Note From Christine           Things are always changing here, mainly because I am constantly evolving.  I am in a season of exhilarating growth, through study and prayer, and I am seeing more and more that Psalm 1 is true.  Every word that gets planted as a seed in your spirit has the effect of turning your internal world into the kind of tree that stands tall despite the weather.         All that translates into a passion for ministry.  I have known periods of time where I felt like Peter, that I was being sifted like wheat. Jesus also prayed for me, that I would return to encourage others.     Did you read the scripture and listen to the music on the opening page?  I wish I had time to tell you the story of the scripture and the history of the picture in person.  God brought me to both last summer.  I echo the writer's words.  There is no one like God.  It took me a long time to learn that.  I searched elsewhere for four decades, to my detriment, looking for what only He could give.    "The ancient God is home on a foundation of everlasting arms."  In 1997, thirty-six years after becoming a Christian at the age of seven, I finally learned how to start making Him my home.  I climbed under His wing, learned how to hear Him speak, and allowed His words to begin to rewire the way I think and feel.  What has been the result?  This ministry.  Daughters of Promise.  Whether you are a new believer or a seasoned Christian, I invite you to join me on this exhilarating journey.  We get to find out together what happens when we trust where it seems risky and obey when it appears ludicrous.   Whether you're here to check out a conference for your church, listen to a radio program, browse through the music and books in our store, or sign up for my daily devotional, I pray your visit brings His Word to you in a deep and lifechanging way.       Yours because He is gracious, Christine

HOPE IS SECURE    My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.  Psalm 119:81   The hope of this year lies in expanse before us.  Something not yet resolved may be resolved within the confines of this next calendar year.    Right now, someone is waiting to get well.  Someone else is waiting for a better job.  Someone you know may be waiting for inner peace.  Someone else is longing  for intervention.  A neighbor may be waiting for a definitive diagnosis.  Someone in your family is  waiting for deliverance out of crushing circumstances.  Perhaps you are the one waiting for fulfillment of a Word.   I can never know if the salvation I seek is of the immediate kind or a distant kind.  The prophets waited on a word and it stretched their eyes to the max.  Abraham believed but he never got the see "the Word become flesh."  Yet, the hope of it sustained him.    All my hope lies in God.  The knowledge of salvation, now or in the future, sustains and comforts me.  I do know this ~ I will live to see HIs Word fulfilled, either here or in heaven.  My hope is well placed because His promises are solid.  In whatever ways my faith is stretched, in whatever ways salvation waits on some distant horizon, God will give me grace to wait.  He will fill my heart with the Word of promise and with the hope that comes with His Word.  I don't need to see it come true today to know joy.  I just need to know that it will come true.        Creation groans for the revealing of the sons of God.  In the waiting, HIs Word pulsates in my spirit with the kiss of promise.    Your word simmers beneath the surface of my heart.  Ever warm, I feel its hope. Amen                      ----------------------------------------  Would you like to receive our devotionals via email?  If so, click here to sign up!  ----------------------------------------  Read previous devotionals by visiting our archive page - click here.