Emphasis Preaching Journal

The words we use are very important. In our conversations, we often use words that arouse excitement and expectations in the listener. One of these words is "promise." When we promise something, the listener has very great expectations that the promise will be kept. For example, every child knows if they can get mommy or daddy to promise to take them to the zoo, then the outing will occur. On the other hand, if mommy and daddy only commit themselves to try, the child knows that they are not going to the zoo. When a parent promises, the promise will be kept.