What's up, friends, it's E! Welcome to Midweek Rise Up. I pray that you're seeing God move and work in your life as you give gratitude and praise for the day that you're in.

There's a lot to unpack today with the word for this week, so let's jump right into the good news.

The word for this week is promise. What a weighted word. Think about it. How often do you

actually use that word throughout your day? Promise. It's actually really cool when you break down

the word. In the Greek translation of the Bible, promise is pronounced epigaya. When you break that

down, epi emphasizes the verbal action of the word

promise. And gaia means to tell or declare. So literally this means to tell at or upon and is

originally referred to an announcement or a declaration. You'll see this in the book of

Acts. I believe it's Acts 2321 where you'll see this. So in other words, the first sense of the

word promise is that of a declaration, to actually do something, which came to be associated

with the implication of an obligation, to carry out what is stated,

which is, as you know, the ultimate meeting of a promise.

It's important also to note here that a promise is a noun and also a verb.

It's an action.

In scripture, God's promises are irrevocable. There are also

numerous examples in the Old Testament of God's promises through covenant relationship. I mean, look at

Noah. There's Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses. The list goes on. When it comes to the New Testament,

there is a grounding of God's promises

in Christ as Jesus Christ has the right to make promises on God's behalf. And it's also important

to note that there are particular promises of God in Christ that are divine and irrevocable.

And these are the gift of the Holy Spirit, the fullness of life and eternal

life, resurrection, the forgiveness of sins, the presence of God, the peace of God, joy in God,

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