Promises About Peculiar People

You are a people holy to the Lord your God.  Deuteronomy 14:2

The Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.  He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God as he promised. 
Deuteronomy 26:18-19

Jesus Christ...gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.  Titus 2:13-14

You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9

Laughter for a Woman's Soul

Promises About Freedom

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.  John 8:36

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  2 Corinthians 3:17

I run in the path of your commands, Lord, for you have set my heart free.  Psalm 119:32

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Galatians 5:1

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.  John 8:32

Promises About Finding Eternal Good Humor

Jesus said, "Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy."    John 16:22

Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.  He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5-6

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;  his love endures forever.    Psalm 118:1

Finding Eternal Good Humor

Genuine versus counterfeit.  Real versus fake.  Joy versus happiness.  Joy gives me calm assurance even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death.  Joy enables me to hold my peace when people say and do ugly things to me.  When we go through troubles, afflictions, persecution, danger, illness, and distress, when the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, we can have genuine joy in our hearts.

Joy is permanent.  Once you have it, you never lose it.  It may be overshadowed by human frailties, but real joy lasts for eternity.

Thelma Wells
Laughter for a Woman's Soul

Promises About Making Mistakes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 
1 John 1:9

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who forgives all our sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you will love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:2-5

I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten, "says the Lord.
Joel 2:25