reach out for Him, and then hold fast to Him for the rest of your life. The Bible says, He that endureth to the end shall be saved (Matthew 10:22). If you endure to the end, Heaven will be yours for all eternity; but if you’re a sinner or in a lukewarm condition, you must come to Jesus. You have let go of God’s truth, His deliverance, His salvation and His baptism of power in the Holy Ghost; and you can’t see His seas of promises when you’re in that condition.

Pray with me, Oh, God, save my soul. I’m so sorry I sinned against you; but I have come home, and I will live for you. Forgive me, Lord. I know you died for me, and I believe your shed blood washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come in!

If you meant that prayer, now you can say, Hallelujah! He has come. Hallelujah! Jesus is mine, and I’ll never let Him go. Once you get the favor of God, you must live free from sin or you won’t be able to hold on to His promises. When Jesus comes, it will be fast and quick. We’ll have to be ready to be changed in a moment and in a twinkling of an eye, so hold on to the grace and favor of God.

You’re Promised a Miracle

Now, you who are sick and afflicted, reach out and claim your promise. The Bible says, And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up (James 5:15). Let go of your knot and land on that promise; it’s yours. Faith in God heals the sick, and the God of miracles lives; so be thou made well. You who have AIDS, the AIDS virus or any other deadly disease, let the Lord heal you. The blood of Jesus will heal you of anything if you’ll just look to Him.

Lord, I bring the sick and afflicted to you. Lay a healing hand on them. I curse all deadly diseases in their bodies—those with cancer, diabetes, heart trouble, lung trouble and paralysis. Little deformed children born with just part of a brain, Lord, give them a whole brain and power to walk. You’ve done it again and again, Lord. In the holy name of the Lord deliver them. Heal! in the all-powerful, blood-name of Jesus. Heal!

Get well in the name of Jesus, but you must serve the Lord and live for Him. The Lord healed sinners when He was here on earth, but He told them to go, and sin no more (John 8:11). I give you His same words today.

It’s wonderful when you know that Jesus and all His benefits are yours. It’s such a personal claim that brings beautiful thoughts of satisfaction. Hold on to this and all God’s promises. There are thousands of them, and there’s one to supply every one of your needs. Walk on God’s seas of promises today. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown (Revelation 3:11).

God bless you.