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\u201cYour promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them\u201d (Psalm 119:140).

Psalm\n119 is the longest chapter in the Bible and virtually every verse\npraises some aspect of God\u2019s Word.\xa0The Psalmist David seems to be in a\ncrescendo of deep appreciation for the Word of God and yet the \u201cBible\u201d\nhe had would have been essentially\xa0the first five books of our present\nBible - perhaps along with some of the historical books (hardly among\nour favourite sources of promises!)
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\u201cYour promises have been thoroughly tested.\u201d\nDr. Herbert Lockyer\u2019s book titled \u201cAll the Promises In The Bible\u201d lists\nover 8,000 promises.\xa0These promises are definite, explicit declarations\nGod has made that we can all rely on.\xa0Notice, His promises are\n\u201cthoroughly tested.\u201d\xa0 The actual Hebrew words convey \u2018a poker that\u2019s\nconstantly in the fire\u2019 - in the refining process of gold.\xa0 The\nAmplified Bible states \u201ctried, tested and well refined.\u201d
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Consider\nhow these \u201cpromises\u201d, that David had regarded as being \u201ctried, tested\nand well refined,\u201d have been around an additional three thousand years\nsince his writing!\xa0 And now we have the entire Bible as a source of\nrevelation from God and a greater source from which to glean His\npromises.\xa0\xa0Notice, in the New Testament Peter writes of God\u2019s\n\u201cexceeding great and precious promises\u201d (2 Peter 1:4).\xa0 We\u2019re certainly blessed aren\u2019t we!