Standing on the Promises of God
Russell Carter of Baltimore attended
the Methodist Holiness movt which
had profound impact on his life & he was ordained into ministry in 1887.
Carter held a number of teaching
posts at the Pennsylvania Military
Academy including professor of
chemistry, civil engineering & math.
Carter also edited hymnals, and
assisted in compiling a hymnal for
the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Church, a collection that contained
68 of his tunes and 52 of his texts.
“Standing on the Promises” was
composed in 1886 while Carter was
teaching at the military academy.
His military experience was reflected
in the martial style of the hymn.
Lord, we’ll Stand on Your Promises:
We desire that each of you show
the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope until the end,
that you do not become sluggish
but imitate those who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made a promise to
Abraham, he said: Surely blessing
I will bless you, and multiplying
I will multiply you. And so, after
he had patiently endured, he
obtained the promise (Heb 6:11-15)
Lord, grateful that You are faithful.
Your word is sure and steadfast
and cannot be broken. And
Your word will not return void
but will certainly accomplish the
purpose which it was sent forth.
When things of this world become
tough, grant us Lord the grace to
be diligent to assurance of hope.
Help us to stand firm patiently on
Your Word & Your Promises. And
Help us imitate the heroes of faith
who through faith and patience
inherit their promises. Amen.
Lord, grant us the grace of making
Your Rhema word so clear to us; for
Satan is so good at casting doubts.
Grant us the inner witness that Your
promised will stand and cannot fail;
for God is not a man that He can lie.
Grant us the conviction that You
Jesus will never leave nor forsake us.
And deliver us Lord from every spirit
of unbelief in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Lord, thank you for the hymn:
Standing on the Promises,
which remind us Your promises
stand forever and cannot fail.
By the living Word of God, we’ll
prevail, and by the Spirit’s sword,
we will overcome. And resting
in our Saviour as our all in all,
standing on the promises of God.
In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.
Standing on the promises of Christ
my King, Through eternal ages
let His praises ring, Glory in the
highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God…
Standing, standing, Standing on
the promises of God my Savior;
Standing, standing, I’m
standing on the promises of God…
Standing on the promises that
can’t fail, When the howling storms
of doubt and fear assail, By the
living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God.