February 17 -- Morning

The whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire. They took Jesus, and led [him] away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him.--The bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.--The fellowship of his sufferings. Rejoice, seeing 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 out for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory. Le 4:12 Joh 19:16-18 Heb 13:11-13 Php 3:10 1Pe 4:13 2Co 4:17


Samuel Bagster
Robert Bagster
Jonathan Bagster Jr.
James Bagster

February 17 -- Evening

God created man in his [own] image. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold, or silver, or stone, formed by art and man's device. God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ. . . . We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.--For 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. We know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.--I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. . . . If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with [him], that we may be glorified together. Ge 1:27 Ac 17:29 Eph 2:4,5,10 Ro 8:29 1Jo 3:2 Ps 17:15 Re 21:7 Ro 8:17


February 18 -- Morning

Thou [art] my hope in the day of evil. [There are] many that say, Who will show us [any] good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.--I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.--I cried to thee, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication. What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 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.--Sorrow shall be turned into joy.--Weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. Jer 17:17 Ps 4:6 59:16 30:6,8-10 Isa 54:7,8 Joh 16:20 Ps 30:5


February 18 -- Evening

Adam . . . begat [a son] in his own likeness. Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean?--Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Dead in trespasses and sins; . . . by nature the children of wrath, even as others.--I am carnal, sold under sin. That which I do I understand not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.--For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. By one man sin entered into the world, . . . by one man's disobedience many were made sinners.--If through the offence of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Thanks [be] to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ge 5:3 Job 14:4 Ps 51:5 EPh 2:1,3 Ro 7:14,15,18 5:12,19,15 8:2 1Co 15:57


February 19 -- Morning

The LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.--If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.--The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.--God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.-- That no flesh should glory in his presence. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.--Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. All bore him testimony, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.--Never man spoke like this man.--Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. Pr 2:6 3:5 Jas 1:5 1Co 1:25,27,29 Ps 119:130,11 Lu 4:22 Joh 7:46 1Co 1:30


February 19 -- Evening

The year of my redeemed is come. Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land to all its inhabitants: it shall be a jubilee to you; and ye shall return every man to his possession, and . . . to his family. Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we who 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. I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction. Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name. Isa 63:4 Le 25:10 Isa 26:19 1Th 4:16,17 Ho 13:14 Jer 50:34


February 20 -- Morning

He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied. Jesus . . . said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.--He hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.--To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.--That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. After ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.--Ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a special people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Isa 53:11 Joh 19:30 2Co 5:21 Isa 43:21 Eph 3:10,11 2:7 1:13,14 1Pe 2:9


February 20 -- Evening

The day of temptation in the wilderness. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. [They] lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit . . . was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing: and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry. And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. He himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.--Simon, Simon, . . . Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. Heb 3:8 Jas 1:13-15 Ps 106:14 Lu 4:1-3 Heb 2:18 Lu 22:31,32


February 21 -- Morning

I [am] the LORD who sanctify you. I [am] the LORD your God, who have separated you from [other] people.--And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have separated you from [other] people, that ye should be mine. Sanctified by God the Father.--Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.--The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews 13:12 Jesus . . . that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.--Our Saviour Jesus Christ . . . gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself [his own] special people, zealous of good works.--Both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.--For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth. . . .Through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. Le 20:8,24,26 Jude 1:1 Joh 17:17 1Th 5:23 Heb 13:12 Tit 2:13,14 Heb 2:11 Joh 17:19 1Pe 1:2


February 21 -- Evening

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless return with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him]. That which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be. Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, . . . In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through various temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. Ps 97:11 126:5,6 1Co 15:37 1Pe 1:3,6,7


February 22 -- Morning

What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be good, thy whole body shall be full of light. Thy word [is] a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.--Thy 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 will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye. Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to thee. Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart. O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Ps 25:12 Mt 6:22 Ps 119:105 Isa 30:21 Ps 32:8-11 Jer 10:23


February 22 -- Evening

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. There arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full. And he was in the stern of the boat, asleep on a pillow. Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep: for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.--He giveth his beloved sleep. They stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Absent from the body, . . . present with the Lord. Pr 3:24 Mr 4:37,38 Php 4:6,7 Ps 4:8 127:2 Ac 7:59,60 2Co 5:8


February 23 -- Morning

The blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel. Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. --The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.--[It is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.--By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all]. Abel . . . brought of the firstlings of his flock and of its fat. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering.-- Christ . . . hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 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.--Having . . . boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. Heb 12:24 Joh 1:29 Re 13:8 Heb 10:4,5,10 Ge 4:4 Eph 5:2 Heb 10:22,19


February 23 -- Evening

Who knoweth the power of thy anger? Drom the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?--The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus.--Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.--Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.--That he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus. Ps 90:11 Mt 27:45,46 Isa 53:6 Ro 8:1 5:1 Ga 3:13 1Jo 4:9,10 Ro 3:26


February 24 -- Morning

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be enquired of. Yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh the door shall be opened.--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 heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.--If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.--I [am] the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.-- Men ought always to pray, and not to faint; The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] to their cry.--[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.--Ye shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.-- Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Eze 36:37 Jas 4:2 Mt 7:7,8 1Jo 5:14,15 Jas 1:5 Ps 81:10 Lu 18:1 Ps 34:15,17 Joh 16:26,27,24


February 24 -- Evening

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.--O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.--It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of [thy] judgments. He shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver.--Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.--It is enough for the disciple that he should be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?--Though he was a Son, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered. But rejoice, seeing ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.--These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Job 2:10 Ps 119:75 Isa 64:8 1Sa 3:18 Jer 12:1 Mal 3:3 Heb 12:6 Mt 10:25 Heb 5:8 1Pe 4:13 Re 7:14


February 25 -- Morning

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.--Be gone, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered to him. 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.--And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].--Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.--Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.--This is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth. Jas 4:7 Isa 59:19 Mt 4:10,11 Eph 6:10,11 Eph 5:11 2Co 2:11 1Pe 5:8,9 1Jo 5:4 Ro 8:33


February 25 -- Evening

O that I knew where I might find him! Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God. Ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.--Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh the door shall be opened. Truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.--Now in Christ Jesus ye who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.--For through him we both have an access by one Spirit to the Father. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: Lo, I am with you always.--I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.--The Comforter . . . dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Job 23:3 Isa 50:10 Jer 29:13 Lu 11:9,10 1Joh 1:3 Eph 2:13,18 1Jo 1:6 Mt 28:20 Heb 13:5 Joh 14:16,17


February 26 -- Morning

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. --Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.--I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.--Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.--We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.--Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and [having] an high priest over the house of God; 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. La 3:40 Ps 26:2 Ps 51:6 Ps 119:59,60 1Co 11:28 1Jo 1:9 2:1 Heb 10:19-22


February 26 -- Evening

[There was] a rainbow around the throne, in sight like an emerald. This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud . . . will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.--An everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure.--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. Wwe declare to you the glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same to us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Re 4:3 Ge 9:12,13,16 2Sa 23:5 Heb 6:18 Ac 13:32,33 Heb 13:8


February 27 -- Morning

Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.--I through the law am dead to the law, that I may live to 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. Because I live, ye shall live also.--I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My Father, who gave [them to] me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand. I and [my] Father are one. If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.--For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Ro 6:11 Joh 5:24 Ga 2:19,20 Joh 14:19 10:28-30 Col 3:1,3


February 27 -- Evening

God . . . giveth . . . liberally, and upbraideth not. Woman, where are those thy accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. The grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many. . . . The free gift [is] of many offences to justification. God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive 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 show the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through 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? Jas 1:5 Joh 8:10,11 Ro 5:15,16 Eph 2:4-7 Ro 8:32


February 28 -- Morning

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God . . . hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.--God is love. In this was revealed the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Joh 3:16 2Co 5:18-21 1Jo 4:8-11


February 28 -- Evening

The spirit of man [is] the lamp of the LORD. He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. . . . And they who heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] to the last. Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.--If our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, [then] have we confidence toward God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence. . . . Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in what he approveth. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if [there is any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Pr 20:27 Joh 8:7,9 Ge 3:11 Jas 4:17 1Jo 3:20,21 Ro 14:20,22 Ps 139:23,24


February 29 -- Morning

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.--Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not where he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where thou goest. Soul, thou hast abundance of goods laid up for many years; take thy ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry. . . . [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. What [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. . . . The world passeth away, and its lust: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Pr 27:1 2Co 6:2 Joh 12:35,36 Ec 9:10 Lu 12:19-21 Jas 4:14 1Jo 2:17


February 29 -- Evening

Thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God. I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.--The same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 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.--The gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance. God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent.--[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. This [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.--Fear not; I am the first and the last. Ps 102:27 90:2 Mal 3:6 Heb 13:8 Jas 1:17 Ro 11:29 Nu 23:19 La 3:22 Heb 7:24,25 Re 1:17


March 1 -- Morning

The fruit of the Spirit is love. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.--The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us.--To you . . . who believe [he is] precious.--We love him, because he first loved us.--The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and [that] he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again. Ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another.--This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.-- Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.--Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Ga 5:22 1Jo 4:16 Ro 5:5 1Pe 2:7 1Jo 4:19 2Co 5:14,15 1Th 4:9 Joh 15:12 1Pe 4:8 Eph 5:2


March 1 -- Evening

Jehovahnissi: The LORD my banner. If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?--The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?--Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident. Behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain.--The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? --He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.--Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us. Ex 17:15 Ro 8:31 Ps 118:6 60:4 27:1,3 2Ch 13:12 Ps 46:7 Re 17:14 Ps 2:1,4 Isa 8:10


March 2 -- Morning

God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through various temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.--The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as to a faithful Creator. Ge 41:52 2Co 1:3-5 1Pe 1:6,7 2Ti 4:17 1Pe 4:19


March 2 -- Evening

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest. [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: . . . they . . . rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Our friend Lazarus sleepeth. . . . Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. We that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened.-- Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it]. Heb 4:9 Job 3:17,18 Re 14:13 Joh 11:11,13 2Co 5:4 Ro 8:23-25


March 3 -- Morning

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.--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. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth. Pr 3:5,6 Ps 62:8 32:8-10 Isa 30:21 Ex 33:15,16


March 3 -- Evening

The prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Thou shalt have treasure in heaven: . . . come [and] follow me.--I [am] . . . thy exceeding great reward. Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.--They shall reign for ever and ever. Ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.-- The crown of life.--A crown of righteousness.-- An incorruptible [crown]. 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.--So shall we ever be with the Lord. I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Php 3:14 Mt 19:21 Ge 15:1 Mt 25:21 Re 22:5 1Pe 5:4 Jas 1:12 2Ti 4:8 1Co 9:25 Joh 17:24 1Th 4:17 Ro 8:18


March 4 -- Morning

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.--Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. For we walk by faith, not by sight.--We faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day. For 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: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal. --To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. Col 3:2 1Jo 2:15 Mt 6:19-21 2Co 5:7 4:16-18 1Pe 1:4


March 4 -- Evening

[He] bowed his shoulder to bear. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.--Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?--Aaron held his peace.--It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee.-- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light. Ge 49:15 Jas 5:10 1Co 10:11 Job 2:10 Le 10:3 1Sa 3:18 Ps 55:22 Isa 53:4 Mt 11:28-30


March 5 -- Morning

O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God.--Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.-- Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm. Christ . . . 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; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously. Isa 38:14 Ps 123:1,2 61:1-4 Isa 25:4 1Pe 2:21-23


March 5 -- Evening

Fight the good fight of faith. We were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.--Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.--Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.--God [is] my strength [and] power . . . He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.--Our sufficiency [is] of God. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.--Behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. The time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of those] who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 1Ti 6:12 2Co 7:5 2Ki 6:16 Eph 6:10 1Sa 17:45 2Sa 22:33,35 2Co 3:5 Ps 34:7 2Ki 6:17 Heb 11:32-34


March 6 -- Morning

He . . . preserveth the way of his saints. The LORD your God . . . went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.--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.--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.--Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.--For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.--We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.--With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy. Pr 2:8 De 1:32,33 32:11,12 Ps 37:23,24 34:19 1:6 Ro 8:28 2Ch 32:8 Zep 3:17


March 6 -- Evening

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; . . . and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. . . . For the transgression of my people was he stricken. . . . It pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief. Jesus our Lord . . . was delivered for our offences.--Christ . . . hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.--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. He hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Mt 27:46 Isa 53:5,6,8,10 Ro 4:24,25 1Pe 3:18 2:24 2Co 5:21 Ga 3:13


March 7 -- Morning

Thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken . . . but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, . . . for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. And [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.--He hath sent me . . . to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. 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, . . . as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Isa 54:5 Eph 5:32 Isa 62:4,5 61:1-3,10 Ho 2:19 Ro 8:35


March 7 -- Evening

My times [are] in thy hand. All his saints [are] in thy hand.--The word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.--8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.--Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.--Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Ps 31:15 De 33:3 1Ki 17:2-4,8,9 Mt 6:25,32 Pr 3:5,6 1Pe 5:7


March 8 -- Morning

Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 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. I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered. Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Isa 38:17 Mic 7:18,19 Isa 54:7,8 Jer 31:34 Ps 32:1,2 1Jo 1:7


March 8 -- Evening

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able. Able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work. Able to succour them that are tempted. Able . . . to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Believe ye that I am able to do this? . . . According to your faith be it unto you. 2Ti 1:12 Eph 3:20 2Co 9:8 Heb 2:18 7:25 Jude 1:24 2Ti 1:12 Php 3:21 Mt 9:28,29


March 9 -- Morning

The living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein]; . . . then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, . . . for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain. [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.--They got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.--[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 1Ti 6:17 De 8:11,12,14,18 Ps 127:1,2 44:3 4:6


March 9 -- Evening

They sung as it were a new song. A new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us.--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.--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. Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory.--Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.--Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.--I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, . . . cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Re 14:3 Heb 10:20 Tit 3:5,6 Eph 2:8,9 Ps 115:1 Re 1:5,6 5:9 7:9,10


March 10 -- Morning

Jehovahjireh: The Lord will provide. God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.--There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God.--Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.--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.--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. Ge 22:14,8 Isa 59:1 Ro 11:26 Ps 146:5 33:18,19 Php 4:19 Heb 13:5,6 Ps 28:7


March 10 -- Evening

He feedeth among the lilies. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.--If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 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. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.--I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey.--The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.--Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.--Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. So 2:16 Mt 18:20 Joh 14:23 15:10 So 4:16 5:1 Ga 5:22,23 Joh 15:8,2 Php 1:11


March 11 -- Morning

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee. The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.--Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield. 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.--The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.--I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are]. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept. The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen. Nu 6:24 Pr 10:22 Ps 5:12 121:3-5,7,8 Isa 27:3 Joh 17:11,12 2Ti 4:18


March 11 -- Evening

Jesus wept. A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.--We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.--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 sufferings.-- Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Behold how he loved him!--He took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Joh 11:35 Isa 53:3 He 4:15 2:10 5:8 Isa 50:5,6 Joh 11:36 Heb 2:16,17


March 12 -- Morning

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].-- The brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person.--The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee.--LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.-- Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Nu 6:25,26 Joh 1:18 Heb 1:3 2Co 4:4 Ps 31:16,17 30:7 89:15 Ps 29:11 Mt 14:27


March 12 -- Evening

Things that are pleasing in his sight. Without faith [it is] impossible to please [him].--So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.--The LORD taketh pleasure in his people. This [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.--If, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.--[The ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, . . . is in the sight of God of great price. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.-- I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 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. 1Jo 3:22 Heb 11:6 Ro 8:8 Ps 149:4 1Pe 2:19,20 3:4 Ps 50:23 69:30,31 Ro 12:1


March 13 -- Morning

For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Forasmuch . . . as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.--In Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace.--By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].--And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.--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. 1Ti 2:5 Heb 2:14 Isa 45:22 1Jo 2:1 Eph 2:13,14 Heb 9:12,15 7:25


March 13 -- Evening

O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee.-- For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.--Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.--Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?--Be not faithless, but believing.--Lo, I am with you alway. Ps 42:6 Isa 26:3,4 Ps 55:22 22:24 Jas 5:13 Joh 14:27 Mt 6:25,26 Joh 20:27 Mt 28:20


March 14 -- Morning

Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. --Abstain from all appearance of evil.--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.--Be 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.--Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. --Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things. Tit 2:10 Php 1:27 1Th 5:22 1Pe 4:14,15 Php 2:15 Mt 5:16 Pr 3:3,4 Php 4:8


March 14 -- Evening

The words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth.--The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Christ . . . loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.--Thy word hath quickened me.-- Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.--I will not forget thy word.--I trust in thy word.--The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.--I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.--How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Joh 6:63 Jas 1:18 2Co 3:6 Eph 5:25-27 Ps 119:9,50,11,16,42,72,93,103,104


March 15 -- Morning

Perfect through sufferings. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].--And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.--Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.--I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Heb 2:10 Mt 26:38,39 Lu 22:44 Ps 116:3 69:20 142:4 Isa 53:3


March 15 -- Evening

The LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is]. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.--By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.--For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.-- Behold, the nations [are] as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Ex 20:11 Ps 19:1 33:6,9 Isa 40:15 Heb 11:3 Ps 8:3,4


March 16 -- Morning

For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. My days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.--Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.--Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down. The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.--They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.--Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Jas 4:14 Job 9:25,26 Ps 90:5,6 Job 14:1,2 1Jo 2:17 Ps 102:26,27 Heb 13:8


March 16 -- Evening

I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 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.--Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.--Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God. I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. 1Co 14:15 Eph 5:18,19 Col 3:16 Ps 145:21 147:1,7 Re 14:2


March 17 -- Morning

He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.--Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. He hath made us accepted in the beloved. As lively stones, . . . built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.--I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 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. Le 1:4 1Pe 1:18,19 2:24 Eph 1:6 1Pe 2:5 Ro 12:1 Jude 1:24,25


March 17 -- Evening

In all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food (the lust of the flesh), and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes (the lust of the eyes), and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise (the pride of life), she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. When the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread (the lust of the flesh). But he answered, . . . It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.--The devil sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them (the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life). Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation. Heb 4:15 Ge 3:6 1Jo 2:16 Mt 4:3,4,8,10 1Jo 2:16 Heb 2:18 Jas 1:12


March 18 -- Morning

Mine eyes fail [with looking] upward. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.--My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. Ye have need of patience. While they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? 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.--Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.--That blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Isa 38:14 Ps 6:2-4 Ps 55:4-6 Heb 10:36 Ac 1:10,11 Php 3:20 Tit 2:13


March 18 -- Evening

His name [shall be] in their foreheads. I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep].--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. The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.--Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance.--Now 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. I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name. --This [is the name] wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. Re 22:4 Joh 10:14 2Ti 2:19 Na 1:7 Re 7:3 Eph 1:13,14 2Co 1:21,22 Re 3:12 Je 33:16


March 19 -- Morning

God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.--Saved by his life. Our Saviour Jesus Christ . . . who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.--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. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ.--In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him.--Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 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? Ac 3:26 1Pe 1:3 Ro 5:10 Tit 2:13,14 1Pe 1:15,16 Eph 1:3 Col 2:9,10 Joh 1:16 Ro 8:32


March 19 -- Evening

Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.--O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.--Ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof. Fear not: peace [be] unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.--Be strong, . . . and work: for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts.-- Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Ps 119:28,49 Isa 38:14 Lu 21:33 Jos 23:14 Da 10:19 Hag 2:4 Zec 4:6 Eph 6:10


March 20 -- Morning

The entrance of thy words giveth light. This . . . is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.--God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.--The Word was God.--In him was life; and the life was the light of men.--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. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.--Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light.--Ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an 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. Ps 119:130 1Jo 1:5 2Co 4:6 Joh 1:1,4 1Jo 1:7 Ps 119:11 Joh 15:3 Eph 5:8 1Pe 2:9


March 20 -- Evening

Noah was a just man. The just shall live by faith.--Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour.--The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference. We . . . joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.--[It is] God that justifieth.-- Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified. Ge 6:9 Ga 3:11 Ge 8:20,21 Re 13:8 Ro 5:1 3:20-22 5:11 8:33,30


March 21 -- Morning

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.--Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.--Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life.--The just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. 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. --I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand. Re 3:2 1Pe 4:7 5:8 De 4:9 Heb 10:38,39 Mr 13:37 Isa 41:10,13


March 21 -- Evening

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? His mercy [endureth] for ever.--The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy.--Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? . . . he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.--Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. Ps 77:8 136:23 Nu 14:18 Mi 7:18,19 Tit 3:5 2Co 1:3,4 Heb 2:17,18


March 22 -- Morning

Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD. . . . Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan. Just Lot . . . that righteous man. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.--Remember Lot's wife. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?--Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing].--Be not ye . . . partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light: proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them]. Ge 13:10,11 2Pe 2:7,8 Ga 6:7 Lu 17:32 2Co 6:14,17 Eph 5:7,8,10,11


March 22 -- Evening

If so be the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 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.--I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only. The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Stand . . . having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.--For 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, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.--The LORD [is] with thee, . . . Go in this thy might. Jos 14:12 Heb 13:5,6 Ps 71:16 Isa 32:17 Eph 6:14,12,13 Jud 6:12,14


March 23 -- Morning

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. Thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.--Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground. . . . I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.--To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.--I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.--I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour. 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.--Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?--Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.--Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Re 4:8 Ps 22:3 Ex 3:5,6 Isa 40:25 43:3,11 1Pe 1:15,16 1Co 6:19 2Co 6:16 Am 3:3


March 23 -- Evening

They constrained him, saying, Abide with us. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: 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.--Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?--I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.--I am come into my garden.--I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. Lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world.--I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.--Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.-- The world seeth me no more; but ye see me. Lu 24:29 Re 3:20 So 1:7 3:4 4:16 5:1 Isa 45:19 Mt 28:20 Heb 13:5 Mt 18:20 Joh 14:19


March 24 -- Morning

[Araham] believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. He 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. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. The promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. The just shall live by faith.--Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised).--Our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.--With God nothing shall be impossible.--And blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Ge 15:6 Ro 4:20-24 4:13 1:17 Heb 10:23 Ps 115:3 Lu 1:37,45


March 24 -- Evening

God . . . .who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, . . . but now is my kingdom not from hence.--Expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.-- [Thou] hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.--I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; . . . and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.--Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.--Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Thy kingdom come. 1Th 2:12 Joh 18:36 Heb 10:13 Re 11:15 5:10 20:4 Mt 13:43 Lu 12:32 22:29,30 Mt 6:10


March 25 -- Morning

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. Behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.--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. Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world.--At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.-- When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world.-- I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore.--I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. --My peace I give unto you. Heb 13:5,6 Ge 28:15 De 31:6 2Ti 4:10,16,17 Ps 27:10 Mt 28:20 Re 1:18 Joh 14:18,27


March 25 -- Evening

Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: . . . and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!--I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some. Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.--My word . . . shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.--So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Lu 5:5 Mt 28:18-20 13:47 1Co 9:16,22 Ga 6:9 Isa 55:11 1Co 3:7


March 26 -- Morning

[The kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods . . . to every man according to his several ability. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey? All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.--The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.--As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.--Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Who [is] sufficient for these things?--I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Mt 25:14,15 Ro 6:16 1Co 12:11,7 1Pe 4:10 1Co 4:2 Lu 12:48 2Co 2:16 Php 4:13


March 26 -- Evening

Distributing to the necessity of saints. David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.-- Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.--Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. To do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.--God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Ro 12:13 2Sa 9:1 Mt 25:34-36,40 10:42 Heb 13:16 6:10


March 27 -- Morning

To him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad. I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Pr 11:18 Mt 25:19-21 2Co 5:10 2Ti 4:7,8 Re 3:11


March 27 -- Evening

God [is] faithful. God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?--The Lord sware and will not repent. od, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability 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.--Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 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.-- Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].--All the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 1Co 10:13 Nu 23:19 Heb 7:21 6:17,18 1Pe 4:19 2Ti 1:12 1Th 5:24 2Co 1:20


March 28 -- Morning

Be strong and of a good courage. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?--He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.--My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?--The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?--Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.--We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. Jos 1:18 Ps 27:1 Isa 40:29-31 Ps 73:26 Ro 8:31 Ps 118:6 44:5 Ro 8:37 1Ch 22:16


March 28 -- Evening

Our friend . . . sleepeth. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.--Now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept. It came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, . . . Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, . . . and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.-- This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.-- Witnesses chosen before of God, . . . who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. Joh 11:11 1Th 4:13,14 1Co 15:16-18,20 Jos 4:1,3,7 Ac 2:32 10:41


March 29 -- Morning

Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.--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?--Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.--God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.--There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.--He which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ. Mt 25:34 Lu 12:32 Jas 2:5 Ro 8:17 Joh 16:27 Heb 11:16 Re 21:7 2Ti 4:8 Php 1:6


March 29 -- Evening

Riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.--Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.--Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. They [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.--We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.--To him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.--There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.--A crown of glory that fadeth not away. Pr 27:24 Ps 39:6 Col 3:2 Mt 6:19-21 1Co 9:25 2Co 4:18 Pr 11:18 2Ti 4:8 1Pe 5:4


March 30 -- Morning

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? --The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.--This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night.--My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches. Ge 24:63 Ps 19:14 8:3,4 111:2 1:1,2 Jos 1:8 Ps 63:5,6


March 30 -- Evening

How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 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.--But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 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. Thou shalt not be forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins. Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.--A woman . . . cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth. Ps 13:1 Jas 1:17 Isa 49:14,15 44:21,22 Joh 11:5,6 Mt 15:22,23 1Pe 1:7


March 31 -- Morning

My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.--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 all things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.--As having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.--The LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.-- The living God . . . giveth us richly all things to enjoy.--God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work. Php 4:19 Mt 6:33 Ro 8:32 1Co 3:21-23 2Co 6:10 Ps 23:1 84:11 1Ti 6:17 2Co 9:8


March 31 -- Evening

What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.--Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Darkness hath blinded his eyes.--Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.--Love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.--The path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light. 2Co 6:14 Joh 3:19 1Th 5:5 1Jo 2:11 Ps 119:105 Ps 74:20 1Joh 4:7,8 Pr 4:19,18 Joh 12:46 Eph 5:8


April 1 -- Morning

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . joy. Joy in the Holy Ghost.--Unspeakable and full of glory. Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing . . . exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.--We glory in tribulations. Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; . . . for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.--As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.--The joy of the LORD is your strength. In thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.--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. Ga 5:22 Ro 14:17 1Pe 1:8 2Co 6:10 7:4 Ro 5:3 Heb 12:2 Joh 15:11 2Co 1:5 Php 4:4 Ne 8:10 Ps 16:11 Re 7:17


April 1 -- Evening

Jehovahshalom: The LORD send peace. Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. Behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.--Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.--My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. He is our peace.--This [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Jud 6:24 1Ch 22:9 Mt 12:42 Isa 9:6 32:18,19 Eph 2:14 Mic 5:5 Re 17:14 Joh 14:27


April 2 -- Morning

If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.--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.--Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God.--Serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.--Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.-- Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God. 1Sa 7:3 1Jo 5:21 2Co 6:17,18 Mt 6:24 Ex 34:14 1Ch 28:9 Ps 51:6 1Sa 16:7 1Jo 3:21


April 2 -- Evening

When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? He came unto his own, and his own received him not.--The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 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. --Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.--Looking for that blessed hope, . . . the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Lu 18:8 Joh 1:11 1Ti 4:1 2Ti 4:2-4 Mr 13:32,33 Lu 12:37 Tit 2:13


April 3 -- Morning

Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, . . . 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 hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 2Pe 3:8,9 Isa 55:8-11 Ro 11:32,33


April 3 -- Evening

Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning. The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?--We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us].--The wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. [It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.--Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. Be instant in season, out of season.--Others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.--Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Am 4:11 Isa 33:14 2Co 1:9,10 Ro 6:23 Heb 10:31 2Co 5:11 2Ti 4:2 Jude 1:23 Zec 4:6 1Ti 2:4


April 4 -- Morning

I am the first and the last. Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, . . . but ye are come unto mount Sion, . . . to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.--Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith.--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. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.--The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One?--Who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God? Re 1:17 Heb 12:18,22-24 12:2 4:15,16 Isa 44:6 9:6 Hab 1:12 2Sa 22:32