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MORNING
JULY 1
The fruit ot the Spirit is goodness.
Be
ye ... followers of God, as dear children. — Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is
in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. — Be ye therefore merciful, as your
Father also is merciful.
The
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.
After
that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works
of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on
us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. — The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works. — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
GAL. 5:22. Eph.
5:1. ‑Matt. 5:44,45. -Luke 6:36. Eph. 5:9. Tit.
3:4-6. ‑Psa. 145:9. ‑Rom. 8:32.
EVENING JULY 1
Eben‑ezer ... Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
I
was brought low, and he helped me. — Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
The Lord is my strength and my
shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly
rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
It
is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. —
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. — He led them forth by the
right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. — There failed not ought of any good thing
which the Lord hath spoken unto
the house of
When
I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they
said, Nothing. — Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy
wings will I rejoice.
I
SAM. 7:12. Psa. 116:6. ‑Psa. 28:6,7.
Psa. 118:8,9. ‑Psa. 146:5, -Psa. 107:7. ‑Josh.
21:45. Luke 22:35. ‑Psa. 63:7.
JULY
2 MORNING
This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat
thereof.
We
have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the taber-nacle. —
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
For
he is our peace, who hath made both one, ... having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making peace.
Now
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow‑citizens
with the saints, and of the household of God.
If
any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with me.
EXO. 12:43. Heb. 13:10. ‑John 3:3. ‑Eph.
2:12,13. Eph. 2:14,15. Eph. 2:19. Rev. 3:20.
JULY
2 EVENING
[Jesus] prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Who
in the days of his flesh ... offered up prayers and supplications with strong
crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death.
Then
shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.
— Continuing instant in prayer. — Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication. — By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt. — This is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.
Delight
thyself ... in the Lord; and he
shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass.
MATT. 26:44. Heb.
5:7. Hos. 6:3. ‑Rom. 12:12. ‑Eph. 6:18. -Phi.
4:6,7. Matt. 26:39. -I John 5:14. Psa. 37:4,5.
MORNING JULY 3
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint‑heirs with
Christ.
If
ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Behold,
what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called
the sons of God. — Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an
heir of God through Christ. — Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will.
Father,
I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that
they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me.
He
that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him I will give power
over the nations. — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
ROM. 8:17. Gal.
3:29. I John 3:l. ‑Gal. 4:7. ‑Eph. 1:5. John
17:24. Rev. 2:26. ‑Rev. 3:21.
EVENING
JULY 3
Things which are despised, hath God chosen.
Behold,
are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Jesus,
... saw two brethren, ... casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And he saith unto them, Follow me. — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter
and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
My
speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. — We have this treasure in
earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God.
I
COR. 1:28. Acts 2:7. Matt. 4:18,19. -Acts 4:13. I Cor. 2:4,5. John
15:16,5. -II Cor. 4:7.
JULY 4 MORNING
Leaning on Jesus' bosom.
As
one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. — They brought young
children to him, that he should touch them. And he took them up in his arms,
put his hands upon them, and blessed them. — Jesus called his disciples unto
him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with
me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they faint in the way. — A
high Priest ... touched with with the feeling of our infirmities. — In his love
and in his pity he redeemed them.
I
will not leave you comfortless: (marg. orphans) I will come to you. — Can a
woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son
of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
The
Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them
unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes.
JOHN 13:23. Isa.
66:13. -Mark 10:13,16. -Matt. 15:32. -Heb. 4:15. -Isa.
63:9. John 14:18. -Isa. 49:15. Rev. 7:17.
JULY
4 EVENING
Jesus Christ the righteous: the propitiation for our sins.
Toward
the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the
mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that
I shall give thee. I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat.
Surely
his salvation is nigh them that fear him; mercy and truth are met together;
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
If
thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that
thou mayest be feared. Let Israel hope in the Lord:
for with the Lord there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his
iniquities. — All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.
I
JOHN 2:1,2. Exo. 25:20‑22. Psa. 85:9,10. Psa. 130:3,4,7,8.
-Rom. 3:23-25.
MORNING JULY 5
We have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
God,
who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we
were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things? — The Lord
is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
We
love him, because he first loved us.
Blessed
is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which
were told her from the Lord.
I
JOHN 4:16. Eph. 2:4‑7. John 3:16. ‑Rom.
8:32. ‑Psa. 145:9. I John 4:19. Luke 1:45.
EVENING
JULY 5
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
My
brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
respect of persons. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith,
and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Let
no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. — Having food and raiment
let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation
and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction and perdition.
God
hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise: and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,
yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no
flesh should glory in his presence.
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine
eyes lofty.
ROM. 12:16. Jas.
2:1,5. I Cor. 10:24. ‑I Tim. 6:8,9. I Cor. 1:27‑29.
Psa. 131:1.
JULY
6 MORNING
Let your speech be always with grace.
A
word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring
of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient
ear. — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which
is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. —
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. — By thy
words thou shalt be justified. — The tongue of the wise is health.
They
that feared the Lord spake often
one to another: and the Lord
hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for
them that feared the Lord, and
that thought upon his name.
If
thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. —
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and
know-ledge, and in all diligence, ... see that ye abound in this grace also.
COL. 4:6. Prov. 25:11,12. ‑Eph. 4:29. ‑Matt.
12:35. -Matt. 12:37. ‑Prov. 12:18. Mal. 3:16. Jer.
15:19. ‑II Cor. 8:7.
JULY
6 EVENING
Thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes.
The
Lord is gracious, and full of
compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. — Your Father which is in heaven:
... maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the
just and on the unjust.
Be
ye ... followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God
for a sweet‑smelling savour. — Be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. —
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently. — The love of Christ constraineth us.
Love
ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is
kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your
Father also is merciful.
PSA. 26:3. Psa.
145:8. ‑Matt. 5:45. Eph. 5:1,2. ‑Eph. 4:32. -I
Pet. 1:22. ‑II Cor. 5:14. Luke 6:35,36.
MORNING JULY 7
Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted
of the devil.
In
the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared; though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. — We have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
There
hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. — My
grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
MATT. 4:1. Heb.5:7‑9.
‑Heb. 4:15. I Cor. 10:13. ‑II Cor. 12:9.
EVENING JULY 7
The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many.
If
the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to
God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
He
is brought as a lamb to the slaughter. — I lay down my life for the sheep. No
man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again.
The
life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar,
to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an
atonement for the soul. — Without shedding of blood is no remission.
While
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by
his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
MATT. 20:28. Heb.
9:13,14. Isa. 53:7. ‑John 10:15,18. Lev. 17:11. ‑Heb.
9:22. Rom. 5:8,9.
JULY
8 MORNING
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I
acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee
only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.
And
he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed
him. — I have blotted out as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a
cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. — Your sins are
forgiven you for his name's sake. — God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. —
That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. — They shall walk
with me in white: for they are worthy.
This
is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ: not by water only, but
by water and blood.
I
JOHN 1:9. Psa. 51:3,4. Luke 15:20. ‑Isa.
44:22. ‑I John 2:12. ‑Eph. 4:32. -Rom. 3:26. Eze.
36:25. ‑Rev. 3:4. I John 5:6.
JULY
8 EVENING
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee?
Truly
our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. — Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as
he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he
is pure.
The
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. — An high priest ... holy,
harmless, undefiled.
We
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. — The prince of the power of the air, the spirit
that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
Whosoever
is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and
that wicked one toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole
world lieth in wickedness.
PSA. 94:20. I
John 1:3. ‑I John 3:2,3. John 14:30. ‑Heb.
7:26. Eph 6:12. ‑Eph. 2:2. I John 5:18,19.
MORNING
JULY 9
I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee
with change of raiment.
Blessed
is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — We are all as an
unclean thing. — I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good
thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I
find not.
As
many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. — Ye have put
off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed
in knowledge after the image of him that created him. — Not having mine own
righteousness which is of the law, but ... the righteousness which is of God by
faith.
Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on him. — The fine linen is the right-eousness
of saints. — I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.
ZECH. 3:4. Psa.
32:1. -Isa. 64:6. ‑Rom. 7:18. Col. 3:27. ‑Col.
3:9,10. ‑Phi. 3:9. Luke 15:22. -Rev. 19:8. ‑Isa.
61:10.
EVENING JULY 9
The day shall declare it.
Judge
nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the
hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:
and then shall every man have praise of God.
Why
dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we
shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. So then every one of us
shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another
any more.
God
shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. — The Father judgeth no man,
but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: and hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
The
Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of
hosts, is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are
open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
I
COR. 3:13. I Cor. 4:5. Rom. 14:10,12,13. Rom.
2:16. ‑John 5:22,27. Jer. 32:18,19.
JULY
10 MORNING
The disciple is not above his master.
Ye
call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
It
is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his
lord. — If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have
kept my saying, they will keep your's also. — I have given them thy word; and
the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world.
Consider
him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving
against sin.
Let
us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the
author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of
the throne of God. — Forasmuch ... as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,
arm yourselves likewise with the same mind.
MATT. 10:24. John
13:13. Matt. 10:25. -John 15:20. -John 17:14. Heb.
12:3,4. Heb. 12:1,2. ‑I Pet. 4:1.
JULY
10 EVENING
My son, give me thine heart.
O
that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my
commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children
for ever!
Thy
heart is not right in the sight of God. — Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
They
... first gave their own selves to the Lord. — In every work that [Heze-kiah]
began ... to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Keep
thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Whatsoever
ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord. — As the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and
not to men.
I will
run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
PROV. 23:26. Deut.
5:29. Acts 8:21. ‑Rom. 8.7,8. II Cor. 8:5. ‑II
Chr. 31:21. Prov. 4:23. Col. 3:23. ‑Eph. 6:6,7. Psa.
119:32.
MORNING JULY 11
I am with thee to save thee.
Shall
the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus
saith the Lord, Even the captives
of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee. And all flesh
shall know that I the Lord am thy
Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. — Fear thou not; for I am
with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I
will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my
right-ousness.
We
have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. —
In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that
are tempted. — The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
JER. 15:20. Isa.
49:24‑26. ‑Isa. 41:10. Heb. 4:15. ‑Heb.
2:18. ‑Psa. 37:23,24.
EVENING JULY
11
He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
Ye
have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
O
God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my
flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy
power and thy glory. — My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of
the Lord: my heart and my flesh
crieth out for the living God. — Having
a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.
I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. — They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes. — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. — My
people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
PSA. 107:9. I Pet.
2:3. Psa. 63:1,2. ‑Psa. 84:2. ‑Phi. 1:23. Psa.
17:15. ‑Rev. 7:16,17. ‑Psa. 36:8. ‑Jer.
31:14.
JULY
12 MORNING
My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Be
strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. The Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with
thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed. — Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord
thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. — In all thy ways acknowledge
him, and he shall direct thy paths.
He
hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly
say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. —
Our sufficiency is of God.
Lead
us not into temptation. — O Lord,
I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to
direct his steps. — My times are in thy hand.
EXO. 33:14. Deut.
31:6,8. ‑Josh. 1:9. ‑Prov. 3:6. Heb. 13:5,6. ‑II
Cor. 3:5. Matt. 6:13. ‑Jer. 10:23. -Psa. 31:15.
JULY
12 EVENING
Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.
How
forcible are right words! — I stir up your pure minds by way of re-membrance.
They
that feared the Lord spake often
one to another: and the Lord
hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for
them that feared the Lord, and that
thought upon his name. — If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in
heaven.
The
Lord God said, It is not good that
the man should be alone. — Two are better than one; because they have a good
reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but
woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him
up.
Let
... no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. —
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
HEB. 10:24. Job
6:25. ‑II Pet. 3:1. Mal. 3:16. ‑Matt. 18:19. Gen.
2:18. -Eccl. 4:9,10. Rom. 14:13. ‑Gal. 6:2,1.
MORNING
JULY 13
I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me.
I
know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which
I have committed unto him against that day. — I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. —
Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of then is lost.
The
Lord taketh pleasure in his
people. — My delights were with the sons of men. — His great love wherewith he
loved us. — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life
for his friends.
Ye
are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in you body, and in your spirit,
which are God's. — Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die,
we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
SONG 7:10. II Tim.
1:12. ‑Rom. 8:38,39. ‑John 17:12. Psa. 149:4. ‑Prov.
8:31. ‑Eph. 2:4. ‑John 15:13. I Cor. 6:20. ‑Rom.
14:8.
EVENING JULY 13
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord.
Ye
shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a
sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. — This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.
The
law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. — By the word of
thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. — Thy word have I hid
in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
We
have ... a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed,
as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn, and the day
star arise in your hearts. — That we through patience and comfort of the
scriptures might have hope.
ISA. 34:16. Deut.
11:18. ‑Josh.1:8. Psa. 37:31. ‑Psa. 17:4. ‑Psa.
119:11. II Pet. 1:19. ‑Rom. 15:4.
JULY
14 MORNING
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
Keep
thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. — Death and
life are in the power of the tongue. —The mouth of the righteous speaketh
wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart:
none of his steps shall slide. — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of
your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers.
We
cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. — I believed,
therefore have I spoken.
Whosoever
... shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which
is in heaven. — With the heart man believeth unto righteous-ness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
MATT. 12:34. Col.
3:16. Prov. 4:23. ‑Prov. 18:21. ‑Psa.
37:30,31. ‑Eph. 4:29. Acts
JULY
14 EVENING
I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.
Oh
that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down! — As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living
God: when shall I come and appear before God? — Make haste, my beloved, and be
thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Our
conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ. — Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. — God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus
Christ, which is our hope. — Whom having not seen, ye love.
He
which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus. — It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in
his salvation.
III
JOHN 14. Isa. 64:1. ‑Psa. 42:1,2. ‑Song
8:14. Phi. 3:20. ‑Tit. 2:13. ‑I Tim. 1:1. ‑I
Pet. 1:8. Rev. 22:20. ‑Isa. 25:9.
MORNING JULY 15
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Bless
the Lord, ye his angels, that
excel in strength, that do his com-mandments, hearkening unto the voice of his
word. Bless ye the Lord, all ye
his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
I
came down from heaven not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent
me. — I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart. — O
my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will
be done.
Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — Not the
hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be
justified. — If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. — To him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Be
not conformed to this world: but ye be transformed by the renewing of your
mind.
MATT. 6:10. Psa.
103:20,21. John 6:38. ‑Psa. 40:8. ‑Matt.
26:42. Matt. 7:21. ‑Rom. 2:13. ‑John 13:17. ‑Jas.
4:17. Rom. 12:2.
EVENING JULY 15
The ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because
many false prophets are gone out into the world. — Judge not ac-cording to the
appearance, but judge righteous judgment. — I speak as to wise men; judge ye
what I say. — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith. — He that is spiritual
judgeth all things.
Take
heed what ye hear. — I know thy works, ... and how thou hast tried them which
say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars. — Prove all
things; hold fast that which is good.
He
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth
his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know
his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for
they know not the voice of strangers.
JOB 34:3. I John
4:1. ‑John 7:24. ‑I Cor. 10:15. ‑Col.
3:16. Rev. 2:29. ‑I Cor. 2:15. Mark
JULY
16 MORNING
Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.
Thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and
priests. — Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Ye
shall be named the Priests of the Lord:
men shall call you the Ministers of our God. — Priests of God and of Christ.
Wherefore,
holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High
Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. — By him therefore let us offer the
sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving
thanks to his name.
For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them. — The
EXO. 19:6. Rev.
5:9,10. ‑I Pet. 2:9. Isa. 61:6. ‑Rev. 20:6. Heb.
3:1. -Heb. 13:15. Eph. 2:10. ‑I Cor. 3:17.
JULY
16 EVENING
We made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them.
Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. — Continue in prayer, and watch in
the same with thanksgiving. — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith.
Why
call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? — Be ye doers of the
word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Wherefore
criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of
Be
careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.
NEH. 4:9. Matt.
26:41. -Co1. 4:2. ‑I Pet. 5:7-9. Luke 6:46. ‑Jas.
1:22. Exo. 14:15. Phi. 4:6,7.
MORNING JULY 17
Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repentest thee of the evil.
I
beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken,
saying, The Lord is longsuffering,
and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means
clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation.
O
remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily
prevent us. Help us, O God of our salvaton, for the glory of thy name: and deliver
us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. — Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it
for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against
thee. — We acknowledge, O Lord,
our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against
thee.
If
thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall
stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
JON. 4:2. Num.
14:7,18. Psa. 79:8,9. -Jer. 14:7. -Jer. 14:20. Psa.
130:3,4.
EVENING
JULY 17
Sanctification of the Spirit.
Awake,
O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices
thereof may flow out.
Behold
this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what care-fulness it
wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea,
what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! —
Fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth: proving
what is acceptable unto the Lord.
The
Comforter is the Holy Ghost. — The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by
the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
The
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.
In
a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty
abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
All
these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will.
II
THES. 2:13. Song 4:16. II Cor. 7:11. ‑Eph.
5:9,10. John 14:16. ‑Rom. 5:5. Gal. 5:22. II Cor. 8:2. I Cor. 12:11.
JULY
18 MORNING
He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
The
foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that
are his; and, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ, depart from
iniquity. — Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you ... depart
from me, ye that work iniquity. — The Lord
knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Behold,
I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before
me. — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm. — The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of
trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
I
go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
JOHN 10:3. II Tim.
2:19. ‑Matt. 7:22,23. ‑Psa. 1:6. Isa. 49:16. ‑Song
8:6. ‑Nah. 1:7. John 14:2,3.
JULY
18 EVENING
She hath done what she could.
This
poor widow hath cast in more than they all. — Whosoever shall give you a cup of
water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you,
he shall not lose his reward. — If there be first a willing mind, it is
accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Let
us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. — If a
brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say
unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give
them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? — He
which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as
he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of
necessity:
for God loveth a cheerful giver.
When
ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are
unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
MARK 14:8. Luke
21:3. ‑Mark 9:41. ‑II Cor. 8:12. I John 3:18.
-Jas. 2:15,16. ‑II Cor. 9:6,7. Luke 17:10.
MORNING
JULY 19
He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Who
is like unto thee, O Lord, among
the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders? — Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like
unto thy works. — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for
thou only art holy. — Hallowed be thy name.
Blessed
be the Lord God of
Who
is this that cometh from
Now
unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us, ... be glory.
LUKE 1:49. Exo.
15:11. ‑Psa. 86:8. ‑Rev. 15:4. ‑Matt
6:9. Luke 1:68. Isa. 63:1. ‑Psa. 89:19. Eph.
3:20,21.
EVENING JULY 19
The dew of Hermon.
Mount
Sion, which is Hermon. — There the Lord
commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. — I will be as the dew unto
My
doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the
small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. — As the
rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to
the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of
my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which
I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
God
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. — And of his fulness have all we
received, and grace for grace. — It is like the precious ointment upon the head
... even Aaron's ... that went down to the skirts of his garments.
PSA. 133:3. Deut.
4:48. ‑Psa. 133:3. -Hos. 14:5. Deut. 32:2. ‑Isa.
55:10,11. John 3:34. ‑John 1:16. ‑Psa. 133:2.
JULY
20 MORNING
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
He
is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. —
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.
Such
an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from
sinners. — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation.
Jesus
of Nazareth ... went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of
the devil; for God was with him. — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do
good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
That
was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. — Ye
are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.
JOHN 17:16. Isa.
53:3. ‑John 16:33. Heb. 7:26. ‑Phi. 2:15. Acts
JULY
20 EVENING
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
The
joy of the Lord is your strength.
— The
By
him ... let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the
fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Although
the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour
of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be
cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will
rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in
the God of my salvation. — Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing. — We glory in tribulations also.
PROV. 15:15. Neh.
8:10. ‑Rom. 14:17. -Eph. 5:18‑20. Heb.13:15. Hab.
3:17,18. ‑II Cor. 6:10. -Rom. 5:3.
MORNING JULY 21
What profit is there of circumcision?
Much
every way. — Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
and take away the foreskins of your heart. — If ... their uncircumcised hearts
be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: then will
I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my
covenant with Abraham will I remember.
Jesus
Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the
promises made unto the fathers. — In whom also ye are cir-cumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh by the circumcision of Christ. — You, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses.
Put
off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according
to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and ... put
on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness.
ROM. 3:1. Rom.
3:2. -Jer. 4:4. -Lev. 26:41,42. Rom. 15:8. ‑Col.
2:11. ‑Col. 2:13. Eph. 4:22‑24.
EVENING JULY
21
The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
The
Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had
given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. — The bread that I will give is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life. He that
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the
living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me,
even he shall live by me. Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the
Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the
flesh profiteth nothing.
A
new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is
to say, his flesh; let us draw near.
MATT. 27:51. I
Cor.
JULY
22 MORNING
In that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he
liveth unto God.
He
was numbered with the transgressors. — Christ was once offered to bear the sins
of many. — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed. — By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
This
man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he
is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he
ever liveth to make intercession for them. — While we were yet sinners Christ
died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be
saved from wrath through him.
Forasmuch
... as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with
the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.
ROM.
JULY
22 EVENING
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide
in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
The
fruit of the Spirit is love.
Herein
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my
Father's commandments, and abide in his love. — Whoso keepeth his word, in him
verily is the love of God perfected.
This
is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. — God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him.
JUDE 21. John
15:4,5. Gal. 5:22. John 15:8‑10. ‑I John 2:5. John
15:12. ‑Rom. 5:8. ‑I John 4:16.
MORNING JULY 23
Then cometh the end.
Of
that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not
when the time is. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. — The Lord is
not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us‑ward, not willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance. — The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. The judge
standeth before the door. — Surely I come quickly.
Seeing
... that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye
to be in all holy conversation and godliness?
The
end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. —
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like
unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that
when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
I
COR.
EVENING JULY 23
Brethren, pray for us.
Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up. Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to
like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it
rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he
prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Without
ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers. — Always labouring fervently
for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of
God.
I
THES. 5:25. Jas. 5:14‑18. Eph. 6:18.
JULY
24 MORNING
Patient in tribulation.
It
is the Lord: let him do what
seemeth him good. — Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but
I would make supplication to my judge. — The Lord
gave, and the Lord hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
— What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive
evil?
Jesus
wept. — A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Surely he hath borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Now
no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of right-eousness unto them which are
exercised thereby. — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious
power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. — In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
ROM.
JULY
24 EVENING
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
Have
faith in God. Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou remov-ed, and be
thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever
he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. — Without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
He
that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was
said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to
raise him up, even from the dead. — Being fully persuaded that, what he had
promised, he was able also to perform.
Is
any thing too hard for the Lord? —
With God all things are possible. — Lord, increase our faith.
ROM.
MORNING JULY 25
We know that we have passed from death unto life.
He
that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. — He
that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
He
which stablisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us, is God; who hath
also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. — Hereby we
know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before him. Beloved,
if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. — We know that
we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
You
hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sin. — Quickened ...
together with Christ. — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the kingdom his dear Son.
I
JOHN
EVENING
JULY 25
Thou wilt shew me the path of life.
Thus
saith the Lord; Behold, I set
before you the way of life and the way of death. — I will teach you the good
and the right way.— I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me. — Follow me.
There
is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of
death. — Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
An
highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein.
— Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.
In
my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you.
PSA. 16:11. Jer.
21:8. ‑I Sam. 12:23. -John 14:6. ‑Matt. 14:19.
Prov. 4:12. -Matt. 7:13,14. Isa. 35:8. ‑Hos.
6:3. John 14:2.
JULY
26 MORNING
By faith Abraham, ... called to go out into a place which he should
after receive for an inheritance, obeyed.
He
shall choose our inheritance for us. — He led him about, he instructed him, he
kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth
over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her
wings: so the Lord alone did lead
him, and there was no strange god with him.
I
am the Lord thy God which teacheth
thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. — Who
teacheth like Him?
We
walk by faith, not by sight. — Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one
to come. — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pil-grims, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. — Arise ye and depart; for this
is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a
sore destruction.
HEB. 11:8. Psa.
47:4. ‑Deut. 32:10‑12. Isa. 48:17. ‑Job
36:22. II Cor. 5:7. -Heb. 13:14. ‑I Pet. 2:11. ‑Mic.
2:10.
JULY
26 EVENING
Give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
The
heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man,
which drinketh iniquity like water? — Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, that is a worm?
Who
is like unto thee, O Lord, among
the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness? — Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts.
As
he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. — Partakers of his holiness.
The
Let
no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to
the use of edifying. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption.
PSA. 97:12. Job
MORNING JULY 27
Christ, who is the image of God.
The
glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. — No man hath seen God at any
time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth. — He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. — The brightness of his
glory, and the express image of his person. — God was manifest in the flesh.
In
whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: who is
the image of the invisible God, the first‑born of every creature. — Whom
he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his
Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
As
we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
II
COR. 4:4. Isa. 40:5. ‑John 1:18,14.
‑John 14:9. -Heb. 1:3. ‑I Tim. 3:16. Col.
1:14,15. ‑Rom. 8:29. I Cor. 15:49.
EVENING
JULY 27
Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle.
When
I am weak, then am I strong.
Asa
cried unto the Lord his God, and
said, Lord, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in
thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord,
thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. — Jehoshaphat cried out,
and the Lord helped him.
It
is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. —
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not
delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall
he deliver any by his great strength.
We
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God.
PSA. 18:39. II
Cor. 12:10. II Chr. 14:11. ‑II Chr. 18:31. Psa.
118:8,9. ‑Psa. 33:16,17. Eph. 6:12,13.
JULY
28 MORNING
Walk in love.
A
new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another. — Above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. — Love covereth all
sins.
When
ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also
which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. — Love ye your enemies, and
do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again. — Rejoice not when thine enemy
falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth. — Not rendering
evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrar-wise blessing; knowing that
ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. — If it be
possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. — Be ye kind
one to another, tender‑hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
My
little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in
truth.
EPH. 5:2. John
13:34. -I Pet. 4:8. -Prov. 10:12. Mark
JULY
28 EVENING
Let your requests be made known unto God.
Abba,
Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me:
nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. — There was given to me a
thorn in the flesh. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might
depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities.
I
poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. — Hannah
... was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look
on the affliction of thine handmaid, and ... wilt give unto thine handmaid a
man child, then I will give him unto the Lord
all the days of his life. The Lord
remembered her.
We
know not what we should pray for as we ought. — He shall choose our inheritance
for us.
PHIL. 4:6. Mark
MORNING JULY 29
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down.
Make
haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the
mountains of spices. — We ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. — Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains,
and they shall smoke.
This
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. — Unto them that look for him shall
he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. — It shall be said in
that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:
this is the Lord; we have waited
for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
He
which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus. — That blessed hope ... the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. — Our conversation is in heaven.
ISA. 64:1. Song
8:14. ‑Rom. 8:23. ‑Psa. 144:5. Acts.1:11. ‑Heb.
9:28. ‑Isa. 25:9. Rev. 22:20. -Tit. 2:13. ‑Phil.
3:20.
EVENING
JULY 29
Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
No
weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall
rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the
servants of the Lord, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
— The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him. O fear the Lord,
ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do
lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. — The lines are fallen
unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Unto
you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his
wings: and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. — He that
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with
him also freely give us all things?
PSA. 61:5. Isa.
54:17. ‑Psa. 34:7‑10. ‑Psa. 16:6. Mal.
4:2. ‑Rom. 8:32.
JULY
30 MORNING
Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God.
Get
wisdom, get understanding. — The wisdom that is from above. — The depth saith,
It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. — We are buried with him
by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we
have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in
the likeness of his resurrection.
Let
us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let
us run with patience the race that is set before us. — God ... hath quick-ened
us together with Christ, ... and hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
They
that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. — Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness.
COL. 3:1. Prov.
4:5. ‑Jas. 3:17. ‑Job 28:14. -Rom. 6:4,5. Heb.
12:1. -Eph. 2:4‑6. Heb. 11:14. -Zeph. 2:3.
JULY
30 EVENING
Nicodemus ... he that came to Jesus by night.
Peter
followed him afar off. — Among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out
of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
— The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Him
that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. — A bruised reed shall he not
break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. — Faith as a grain of mustard
seed.
God
hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord. — Little
children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have con-fidence,
and not be ashamed before him at his coming. — Whosoever ... shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
JOHN 7:50. Matt.
26:58. ‑John 12:42,43. ‑Prov. 29:25. John
6:37. ‑Isa. 42:3. ‑Matt. 17:20. II Tim. 1:7,8.
‑I John 2:28. ‑Matt. 10:32.
MORNING JULY 31
Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
I
have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and a commander to the
people. — It became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect
through suffering. — We must through much tribulation enter into the
We
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God. —
We do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.)
The
God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you.
II
TIM. 2:3. Isa. 55:4. ‑Heb. 2:10. ‑Acts
14:22. Eph. 6:12,13. ‑II Cor. 10:3,4. I Pet. 5:10.
EVENING JULY 31
The unity of the Spirit.
There
is one body, and one Spirit. — Through him we both have access by one Spirit
unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow‑citizens with the saints and of the household of God; and are
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the chief cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together
for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Behold,
how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is
like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even
Aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts of his garments.
Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently.
EPH. 4:3. Eph.
4:4. ‑Eph. 2:18‑22. Psa. 133:1,2. I Pet. 1:22.
MORNING AUGUST 1
The fruit of the Spirit is ... faith.
By
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God. — Without faith it is impossible to please him. — He that believeth on him
is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. — Lord, I
believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we
that we are in him. — Faith worketh by love. — Faith without works is dead.
We
walk by faith, not by sight. — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. —
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet
believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; receiving the end
of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
GAL. 5:22. Eph.
2:8. ‑Heb. 11:6. ‑John 3:18. -Mark. 9:24. I
John 2:5. -Gal. 5:6. -Jas. 2:20. II Cor. 5:7. ‑Gal.
2:20. ‑I Pet. 1:8,9.
EVENING AUGUST
1
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Like
as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him. — The Lord
is gracious and full of compassion. He will ever be mindful of his covenant.
He
that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth
His
compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faith-fulness.
Jesus
went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compas-sion toward
them, and he healed their sick. — The same yesterday, and today, and forever.
The
very hairs of your head are all numbered. Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Fear ye not therefore.
JAS. 5:11. Psa.
103:13. ‑Psa. 111:4,5. Psa. 121:3,4. ‑Deut.
32:11,12. Lam. 3:22,23. Matt. 14:14. ‑Heb. 13:8. Matt.
10:30,29,31.
AUGUST
2 MORNING
The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Your
lamb shall be without blemish, ... and the whole assembly of the congregation
of
We
have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Forasmuch
then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with
the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.
REV. 13:8. Exo.
12:5‑7,13. ‑Heb. 12:24. ‑I Cor. 5:7. ‑Acts
2:23. ‑II Tim. 1:9. Eph. 1:7. I Pet. 4:1,2.
AUGUST
2 EVENING
I have trodden the winepress alone.
Who
is like unto thee, O Lord, among
the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders? — He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his
righteousness, it sustained him. — Who his own self bare our sins in his own
body on the tree. — Being made a curse for us.
O
sing unto the Lord a new song; for
he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten
him the victory. — Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of
them openly, triumphing over them in it. — He shall see of the travail of his
soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
O
my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. — We are more than conquerors through
him that loved us. — They overcame by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony.
ISA. 63:3. Exo.
15:11. ‑Isa. 59:16. ‑I Pet. 2:24. ‑Gal.
3:13. Psa. 98:1. ‑Col. 2:l5. ‑Isa. 53:11. Judg.
5:21. ‑Rom. 8:37. Rev. 12:11.
MORNING AUGUST 3
His mercy is on them that fear Him.
Oh
how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of
men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret
of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a
pavilion from the strife of tongues.
If
ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to
every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. — The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon
him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will
hear their cry, and will save them.
Because
thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, ... and hast rent thy clothes, and
wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. — To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. — The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.
LUKE 1:50. Psa.
31:19,20. I Pet. 1:17. -Psa. 145:18,19. II Kgs. 22:19. ‑Isa.
66:2. -Psa. 34:18.
EVENING
AUGUST 3
Them that honour me I will honour.
Whosoever
... shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which
is in heaven. — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of
me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he
that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that
findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall
find it.
Blessed
is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the
crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Fear
none of these things which thou shalt suffer. Be thou faithful unto death, and
I will give thee a crown of life.
Our
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory. — Praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ.
I
SAM. 2:30. Matt. 10:32. ‑Matt. 10:37‑39.
Jas. 1:12. Rev. 2:10. II Cor. 4:17. ‑I Pet.
1:7.
AUGUST
4 MORNING
It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith. — I have glorified thee on the earth: I
have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. — We are sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest
standeth daily ministering an offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins: but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for
sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting
till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified. — Blotting out the handwriting of
ordin-ances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of
the way, nailing it to his cross.
I
lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I
lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends.
JOHN 19:30. Heb.
12:2. -John 17:4. -Heb. 10:10-14. -Col. 2:14. John
10:17,18. ‑John.
AUGUST
4 EVENING
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He
brought me up ... out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet
upon a rock, and established my goings. — You hath he quickened, who were dead
in trespasses and sins wherein in time past ye walked according to the course
of this world. We all had our conversation in times past in the lusts our
flesh.
Hear
my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end the earth will I cry unto
thee, when my heart is overwhelmed. — Out of the belly of hell cried I, and
thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of
the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves
passed over me. — We went through fire and through water: thou broughtest us
out into a wealthy place.
When
thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee.
PSA. 18:16. Psa.
40:2. -Eph. 2:1,3. Psa. 61:1,2. -Jon. 2:2,3. -Psa.
66:12. Isa. 43:2.
MORNING AUGUST 5
Walk in newness of life.
As
ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto
iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto
holiness. — I beseech you, ... brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind.
If
any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new. — In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a
new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and
mercy. — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk
not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind. — Ye have not so
learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him,
as the truth is in Jesus. Put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
ROM. 6:4. Rom.
EVENING AUGUST 5
Thy will be done.
O
Lord, I know that the way of man
is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. — Not as
I will, but as thou wilt. — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a
child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
We
know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Ye
know not what ye ask. — He gave them their request; but sent leanness into
their soul. — These things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
I
would have you without carefulness. — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
MATT. 26:42. Jer.
10:23. -Matt. 26:39. -Psa. 131:2. Rom.
AUGUST
6 MORNING
Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth.
See
now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make
alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my
hand. — I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to give you an expected end. — My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
I
will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto
her. — As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord
thy God chasteneth thee. — Now no chastening for the present, seemeth to be
joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
right-eousness unto them which are exercised thereby. — Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
I
know, O Lord, that thy judgments
are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
PROV. 3:12. Deut.
32:39. ‑Jer. 29:11. ‑Isa. 55:8. Hos. 2:14. ‑Deut.
8:5. ‑Heb. 12:11. ‑I Pet. 5:6. Psa. 119:75.
AUGUST
6 EVENING
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
She
did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver
and gold. Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof,
and my wine in the season thereof, and I will recover my wool and my flax.
All
things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers
before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are
as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O Lord
our God, all this store ... cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. — Of
him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.
Amen.
The
living God ... giveth us richly all things to enjoy. — Every creature of God is
good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is
sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
My
God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.
PSA. 24:1. Hos.
2:8,9. I Chr. 29:14‑16. ‑Rom. 11:36. I Tim.
6:17. ‑I Tim. 4:4,5. Phi.
MORNING AUGUST
7
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name.
If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to
drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living
water. — If ye ... being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him? — Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my
name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and
ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. — Ye have not, because ye ask not.
When
... the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall
not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he
will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of
mine, and shall shew it unto you.
They
rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy,
and He fought against them.
JOHN 14:26. John
4:10. -Luke 11:13. ‑John 16:23,24. -Jas. 4:2. John
16:13,14. Isa. 63:10.
EVENING AUGUST 7
What think ye of Christ?
Lift
up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. —
He hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD
OF LORDS.
Unto
you ... which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobed-ient, the
stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner. —
Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the
power of God, and the wisdom of God.
I
count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but
dung, that I may win Christ. — Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that
I love thee.
MATT. 22:42. Psa.
24:9,10. ‑Rev. 9:16. I Pet. 2:7. ‑I Cor.
1:23,24. Phi. 3:8. ‑John 21:17.
AUGUST
8 MORNING
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
Not
as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow
after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ
Jesus. — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.
Then
shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. — We
all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. —
When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done
away. — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I
know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. — Beloved, now are
we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he
is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure.
PROV. 4:18. Phi.
3:12. -Hos. 6:3. Matt. 13:43. -II Cor. 3:18. -I Cor.
13:10,12. -I John. 3:2,3.
AUGUST
8 EVENING
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Him
that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. — Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To
day shalt thou be with me in paradise. — What will ye that I shall do unto you?
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion
on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and
they followed him.
If
ye ... being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much
more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? — I
will put my Spirit within you. Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be
enquired of.
This
is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to
his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, what-soever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
ROM.
MORNING AUGUST 9
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
The
whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even
unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and
putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither
mol-lified with ointment. — We are all as an unclean thing, and all our
right-eousnesses are as filthy rags. — I know that in me (that is, in my
flesh,) dwelleth no good thing.
Ye
are washed, ... ye are sanctified, ... ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. — The King's daughter is all glorious
within. — Perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the
Lord GOD.
Let
the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us.
These
are they which ... have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb. — A glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but ... holy and without blemish. — Ye are complete in him.
SONG 4:7. Isa.
1:5,6. ‑Isa. 64:6. -Rom.
EVENING
AUGUST 9
Broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Eve
... bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Go
to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven. The Lord scattered them. —
I
gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that
this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that
increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. — I made me great works; I builded me
houses; I planted me vineyards: I gathered me also silver and gold. Then I
looked on all, and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit.
If
any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. — He satisfieth the longing
soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
JER. 2:13. Gen.
4:1. Gen. 11:4,8. ‑Gen. 13:11,10,13. Eccl. 1:17,18.
-Eccl. 2:4,8,11. John 7:37. ‑Psa. 107:9. Col.
3:2.
AUGUST
10 MORNING
I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Blameless
and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. — Ye are the salt
of the earth, ... the light of the world. — Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is heaven.
I
also withheld thee from sinning against me.
The
Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. — So did not
I, because of the fear of God. — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might
deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our
Father. — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only
wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and
ever. Amen.
JOHN 17:15. Phi.
2:15. ‑Matt. 5:13,14. -Matt. 5:16. Gen. 20:6. II
Thes. 3:3. ‑Neh. 5:15. ‑Gal. 1:4. ‑Jude
24,25.
AUGUST
10 EVENING
Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. (Or, set on high)
The
Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth
on high. — The Lord is high above
all nations, and his glory above the heavens. He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; that he may set him with
princes.
God,
who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith He loved us, even when we
were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus.
He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things? For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
PROV. 29:25. Isa.
33:5. ‑Psa. 113:4,7,8. Eph. 2:4‑6.
MORNING AUGUST 11
That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death.
Our
Saviour Jesus Christ ... hath abolished death, and hath brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel. — He will swallow up death in victory;
and the Lord GOD shall wipe away the tears from off all faces; and the rebuke
of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. When this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
God
hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind. — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
HEB. 2:14. II
Tim. 1:10. ‑Isa. 25:8. -I Cor. 15:54‑57. II
Tim. 1:7. ‑Psa. 23:4.
EVENING AUGUST
11
Where is the way that light dwelleth?
God
is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.
If
we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do
not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin. — The Father ... hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light, who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son; in whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the
night, nor of darkness. — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on
an hill cannot be hid. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
JOB 38:19. I
John 1:5. ‑John 9:5. I John 1:6,7. ‑Col
1:12‑14. I Thes. 5:5. ‑Matt. 5:14,16.
AUGUST
12 MORNING
The Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion.
Fear
thou not, ... saith the Lord: for
I am with thee; I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in
measure. — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will
I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For the mountains
shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from
thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy
stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
I
will bear the indignation of the Lord,
because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment
for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his
righteousness.
LAM.
AUGUST
12 EVENING
God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty.
When
the children of
The
Lord looked upon [Gideon], and
said, Go in this thy might: ... have not I sent thee? And he said unto him, O
my Lord, wherewith shall I save
The
Lord said unto Gideon, The people
that are with thee are too many for me, ... lest
Not
by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. — My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
I
COR.
MORNING AUGUST 13
He hath prepared for them a city.
If
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. — An inheritance incorrup-tible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. — Here
have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
This
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. — Be patient therefore, brethren,
unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious
fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early
and latter rain. — Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of
the the Lord draweth nigh. — Yet a little while, and he that shall come will
come, and will not tarry.
We
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
HEB. 11:16. John
14:3. ‑I Pet. 1:4. ‑Heb. 13:14. Acts
EVENING AUGUST 13
Base things of the world hath God chosen.
Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covet-ous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
You
hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past
ye walked according to the course of this world; among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind.
According
to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
My
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
I
COR.
AUGUST
14 MORNING
The joy of the Lord is your strength.
Sing,
O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth with singing, O mountains:
for the Lord hath comforted his
people and will have mercy upon his afflicted. — Behold, God is my salvation; I
will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord
JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. — The Lord is my strength and my shield; my
heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I praise him. — My soul shall be joyful in my God; for he
hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the
robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
I
have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ those things which
pertain to God. — We ... joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we
have now received the atonement. — I will joy in the God of my salvation.
NEH. 8:10. Isa.
49:13. ‑Isa.12:2. ‑Psa. 28:7. ‑Isa.
61:10. Rom.
AUGUST
14 EVENING
He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
and sure.
I
know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he able to keep that which I
have committed unto him against that day.
Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places Christ: according as he hath chosen us
in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
We
know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who
are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Moreover whom be did
predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified:
and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
II
SAM. 23:5. II Tim. 1:12. Eph. 1:3‑5.
MORNING AUGUST 15
The God of peace make you perfect in every good work to do his will.
Be
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love
and peace shall be with you.
By
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God; not of works, lest any man should boast. — Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with
whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.
Work
out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in
you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. — Be ye trans-formed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God. — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which
are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Not
that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God.
HEB.
EVENING AUGUST 15
I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak
comfortably unto her.
Come
out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye
shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. — Having therefore
these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Jesus,
... that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered with-out the
gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his
reproach.
[Jesus]
said, ... Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. — The
Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
HOS.
AUGUST
16 MORNING
The house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding
magnifical.
Ye
... as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house. — Know ye not that ye are
the
I
CHR. 22:5. I Pet. 2:5. ‑I Cor.
3:16,17. ‑I Cor. 6:19,20. ‑II Cor. 6:16. ‑Eph.
2:19‑22.
AUGUST
16 EVENING
He is before all things.
The
Amen; the beginning of the creation of God. — The beginning, the firstborn from
the dead; that in all things he might have the pre‑eminence.
The
Lord possessed me in the beginning
of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was. When he prepared the heavens, I was there:
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: when he established the
clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to
the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment. I was
daily his delight rejoicing always before him. — Yea, before the day was I am
he.
The
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. — The author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
COL. 1:17. Rev.
3:14. ‑Col. 1:18. Prov. 8:22,23,27,30. ‑Isa.
43:13. Rev. 13:8. ‑Heb. 12:2.
MORNING AUGUST 17
Pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which am but dust and ashes: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty
righteous: wilt thou destroy all city for lack of five? And he said, If I find
there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Father,
forgive them; for they know not what they do. — Pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you.
I
pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me;
for they are thine. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their word. — Bear ye one another's burdens, and so
fulfil the law of Christ.
The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man
subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not
rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six
months.
JAS. 5:16. Gen.
18:27,28. Luke 23:34. ‑Matt. 5:44. John 17:9,20. ‑Gal.
6:2. Jas. 5:16,17.
EVENING AUGUST 17
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place therof
shall know it no more.
So
teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. — What
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Surely
the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of
our God shall stand for ever. — The world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Behold,
now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. — Use this
world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. — Let us
consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
PSA. 103:15,16. Psa.
90:12. ‑Mark 8:36. Isa. 40:7,8. ‑I John 2:17. II
Cor. 6:2. ‑I Cor. 7:31. ‑Heb. 10:24,25.
AUGUST
18 MORNING
What God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy
works, and according to thy might?
Who
in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord?
who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? O Lord
God of hosts, who is a strong Lord
like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? — Among the gods there
is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy
works. — For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart hast thou done
all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art
great, O Lord God: for there is
none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed
them unto us by his Spirit. — The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those thing which are
revealed belong unto us and to our children.
DEUT. 3:24. Psa.
89:6,8. ‑Psa. 86:8. ‑II Sam. 7:21,22. I Cor.
2:9,10. ‑Deut. 29:29.
AUGUST
18 EVENING
He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Let
not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his
might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth
glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord.
I
count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but
dung, that I may win Christ. — I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it
is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. — I have
whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Whom
have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside
thee. — My heart rejoiceth in the Lord.
... I rejoice in thy salvation.
Not
unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but
unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
I
COR.
MORNING AUGUST
19
As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation.
Ye
know how we exhorted ... and charged every one of you, that ye would walk
worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. — Ye should shew
forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light.
Ye
were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. — Being filled with
the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and
praise of God.
Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven. — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
I
PET. 1:15. I Thes.
EVENING AUGUST 19
Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of
my hands command ye me.
A
new heart ... will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I
will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart
of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes. Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the
house of
If
two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it
shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three
are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Have
faith in God. Verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt
in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
ISA. 45:11. Ezek.
36:26,27,37. Matt. 18:19,20. Mark
AUGUST
20 MORNING
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he
should repent.
The
Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turn-ing. —
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.
His
truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
God,
willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the im-mutability of
his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it
was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have
fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
The
faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments to a thousand generations. — All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as
keep his covenant and his testi-monies. — Happy is he that hath the God of
Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord
his God ... which keepeth truth for ever.
NUM. 23:19. Jas.
1:17. ‑Heb. 13:8. Psa. 91:4. Heb. 6:17,18. Deut.
7:9. ‑Psa. 25:10. ‑Psa. 146:5,6.
AUGUST
20 EVENING
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
He
giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength. — My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in
weakness. — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him. — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath
are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee.
I
looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I
found none.
Every
high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things per-taining to
God, ... who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of
the way: so also Christ, ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by
the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. — Surely he hath borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows.
PROV. 24:10. Isa.
40:29. ‑II Cor. 12:9. ‑Psa. 91:15. ‑Deut.
33:27. Psa. 69:20. Heb. 5:1,2,5,8,9. ‑Isa. 53:4.
MORNING AUGUST
21
Thou art my portion, O Lord.
All
things are yours; ... and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. — Our Saviour
Jesus Christ ... gave himself for us. — God gave him to be the head over all
things to the church. — Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; that
he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
My
soul shall make her boast in the Lord.
— I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.
Whom
have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside
thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and
my portion for ever. — O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance
and of my cup: thou maintamest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
PSA. 119:57. I
Cor.
EVENING AUGUST 21
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death.
He
that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.
Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. — Concerning the works
of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
If
there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, saying, Let us go
after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt
not hearken unto the words of that prophet: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord
your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye
shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
I
will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide
thee with mine eye.
PROV. 14:12. Psa.
28:26. Psa. 119:105. ‑Psa. 17:4. Deut. 13:1‑4.
Psa. 32:8.
AUGUST
22 MORNING
None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Whether
we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:
whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. — Let no man seek his
own: but every man another's wealth. — Ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Christ
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the
fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait
betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far
better.
I
through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified
with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the
life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me.
ROM. 14:7. Rom. 14:8. ‑I Cor. 10:24. ‑I
Cor. 6:20. Phi. 1:20‑23. Gal. 2:19,20.
AUGUST
22 EVENING
God gave Solomon ... largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on
the sea shore.
Behold,
a greater than Solomon is here. — The Prince of Peace.
Scarcely
for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would
even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us. — Who, being in the form of God, thought it
not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. — The love of Christ passeth knowledge.
Christ
the power of God, and the wisdom of God. — In whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge. — The unsearchable riches of Christ. — Of him are ye in
Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption.
I
KGS. 4:29. Matt. 12:42. ‑Isa. 9:6.
MORNING AUGUST 23
I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
We
are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: whereunto he called you
by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — God ...
hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
before the world began. — Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
JER. 31:3. II
Thes.
EVENING
AUGUST 23
I have made, and I will bear.
Thus
saith the Lord that created thee,
O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee,
I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee. — Even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you.
As
an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him. — He bare them, and carried them all
the days of old.
Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. — For I am persuaded, that
neither ... height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Can
a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the
son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
ISA. 46:4. Isa.
43:1,2. ‑Isa. 46:4. Deut. 32:11,12. ‑Isa.
63:9. Heb. 13:8. ‑Rom. 8:38,39. Isa. 49:15.
AUGUST
24 MORNING
I know their sorrows.
A
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. — Touched with the feeling of our
infirmities.
Himself
took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. — Jesus being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well.
When
Jesus ... saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. Jesus wept. — For in that he himself
hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
He
hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; to hear the
groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death. — He
knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
— When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
He
that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. — In all their affliction he
was afflicted; and the angel of his presence saved them.
EXO. 3:7. Isa.
53:3. ‑Heb. 4:15. Matt. 8:17. -John 4:6. John
11:33,35. ‑Heb. 2:18. Psa. 102:19,20. ‑Job
23:10. ‑Psa. 142:3. Zech. 2:8. ‑Isa. 63:9.
AUGUST
24 EVENING
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day.
The
soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent
shall be made fat. — He that watereth shall be watered.
My
meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye,
There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest: behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. —
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out
early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had
agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season. — Occupy till I come.
I
laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which
was with me.
JOHN 9:4. Prov.
13:4. ‑Prov. 11:25. John 4:34-36. ‑Matt.
20:1,2. II Tim. 4:2. ‑Luke 19:13. I Cor. 15:10.
MORNING AUGUST 25
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit
whence ye are digged.
Behold,
I was shapen in iniquity. — None eye pitied thee but thou wast cast out in the
open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And
when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto
thee, Live.
He
brought me up ... out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet
upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
even praise unto our God.
When
we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For
scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some
would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — God, who is rich in mercy, for his
great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ.
ISA 51:1. Psa.
51:5. ‑Ezek. 16:5,6. Psa. 40:2,3.
EVENING AUGUST 25
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God.
I
will bless the Lord at all times:
his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in
the Lord: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord
with me, and let us exalt his name together. — The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord
of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. — Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name.
Is
any merry? let him sing psalms. — Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to
yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
in your heart to the Lord; giving
thanks always for all things. — Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
At
ISA. 61:10. Psa.
34:1‑3. ‑Psa. 84:11,12. -Psa. 103:1. Jas.
5:13. ‑Eph. 5:18‑20. -Col. 3:16. Acts
AUGUST
26 MORNING
Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the
engravings of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Holiness,
without which no man can see the Lord. — God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth. — But we are all as an unclean
thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. — I will be sanctified
in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified.
This
is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof
round about shall be most holy. — Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
For
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the
truth. — Seeing ... that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us ... come boldly unto the throne of grace.
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
EXO. 28:36. Heb. 12:14. ‑John. 4:24. ‑Isa.
64:6. ‑Lev. 10:3. Ezek. 43:12. ‑Psa. 93:5. John
17:19. ‑Heb. 4:14,16.
AUGUST
26 EVENING
My cup runneth over.
O
taste and see that the Lord is
good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want
to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they
that seek the Lord shall not want
any good thing. — His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great
is thy faithfulness.
The
Lord is the portion of mine
inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto
me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. — Whether ... the world,
or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's. —
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
I
have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — Godliness
with contentment is great gain. — My God shall supply all your need according
to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
PSA. 23:5. Psa.
34:8-10. ‑Lam. 3:22,23. Psa. 16:5,6. ‑I Cor.
3:22. ‑Eph. 1:3. Phi. 4:11. ‑I Tim. 6:6. -Phi.
MORNING AUGUST 27
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
By
the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my
goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. — When thou goest, it shall
lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it
shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light. —
Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in
it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
I
am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life. — We have also a sure word of prophecy; whereunto
ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place. —
Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I am known. — They need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for
ever and ever.
PSA. 119:105. Psa.
17:4,5. ‑Prov. 6:22,23. ‑Isa. 30:21. John
8:12. ‑II Pet. 1:19. ‑I Cor. 13:12. ‑Rev.
22:5.
EVENING AUGUST 27
What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise.
This
is not your rest: ... it is polluted, it shall destroy you. — Set your
affection on things above, not on things on the earth. — If riches increase,
set not your heart upon them. — Set your heart and your soul to seek your God:
arise therefore.
Why
sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. — Take heed to yourselves,
lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness,
and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
While
the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. — Yet a little while, and
he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. — Now it is high time to
awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. —
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at
even, or at
JON. 1:6. Mic.
2:10. ‑Col. 3:2. ‑Psa. 62:10. ‑I Chr.
22:19. Luke 22:46. ‑Luke 21:34. Matt. 25:5. -Heb.
10:37. ‑Rom. 13:11. ‑Mark 13:35,36.
AUGUST
28 MORNING
The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our
God day and night.
They
overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. —
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
Having
spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly. — That
through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the
devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage. — In all these things we are more than conquerors, through
him that loved us. — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. And take the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God. — Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
REV. 12:10. Rev.
12:11. ‑Rom. 8:33,34. Col. 2:15. ‑Heb.
2:14,15. ‑Rom. 8:37. ‑Eph. 6:11,17. ‑I Cor.
15:57.
AUGUST
28 EVENING
The tree of life.
God
hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. — He gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. — As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. As the Father hath life in himself; so
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
To
him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God. — In the midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of
fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for
the healing of the nations.
Happy
is the man that findeth wisdom. Length of days is in her right hand. She is a
tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that
retaineth her. — Christ Jesus, ... is made unto us wisdom.
GEN. 2:9. I John
5:11. ‑John 3:16. ‑John 5:21,26. Rev. 2:7. ‑Rev.
22:2. Prov. 3:13,16,18. ‑I Cor. 1:30.
MORNING AUGUST 29
Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
[Abrahaml
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith,
giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he
was able also to perform. — The children of Judah prevailed, because they
relied upon the Lord God of their
fathers.
God
is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not
we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into
the midst of the sea. — It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in
the Lord than to put confidence in
princes. — The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall
not be utterly cast down: for the Lord
upholdeth him with his hand.
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him. O fear the Lord,
ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
PROV. 16:20. Rom.
4:20,21. ‑II Chr. 13:18. Psa. 46:1,2. ‑Psa.
118:8,9. -Psa. 37:23,24. Psa. 34:8,9.
EVENING
AUGUST 29
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only
makest me dwell in safety.
Thou
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. He shall cover thee with his
feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust. — Even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings. — He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that
keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy
keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon
thy right hand.
I
will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.
— The darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the
darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things? — Ye are Christ's; and Christ is
God's. — I will trust, and not be afraid.
PSA. 4:8. Psa.
91:5,4. -Matt. 23:37. ‑Psa. 121:3‑5. Psa.
61:4. ‑Psa. 139:12. Rom. 8:32. ‑I Cor. 3:23. ‑Isa.
12:2.
AUGUST
30 MORNING
The king held out ... the golden sceptre. So Esther drew near, and
touched the top of the sceptre.
It
shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
We
have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made
perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so
are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
Let
us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — For
through him we ... have access by one Spirit unto the Father. — We have
boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. — Let us there-fore
come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need.
ESTH. 5:2. Exo.
22:27. I John 4:16‑19. Heb. 10:22. ‑Eph. 2:18.
‑Eph. 3:12. ‑Heb. 4:16.
AUGUST
30 EVENING
They said, ... it is manna: for they wist not what it was.
Without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. —
The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the
world.
Your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. — If any man eat of this
bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world. — My flesh is meat indeed, and my
blood is drink indeed.
The
children of Israel ... gathered, some more, some less. He that gathered much
had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. They gathered it
every morning, every man according to his eating.
Take
no thought, saying, What shall we eat: or, What shall we drink? Your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you.
EXO. 16:15. I
Tim. 3:16. ‑John 6:33. John 6:49,51,55. Luke
16:17,18,21. Exo. 16:17,18,21. Matt. 6:31‑33.
MORNING AUGUST 31
The free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool. — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy
transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in
remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be
justified. — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as
a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — Not as the
offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be
dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man,
Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. — And such were some of you: but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
ROM. 5:16. Isa.
1:18. ‑Isa. 43:25,26. ‑Isa. 44:22. John 3:16. ‑Rom.
5:15. ‑I Cor. 6:11.
EVENING AUGUST 31
Occupy till I come.
The
Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave
authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter
to watch. — Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one;
to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
I
must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh,
when no man can work. — Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
— Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.
Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine. — Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the
day shall declare it. — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
LUKE 19:13. Mark
13:34. ‑Matt. 25:15. John 9:4. ‑Luke 2:49. ‑I
Pet. 2:21. II Tim. 4:2. -I Cor. 3:13. ‑I Cor.
15:58.
MORNING
SEPTEMBER 1
The fruit of the spirit is meekness.
The
meek ... shall increase their joy in the Lord,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. — Except ye be
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom
of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. — The ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, ...is in the sight of God of great price. — Charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up.
Follow
after meekness. — Take my yoke upon you and learn O me, for I am meek and lowly
in heart. — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb so he openeth not his mouth. — Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin neither
was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled reviled not again, ...
but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
GAL. 5:22. Isa.
29:19. ‑Matt. 8:3,4. ‑I Cor. 3:4. -I Cor.
13:4. I Tim. 6:11. ‑Matt. 11:29. ‑Isa. 53:7. -I
Pet. 2:21‑23.
EVENING SEPTEMBER 1
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross daily, and follow me.
By
honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report. — All that will live
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — The offence of the cross.
If
I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
If
ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye: but let none of you
suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in
other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Unto
you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also
to suffer for his sake. — If one died for all, then were all dead: and that he
died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto them-selves,
but unto him which died for them, and rose again. — If we suffer, we shall also
reign with him.
LUKE 9:23. II Cor.
6:8. -II Tim. 3:12. ‑Gal. 5:11. Gal. 1:10. I Pet.
4:14‑16. Phi. 1:29 ‑II Cor. 5:14,15. ‑II Tim.
2:12.
SEPTEMBER
2 MORNING
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart.
Hast
thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the
earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? He giveth power to the faint; and to
them that have no might he increaseth strength. — Fear thou not; for I am with
thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will
help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. —
Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in distress, a
refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible
ones is as a storm against the wall.
The
trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. — Cast not away therefore
your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of
patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the
promise.
PSA. 27:14. Isa.
40:28,29. -Isa. 41:10. -Isa. 25:4. Jas. 1:3,4. -Heb.
10:35,36.
SEPTEMBER
2 EVENING
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
The
wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. There is no peace, saith
my God, to the wicked.
Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —
Rest in the Lord. — He that is
entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works.
Be
not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing
that the heart be established with grace.
— That ... we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about
with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow
up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
I
sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
PSA. 23:2. Isa.
57:20,21. Matt. 11:28. -Psa.37:7. -Heb. 4:10. Heb.
13:9. -Eph. 4:14,15. Song 2:3,4.
MORNING
SEPTEMBER 3
Neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
The
fear of the Lord is to hate evil.
— Abhor that which is evil. — Abstain from all appearance of evil. — Looking
diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
If
I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Know
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the
old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ
our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with
old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. — Let a man examine himself, and so
let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
Let
every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. — Such an high
priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. — In
him is no sin.
EXO. 13:7. Prov.
8:13. ‑Rom. 12:9. ‑I Thes. 5:22. ‑Heb.
12:15. Psa. 66:18. I Cor. 5:6‑8. -I Cor. 11:28. II
Tim. 2:19. ‑Heb. 7:26. ‑I John 3:5.
EVENING SEPTEMBER 3
The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ... your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
I
fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so
your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
My
brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all,
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God. — Lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
GEN. 3:4,5. II
Cor. 11:3. Eph. 6:10,11,13‑17. ‑II Cor. 2:11.
SEPTEMBER
4 MORNING
Sit still, my daughter.
Take
heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted. — Be still, and know
that I am God. — Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou
shouldest see the glory of God? — The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and
the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted
in that day.
Mary
... sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. — Mary hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from her. — In returning and rest shall ye be
saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. — Commune with
your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Rest
in the Lord, and wait patiently
for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of
the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
He
shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established.
He
that believeth shall not make haste.
RUTH 3:18. Isa.
7:8. -Psa. 46:10. -John 11:40. -Isa. 2:17. Luke
10:39. -Luke 10:42. -Isa. 30:15. -Psa. 4:4. Psa.
37:7. Psa. 112:7,8. Isa. 28:16.
SEPTEMBER
4 EVENING
What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
Thou
shalt remember all the way which the Lord
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to
prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his
commandments, or no.
When
I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love;
yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord
God, and thou becamest mine. — Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.
Beloved,
think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though
some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers
of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad
also with exceeding joy. — Our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look
not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.
JOHN 13:7. Deut.
8:2. Ezek. 16:8. -Heb. 12:6. I Pet. 4:12,13. ‑II
Cor. 4:17,18.
MORNING
SEPTEMBER 5
As the body is one, and hath many members, ... so also is Christ.
He
is the head of the body, the church. —
The head over things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that
filleth all in all. — We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
bones.
A
body hast thou prepared me. — Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in contin-uance
were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Thine
they were, and thou gavest them me. — He hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world. — Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son.
Grow
up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole
body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth
... maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
I
COR. 12:12. Col. 1:18. -Eph. 1:22,23. ‑Eph.
5:30. Heb. 10:5. ‑Psa. 139:16. John 17:6. -Eph.
1:4. -Rom. 8:29. Eph. 4:15,16.
EVENING SEPTEMBER 5
The fountain of living waters.
How
excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their
trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with
the fatness of thy house and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy
pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life.
Thus
saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry:
behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty. — Whosoever drinketh
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
— This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.
Ho,
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. — The Spirit and the bride
say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst
come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
JER. 2:13. Psa.
36:7‑9. Isa. 65:13. -John 4:14. ‑John 7:39. Isa.
55:1. -Rev. 22:17.
SEPTEMBER
6 MORNING
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Who
is like unto the Lord our God, who
dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven,
and in the earth! — Unto thee, O Lord,
do I lift up my soul. — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth
after thee, as a thirsty land. Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto
them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the
morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should
walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Because
thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I
bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. — Rejoice the
soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For thou,
Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that
call upon thee.
Whatsoever
ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.
LAM. 3:41. Psa.
113:5,6. -Psa. 25:1. -Psa. 143:6-8. Psa. 63:3,4. ‑Psa.
86:4,5. John 14:13.
SEPTEMBER
6 EVENING
Watchman, what of the night?
It
is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when
we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Heaven and earth shall pass