{"id":814,"date":"2025-10-09T00:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=814"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:14:00","slug":"standing-on-the-promises-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing on the Promises:\u00a0 DISAPPOINTMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>A Precious Promise: DISAPPOINTMENT<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><em>And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.<\/em> Romans 8:28<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Thoughts:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>All things (good and bad) work together for good to those:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who love God,<\/li>\n<li>Who are the called according to His purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, based on this scripture, we should not be disappointed when our plans don&#8217;t work out, for God is in control and He will work all things out for our good according to His purpose.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways&#8221;<\/em> says the Lord. Isaiah 55:8<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Prayer:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear Lord,<br \/>\nI want to claim this Precious Promise, so matter what happens in my life, the good things and the bad things, I can just focus on loving You, and trusting You because I know You will work everything out for my good according to Your purpose.<\/p>\n<p>May I have the faith and trust that King Jehoshaphat had in 2Chronicles 20:12, who stood before the people of Judah and Jerusalem when they were facing war with many mighty armies, and he prayed: <em>&#8220;Lord, we do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I pray I will remember to do the same when I am facing difficult circumstances in my life. I pray that I will not become disappointed but that I will place all my trust in You Lord, to work everything out for good.<br \/>\nThank You, Lord. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Such hope [in God\u2019s promises] never disappoints us, because God\u2019s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.<\/em> Romans 5:5<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Precious Promise: DISAPPOINTMENT And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 Thoughts: All things (good and bad) work together for good to those: Who love God, Who are the called according to His purpose. So,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1237],"tags":[1310,3,1312,215,1074,1309,400,3309,954,1311,525,30,32,1238,317],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-standing-on-the-promises","tag-2chronicles-2012","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-disappointment","tag-faith","tag-gods-promises","tag-isaiah-558","tag-love-god","tag-october-2025","tag-pray","tag-romans-55","tag-romans-828","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-standing-on-the-promises","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DISAPPOINTMENT-Romans8.28.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":862,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-purpose\/","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":0},"title":"Standing on the Promises: Purpose","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"October 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Precious Promise: Purpose To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 Thoughts: And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 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