August 21 -- Evening

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. --Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Pr 14:12 28:26 Ps 119:105 17:4 De 13:1-4 Ps 32:8


Samuel Bagster
Robert Bagster
Jonathan Bagster Jr.
James Bagster

August 22 -- Morning

None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.--Let no man seek his own, but every man another's [wealth].--Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death. For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain. But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Ro 14:7,8 1Co 10:24 6:20 Php 1:20-23 Ga 2:19,20


August 22 -- Evening

God gave Solomon . . . largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. Behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.--The Prince of Peace. Scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.--Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.--The love of Christ . . . passeth knowledge. Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.--In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.--The unsearchable riches of Christ.--Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. 1Ki 4:29 Mt 12:42 Isa 9:6 Ro 5:7,8 Php 2:6-8 Eph 3:19 1Co 1:24 Col 2:3 Eph 3:8 1Co 1:30


August 23 -- Morning

I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.--[God] hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.--Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Jer 31:3 2Th 2:13,14 2Ti 1:9 Ps 139:16 Joh 3:16 1Jo 4:10


August 23 -- Evening

I have made, and I will bear. Thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine. When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.--[Even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs will I carry [you]. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: [so] the LORD alone did lead him.--He bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.-- For I am persuaded, that neither . . . height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isa 46:4 43:1,2 46:4 De 32:11,12 Isa 63:9 Heb 13:8 Ro 8:38,39 Isa 49:15


August 24 -- Morning

I know their sorrows. A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.--Touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses.-- Jesus, . . . being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well. When Jesus . . . saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. . . . Jesus wept.--For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. He hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.--He knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.--When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.--In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Ex 3:7 Isa 53:3 Heb 4:15 Mt 8:17 Joh 4:6 11:33,35 Heb 2:18 Ps 102:19,20 Job 23:10 Ps 142.3 Zec 2:8 Isa 63:9


August 24 -- Evening

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.--He that watereth shall be watered also himself. My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.--The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season.--Occupy till I come. I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Joh 9:4 Pr 13:4 Pr 11:25 Joh 4:34-36 Mt 20:1,2 2Ti 4:2 Lu 19:13 1Co 15:10


August 25 -- Morning

Look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity.--None eye pitied thee, . . . but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee, . . . Live. He brought me up . . . out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God. When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.--God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. Isa 51:1 Ps 51:5 Eze 16:5,6 Ps 40:2,3 Ro 5:6-8 Eph 2:4,5


August 25 -- Evening

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.-- The LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.--Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.--Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things.--Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.--Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice. Isa 61:10 Ps 34:1-3 84:11,12 103:1 Jas 5:13 Eph 5:18-20 Col 3:16 Ac 16:25 Php 4:4


August 26 -- Morning

Thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.--God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.--But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags.--I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. This [is] the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy.-- Holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.--Seeing . . . that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us . . . come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Ex 28:36 Heb 12:14 Joh 4:24 Isa 64:6 Le 10:3 Eze 43:12 Ps 93:5 Joh 17:19 Heb 4:14,16


August 26 -- Evening

My cup runneth over. O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].--His compassions fail not. [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.--Whether . . . the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours.--Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ. I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.--Godliness with contentment is great gain.--My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Ps 23:5 34:8-10 La 3:22,23 Ps 16:5,6 1Co 3:22 Eph 1:3 Php 4:11 1Ti 6:6 Php 4:19


August 27 -- Morning

Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. By the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.--When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light.--Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.--We have also a . . . sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place.--Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.--They need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. Psa 119:105 17:4,5 Pr 6:22,23 Isa 30:21 Joh 8:12 2Pe 1:19 1Co 13:12 Re 22:5


August 27 -- Evening

What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise. This [is] not [your] rest: . . . it is polluted, it shall destroy [you].--Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.--If riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].--Set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore. Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.-- Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.-- Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.--Now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.--Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Jon 1:6 Mic 2:10 Col 3:2 Ps 62:10 1Ch 22:19 Lu 22:46 21:34 Mt 25:5 Heb 10:37 Ro 13:11 Mr 13:35,36


August 28 -- Morning

The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.--Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth. Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.--That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.--In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.--Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. . . . And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.--But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Re 12:10,11 Ro 8:33,34 Col 2:15 Heb 2:14,15 Ro 8:37 Eph 6:11,17 1Co 15:57


August 28 -- Evening

The tree of life. God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.--He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.--As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. . . . As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.--In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations. Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom. . . . Length of days [is] in her right hand. . . . She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.--Christ Jesus . . . is made unto us wisdom. Ge 2:9 1Jo 5:11 Joh 3:16 5:21,26 Re 2:7 22:2 Pr 3:13,16,18 1Co 1:30


August 29 -- Morning

Whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he. [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.--The children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.--[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.--The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand. O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. Pr 16:20 Ro 4:20,21 2Ch 13:18 Ps 46:1,2 118:8,9 37:23,24 Ps 34:8,9


August 29 -- Evening

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. . . .He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust.--Even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings.--He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.--The darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee]. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?-- Ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.--I will trust, and not be afraid. Ps 4:8 91:5,4 Mt 23:37 Ps 121:3-5 61:4 139:12 Ro 8:32 1Co 3:23 Isa 12:2


August 30 -- Morning

The king held out . . . the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. It shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious. We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.--For through him we . . . have access by one Spirit unto the Father.--We have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.--Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Es 5:2 Ex 22:27 1Jo 4:16-19 Heb 10:22 Eph 2:18 3:12 Heb 4:16


August 30 -- Evening

They said, . . . It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.--The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.-- If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.--My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. The children of Israel . . . gathered, some more, some less. . . . He that gathered little had no lack. . . .They gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating. Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? . . . Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ex 16:15 1Ti 3:16 Joh 6:33,49,51,55 Ex 16:17,18,21 Mt 6:31-33


August 31 -- Morning

The free gift [is] of many offences unto justification. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.-- I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.--I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.--Not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.--And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Ro 5:16 Isa 1:18 43:25,26 44:22 Joh 3:16 Ro 5:15 1Co 6:11


August 31 -- Evening

Occupy till I come. [The Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.--Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.--Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?--Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.-- Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it.--Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Lu 19:13 Mr 13:34 Mt 25:15 Joh 9:4 Lu 2:49 1Pe 2:21 2Ti 4:2 1Co 3:13 15:58


September 1 -- Morning

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . meekness. The meek . . . shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.-- Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.--[The ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, . . . is in the sight of God of great price.--Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Follow after . . . meekness.--Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart.--He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.--Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; . . . but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously. Ga 5:22,23 Isa 29:19 Mt 18:3,4 1Pe 3:4 1Co 13:4 1Ti 6:11 Mt 11:29 Isa 53:7 1Pe 2:21-23


September 1 -- Evening

If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report.--All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.-- --The offence of the cross ceased. If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; . . . but let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.--If one died for all, then were all dead: And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.--If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]. Lu 9:23 2Co 6:8 2Ti 3:12 Ga 5:11 1:10 1Pe 4:14-16 Php 1:29 2Co 5:14,15 2Ti 2:12


September 2 -- Morning

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? . . . He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength. --Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. --Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall. The trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.--Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Ps 27:14 Isa 40:28,29 41:10 25:4 Jas 1:3,4 Heb 10:35,36


September 2 -- Evening

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. The wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. . . . [There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.--Rest in the LORD.--He that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace.-- That we . . . be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love. Ps 23:2 Isa 57:20,21 Mt 11:28 Ps 37:7 Heb 4:10 13:9 Eph 4:14,15 So 2:3,4


September 3 -- Morning

Neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil.--Abhor that which is evil.--Abstain from all appearance of evil.--Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.--Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.--Such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.--In him is no sin. Ex 13:7 Pr 8:13 Ro 12:9 1Th 5:22 Heb 12:15 Ps 66:18 1Co 5:6-8 11:28 2Ti 2:19 Heb 7:26 1Jo 3:5


September 3 -- Evening

The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: . . . your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.--Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.--Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Ge 3:4,5 2Co 11:3 Eph 6:10,11,13-17 2Co 2:11


September 4 -- Morning

Sit still, my daughter. Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted.-- Be still, and know that I [am] God.--Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?-- The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. Mary, . . . sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.--Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.--In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.--Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart [is] established. He that believeth shall not make haste. Ru 3:18 Isa 7:4 Ps 46:10 Joh 11:40 Isa 2:17 Lu 10:39,42 Isa 30:15 Ps 4:4 37:7 112:7,8 Isa 28:16


September 4 -- Evening

What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. When I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; . . . yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.--Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.--Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. Joh 13:7 De 8:2 Eze 16:8 Heb 12:6 1Pe 4:12,13 2Co 4:17,18


September 5 -- Morning

As the body is one, and hath many members, . . . so also [is] Christ. He is the head of the body, the church.--The head over all [things] to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.--We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. A body hast thou prepared me.--Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me.--He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.--Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son. Grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, . . . maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 1Co 12:12 Col 1:18 Eph 1:22,23 5:30 Heb 10:5 Ps 139:16 Joh 17:6 Eph 1:4 Ro 8:29 Eph 4:15,16


September 5 -- Evening

The fountain of living waters. How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee [is] the fountain of life. Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty.--Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.--This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.--The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Jer 2:13 Ps 36:7-9 Isa 65:13 Joh 4:14 7:39 Isa 55:1 Re 22:17


September 6 -- Morning

Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens. Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!--Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.--I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. . . . Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.--Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do. La 3:41 Ps 113:5,6 25:1 143:6-8 63:3,4 86:4,5 Joh 14:13


September 6 -- Evening

Watchman, what of the night? [It is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.--Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Watch, . . . for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Isa 21:11 Ro 13:11,12 Mt 24:32,33,35 Ps 130:5,6 Re 22:20 Mt 25:13


September 7 -- Morning

Rejoicing in hope. The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.--If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.-- We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. --Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.--No man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.--The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.-- 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.-- Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.--By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Ro 12:12 Col 1:5 1Co 15:19 Ac 14:22 Lu 14:27 1Th 3:3 Php 4:4 Ro 15:13 1Pe 1:3,8 Ro 5:2


September 7 -- Evening

I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me. I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil.--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. How precious . . . are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.--O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep. --Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward. Not many mighty, not many noble, [are called].--Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom?--Having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.--The unsearchable riches of Christ. Ps 40:17 Jer 29:11 Isa 55:8,9 Ps 139:17,18 92:5 40:5 1Co 1:26 Jas 2:5 2Co 6:10 Eph 3:8


September 8 -- Morning

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. The LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.--That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.--[The LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.--Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?--What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts.--Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing. Da 5:27 1Sa 2:3 Lu 16:15 1Sa 16:7 Ga 6:7,8 Mt 16:26 Php 3:7 Ps 51:6 17:3


September 8 -- Evening

Christ the firstfruits. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.--If the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.--Now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.--If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection.--The Lord Jesus Christ . . . 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. The firstborn from the dead.--If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 1Co 15:23 Joh 12:24 Ro 11:16 1Co 15:20 Ro 6:5 Php 3:20,21 Col 1:18 Ro 8:11 Joh 11:25


September 9 -- Morning

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich. . . . As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.--[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.--I [am] the LORD thy God, . . . open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.--I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Lu 1:53 Re 3:17-19 Mt 5:6 Isa 41:17 Ps 81:10 Isa 55:2 Joh 6:35


September 9 -- Evening

My feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. A just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again.-- Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.--He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.--Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Ps 73:2 94:18 Lu 22:31,32 Pr 24:16 Ps 37:24 Mic 7:8 Job 5:19 1Jo 2:1 Heb 7:25


September 10 -- Morning

I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them. A new heart . . . will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.--Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. I . . . beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, . . . endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all. Jer 32:39 Eze 36:26 Ps 25:8-10 Joh 17:21 Eph 4:1-6


September 10 -- Evening

They that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength. When I am weak, then am I strong.--My God shall be my strength.--He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.--Let him take hold of my strength. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee.-- The arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 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.--Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Isa 40:31 2Co 12:10 Isa 49:5 2Co 12:9 Isa 27:5 Ps 55:22 Ge 49:24 32:26 1Sa 17:45 Ps 35:1,2


September 11 -- Morning

Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?-- 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. . . . The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. In time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.--Ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, . . . as the truth is in Jesus. Ro 12:2 Ex 23:2 Jas 4:4 2Co 6:14-16 1Jo 2:15,17 Eph 2:2 4:20,21


September 11 -- Evening

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground.--We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.--Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.--The night cometh, when no man can work. Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.--Always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. There remaineth . . . a rest to the people of God.--Unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.--This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Ps 104:23 Ge 3:19 2Th 3:10 1Th 4:11 Ec 9:10 Joh 9:4 Ga 6:9 1Co 15:58 Heb 4:9 Mt 20:12 Isa 28:12


September 12 -- Morning

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.--O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.--Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.--All things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.--He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.--He [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.--He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted.--Thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. Isa 57:18 Ex 15:26 Ps 139:1-3 90:8 Heb 4:13 Isa 1:18 Job 33:24 Isa 53:5 61:1 Mr 5:34


September 12 -- Evening

The LORD taketh my part. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. . . .We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. . . . Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.--There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]. If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?--The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us]. Ps 118:7 20:1,2,5,7,8 Isa 59:19 1Co 10:13 Ro 8:31 Ps 118:6 Da 3:17


September 13 -- Morning

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.--O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.--The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.--Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.--My blood is drink indeed. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Joh 7:37 Ps 84:2 63:1,2 Isa 55:1 Re 22:17 Joh 4:14 6:55 So 5:1


September 13 -- Evening

Ye are the salt of the earth. That which is not corruptible.--Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.--He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.--The children of God, being the children of the resurrection.--The uncorruptible God. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.--It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.-- Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Mt 5:13 1Pe 3:4 1:23 Joh 11:25 Lu 20:36 Ro 1:23 8:9-11 1Co 15:42 Mr 9:50 Eph 4:29


September 14 -- Morning

I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you. 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.--Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.--As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.--Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Another Comforter . . . [even] the Spirit of truth.--The Spirit . . . helpeth our infirmities. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Isa 51:12 2Co 1:3,4 Ps 103:13,14 Isa 66:13 1Pe 5:7 Ps 86:15 Joh 14:16,17 Ro 8:26 Re 21:4


September 14 -- Evening

Ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son. He received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.--Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. Be ye . . . followers of God, as dear children.--If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. The brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person.--Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame. --These things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.--As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 1Co 1:9 2Pe 1:17 1Jo 3:1 Eph 5:1 Ro 8:17 Heb 1:3 Mt 5:16 Heb 12:2 Joh 17:13 2Co 1:5


September 15 -- Morning

Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.--My brethren, ye . . . are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.--Being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ.--The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.--Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.--If the Son . . . shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Ro 6:14,15 7:4 1Co 9:21 15:56,57 Ro 8:2 Joh 8:34,36 Ga 5:1


September 15 -- Evening

A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways. No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.--Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.--What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, . . . grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ. Abide in me.--Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Jas 1:8 Lu 9:62 Heb 11:6 Jas 1:6,7 Mr 11:24 Eph 4:14,15 Joh 15:4 1Co 15:58


September 16 -- Morning

The LORD pondereth the hearts. The LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.--The LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy.--Thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.--There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.--When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.--He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God. 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. Pr 21:2 Ps 1:6 Nu 16:5 Mt 6:4 Ps 139:23,24 1Jo 4:18 Ps 38:9 142:3 Ro 8:27 2Ti 2:19


September 16 -- Evening

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. No man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation. In me ye . . . have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.--The night is far spent, the day is at hand.--[He shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces.--There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.--We which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Ps 30:5 1Th 3:3,4 Joh 16:33 Ps 17:15 Ro 13:12 2Sa 23:4 Isa 25:8 Re 21:4 1Th 4:17,18


September 17 -- Morning

A bruised reed shall he not break. The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.--He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.--For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick.--Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.--Behold, your God . . . will come and save you. Mt 12:20 Ps 51:17 147:3 Isa 57:15,16 Eze 34:16 Heb 12:12,13 Isa 35:4


September 17 -- Evening

O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: . . . [he] saith . . . Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.--I believed, and therefore have I spoken.--I know whom I have believed.--I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste. The goodness of God.--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? As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious. Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy. Ps 34:8 Joh 2:9,10 Job 34:3 2Co 4:13 2Ti 1:12 So 2:3 Ro 2:4 8:32 1Pe 2:2,3 Ps 5:11


September 18 -- Morning

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.--It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. --I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.--We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.--How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand.--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! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? . . . For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen. Psa 119:18 Lu 24:45 Mt 13:11 11:25,26 1Co 2:12 Ps 139:17,18 Ro 11:33,34,36


September 18 -- Evening

Enhakkore (The well of him that called, or cried). If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.--If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. . . . This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. Prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].--If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?--Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.--Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Jud 15:19 Joh 4:10 7:37,39 Mal 3:10 Lu 11:13,9 Ga 4:6 Ro 8:15


September 19 -- Morning

The God of all grace. I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.--He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.--Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.--Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God.--Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.--Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.--As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--He giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen. 1Pe 5:10 Ex 33:19 Job 33:24 Ro 3:24,25 Joh 1:17 Eph 2:8 1Ti 1:2 Eph 4:7 1Pe 4:10 Jas 4:6 2Pe 3:18


September 19 -- Evening

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help [cometh] from the LORD. As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 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, until that he have mercy upon us.--Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes [are] upon thee.--Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. --Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Ps 121:1,2 125:2 123:1,2 63:7 2Ch 20:12 Ps 25:15 124:8


September 20 -- Morning

Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding. Whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, . . . the rich [man] glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD.--The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom. What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ.--In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.--Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength. Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. He that winneth souls [is] wise. Pr 3:13 8:35 Jer 9:23,24 Pr 9:10 Php 3:7,8 Col 2:3 Pr 8:14 1Co 1:30 Pr 11:30


September 20 -- Evening

Poor, yet making many rich. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.--Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.--My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.--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. 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?--Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2Co 6:10 8:9 Joh 1:16 Php 4:19 2Co 9:8 Jas 2:5 1Co 1:26,27 2Co 4:7


September 21 -- Morning

We know that all things work together for good to them that love God. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.--Ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good. All things are yours; whether . . . 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.--All things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause 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. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Ro 8:28 Ps 76:10 Ge 50:20 1Co 3:21-23 2Co 4:15-17 Jas 1:2-4


September 21 -- Evening

The communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.--He shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. . . . 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? Grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.--The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 2Co 13:14 Joh 14:16,17 16:13,14 Ro 5:5 1Co 6:17,19 Eph 4:30 Ro 8:26


September 22 -- Morning

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.--For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.--One pearl of great price.--The prince of the kings of the earth. His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.--The head over all [things].--The head of the body, the church. His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers.--He could not be hid. His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers.-- His lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.--Never man spake like this man. His countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.-- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant.--LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Ps 104:34 So 2:3 Ps 89:6 So 5:10 Mt 13:46 Re 1:5 So 5:11 Eph 1:22 Col 1:18 So 5:13 Mr 7:24 So 5:13 Joh 7:46 So 5:15 Ps 31:16 4:6


September 22 -- Evening

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.--He . . . became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.--In the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?-- Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Mt 26:39 Joh 12:27 6:38 Php 2:8 Heb 5:7,8 Mt 26:53 Lu 24:46,47


September 23 -- Morning

Our God hath not forsaken us. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.--If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. The LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. The LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.-- 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.--Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God. Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Ezr 9:9 1Pe 4:12 Heb 12:7,8 De 13:3 1Sa 12:22 Isa 49:15 Ps 146:5 Lu 18:7,8


September 23 -- Evening

He that overcometh shall inherit all things. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.--Now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.--An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. All things are yours; . . . the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours.--Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.--Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Re 21:7 1Co 15:19 Heb 11:16 1Pe 1:4 1Co 3:21,22 2:9,10 2Jo 1:8 Heb 12:1


September 24 -- Morning

[It is] good for me to draw near to God. LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.--A day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.--Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple. The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.--Therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. 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; . . . let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Ps 73:28 26:8 84:10 65:4 La 3:25 Isa 30:18 Heb 10:19,20,22


September 24 -- Evening

Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.--Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips.--All bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. Ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.--He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.--We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen. O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.--I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste. He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.--Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.--As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 2Co 8:9 Joh 1:14 Ps 45:2 Lu 4:22 1Pe 2:3 1Jo 5:10 Joh 3:11 Ps 34:8 So 2:3 2Co 12:9 Eph 4:7 1Pe 4:10


September 25 -- Morning

Let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.--We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope. [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.--Ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.--Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts. Jas 1:4 1Pe 1:6,7 Ro 5:3,4 La 3:26 Heb 10:34-36 2Th 2:16,17


September 25 -- Evening

God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.--The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: . . . because he is the Son of man.--The Son of God, . . . hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire. They say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?--These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.--There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.--Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. Ro 2:16 1Co 4:5 Joh 5:22,27 Re 2:18 Ps 73:11 50:21 Lu 12:2 Ps 38:9 26:2


September 26 -- Morning

A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he. Him that judgeth righteously.--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.--Every one of us shall give account of himself to God.--The soul that sinneth, it shall die. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd.--The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.-- Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].--Mercy rejoiceth against judgment.--The wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. A just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me.--Just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.--Justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. De 32:4 1Pe 2:23 2Co 5:10 Ro 14:12 Eze 18:4 Zec 13:7 Isa 53:6 Ps 85:10 Jas 2:13 Ro 6:23 Isa 45:21 Ro 3:26,24


September 26 -- Evening

Death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Forasmuch . . . as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 1Co 15:54,57 Heb 2:14,15 Ro 6:8-11 8:37


September 27 -- Morning

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished. O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.--Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.--[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 1Pe 5:6 Pr 16:5 Isa 64:8,9 Jer 31:18,19 La 3:27 Job 5:6,7


September 27 -- Evening

Yea, hath God said? When the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God.--[Jesus] said, It is written, . . . it is written, . . . it is written.--Then the devil leaveth him. I may not return with thee. . . . For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. He said unto him, I [am] a prophet also as thou [art]; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him. So he went back with him. . . . The man of God, . . . was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD.-- Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.--Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Ge 3:1 Mt 4:3,4,7,10,11 1Ki 13:16-19,26 Ga 1:8 Ps 119:11


September 28 -- Morning

They shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.-- We are [thine]: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. All people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.--The LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.--Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Nu 6:27 Isa 26:13 63:19 De 28:10 1Sa 12:22 Da 9:19 Ps 79:9,10 Pr 18:10


September 28 -- Evening

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead.--He left not himself without witness.--Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard. 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? [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory. So also [is] the resurrection of the dead.--They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Ps 19:1 Ro 1:20 Ac 14:17 Ps 19:2,3 8:3,4 1Co 15:41,42 Da 12:3


September 29 -- Morning

Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us. The love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.--Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.--Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.--Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.--Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.--Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.--For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.--Christ . . . suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. Ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.--We ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. 1Jo 3:16 Eph 3:19 Joh 15:13 2Co 8:9 1Jo 4:11 Eph 4:32 Col 3:13 Mr 10:45 1Pe 2:21 Joh 13:14,15 1Jo 3:16


September 29 -- Evening

What things soever [the Father] doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. The LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.--I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.--My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Them that are sanctified by God the Father.--He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.--The fulness of him that filleth all in all. I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.--This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. Joh 5:19 Pr 2:6 Lu 21:15 Ps 27:14 2Co 12:9 Jude 1:1 Heb 2:11 Jer 23:24 Eph 1:23 Isa 43:11 Joh 4:42 Tit 1:4


September 30 -- Morning

He knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. He knoweth our frame.--He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 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. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every good work. He shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.--I . . . will refine them as silver is refined, . . . they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God. Job 23:10 Ps 103:14 La 3:33 2Ti 2:19-21 Mal 3:3 Zec 13:9


September 30 -- Evening

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Moses said unto the LORD, . . . I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight. . . . My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.--He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.--What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.-- 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. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.--I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.--The path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Ps 25:4 Ex 33:12-14 Ps 103:7 25:9,12 Pr 3:5,6 Ps 16:11 32:8 Pr 4:18


October 1 -- Morning

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . temperance. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.--Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Ga 5:22,23 1Co 9:25-27 Eph 5:18 Mt 16:24 1Th 5:6-8 Tit 2:12,13


October 1 -- Evening

Grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.--Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. They measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. . . . But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. The body [is] of Christ. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Eph 4:15 Mr 4:28 Eph 4:13 2Co 10:12,17,18 Col 2:17-19 2Pe 3:18


October 2 -- Morning

The goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.--In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.--Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.--Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.--He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.--The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Le 16:22 Ps 103:12 Jer 50:20 Mic 7:19,18 Isa 53:6,11,12 Joh 1:29


October 2 -- Evening

Who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? By the grace of God I am what I am.--Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth.--[It is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.--Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded.--Christ Jesus . . . is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: . . . He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. You [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. --Ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1Co 4:7 15:10 Jas 1:18 Ro 9:16 3:27 1Co 1:30,31 Eph 2:1-3 1Co 6:11


October 3 -- Morning

Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.--Love [is] strong as death.--Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 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.--In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ye are washed, . . . ye are sanctified, . . . ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.--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.--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. Re 1:5 So 8:7,6 Joh 15:13 1Pe 2:24 Eph 1:7 1Co 6:11 1Pe 2:9 Ro 12:1


October 3 -- Evening

There are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. Over the king's treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses . . . Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground [was] Ezri the son of Chelub: and over the vineyards [was] Shimei the Ramathite. . . . All these [were] the rulers of the substance which [was] king David's. God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.--All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. 1Co 12:5 1Ch 27:25-27,31 1Co 12:28,11 1Pe 4:10,11


October 4 -- Morning

Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory.--Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?--In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.--Be clothed with humility. [Jesus] was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.--All that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.--The glory which thou gavest me I have given them.--We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Ex 34:29 Ps 115:1 Mt 25:37 Php 2:3 1Pe 5:5 Mt 17:2 Ac 6:15 Joh 17:22 2Co 3:18 Mt 5:14,15


October 4 -- Evening

There are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. There fell [some] of Manasseh to David. . . . And they helped David against the band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour.--The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. Of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.--To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: [they were] not of double heart.--A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways. There should be no schism in the body; but . . . the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. 1Co 12:6 1Ch 12:19,21 1Co 12:7 1Ch 12:32 1Co 12:8 1Ch 12:33 Jas 1:8 1Co 12:25,26 Eph 4:5


October 5 -- Morning

Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.--LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear.--For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Jacob said unto his household, . . . Let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.--Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD. Psa 50:15 Ps 42:11 10:17 86:5 Ge 35:2,3 Ps 103:2 116:1-4


October 5 -- Evening

Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 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; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. --Thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.--Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down.-- For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Heb 10:37 Hab 2:2,3 2Pe 3:8,9 Ps 86:15 Isa 64:1,4


October 6 -- Morning

The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. I know that thou canst do every [thing].--The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.--He doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?--[There is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?--Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee. Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.--Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.--The mighty God.--All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.--Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed, . . . [there be] more with us than with him. Re 19:6 Job 42:2 Lu 18:27 Da 4:35 Isa 43:13 Mr 14:36 Mt 9:28,29 8:2,3 Isa 9:6 Mt 28:18 Ps 20:7 2Ch 32:7