July 3 -- Evening

Things which are despised, hath God chosen.

Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

Jesus, . . . saw two brethren, . . . casting a net into the

sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me.--

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived

that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and

they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

My speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of

man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in

the power of God.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained

you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.--I am the vine, ye

[are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the

same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do

nothing.--We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the

excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

1Co 1:28 Ac 2:7 Mt 4:18,19 Ac 4:13 1Co 2:4,5 Joh 15:16,5

2Co 4:7


Samuel Bagster
Robert Bagster
Jonathan Bagster Jr.
James Bagster

July 4 -- Morning

Leaning on Jesus' bosom.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.--

They brought young children to him, that he should touch them:

and [his] disciples rebuked those that brought [them].--And he

took them up in his arms, put [his] hands upon them, and blessed

them.--Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have

compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now

three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them

away fasting, lest they faint in the way.--An high priest . . .

touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all

points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.--In his love

and in his pity he redeemed them.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.--Can a

woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have

compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet

will I not forget thee.

The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,

and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God

shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Joh 13:23 Isa 66:13 Mr 10:13,16 Mt 15:32 Heb 4:15 Isa 63:9

Joh 14:18 Isa 49:15 Re 7:17


July 4 -- Evening

Jesus Christ the righteous: . . .

the propitiation for our sins.

Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the

ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And

there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from

above the mercy seat.

Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; . . .

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have

kissed [each other].

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall

stand? But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be

feared.--Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there

is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption. And he shall

redeem Israel from all his iniquities.--All have sinned, and

come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his

grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God

hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his

blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.

1Jo 2:1,2 Ex 25:20-22 Ps 85:9,10 130:3,4,7,8 Ro 3:23-25


July 5 -- Morning

We have known and believed the love that God hath to us.

God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he

loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us

together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised

[us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly

[places] in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew

the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us

through Christ Jesus.

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have

everlasting life.--He that spared not his own Son, but delivered

him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us

all things?--The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies

[are] over all his works.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a

performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

1Jo 4:16 Eph 2:4-7 Joh 3:16 Ro 8:32 Ps 145:9 1Jo 4:19 Lu 1:45


July 5 -- Evening

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,

[the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.--Hath not God

chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the

kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Let no man seek his own, but every man another's [wealth].--

Having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they

that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into]

many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction

and perdition.

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound

the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to

confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the

world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea],

and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty.

Ro 12:16 Jas 2:1,5 1Co 10:24 1Ti 6:8,9 1Co 1:27-29 Ps 131:1


July 6 -- Morning

Let your speech [be] alway with grace.

A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of

silver. [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,

[so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.--Let no corrupt

communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good

to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the

hearers.--A good man out of the good treasure of the heart

bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil

treasure bringeth forth evil things.--By thy words thou shalt be

justified.--The tongue of the wise [is] health.

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another:

and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance

was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that

thought upon his name.

If thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be

as my mouth.--Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in]

faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence,

. . . [see] that ye abound in this grace also.

Col 4:6 Pr 25:11,12 Eph 4:29 Mt 12:35,37 Pr 12:18 Mal 3:16

Jer 15:19 2Co 8:7


July 6 -- Evening

Thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes.

The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to

anger, and of great mercy.--That ye may be the children of your

Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the

evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the

unjust.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk

in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself

for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling

savour.--Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one

another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.--

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through

the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye]

love one another with a pure heart fervently.--The love of

Christ constraineth us.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for

nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be

the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful

and [to] the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also

is merciful.

Ps 26:3 145:8 Mt 5:45 Eph 5:1,2 4:32 1Pe 1:22 2Co 5:14

Lu 6:35,36


July 7 -- Morning

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the

wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

In the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and

supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was

able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things

which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author

of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.--We have not

an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our

infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet]

without sin.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to

man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be

tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation

also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].--

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect

in weakness.

Mt 4:1 Heb 5:7-9 4:15 1Co 10:13 2Co 12:9


July 7 -- Evening

The Son of man came not to be ministered unto,

but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an

heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of

the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through

the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge

your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.--I lay down my life

for the sheep.--No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of

myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it

again.

The life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it

to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for

it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.--

Without shedding of blood is no remission.

While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more

then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from

wrath through him.

Mt 20:28 Heb 9:13,14 Isa 53:7 Joh 10:15,18 Le 17:11 Heb 9:22

Ro 5:8,9


July 8 -- Morning

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us

[our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before

me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil

in thy sight.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a

great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran,

and fell on his neck, and kissed him.--I have blotted out, as a

thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:

return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.--Your sins are

forgiven you for his name's sake.--God for Christ's sake hath

forgiven you.--That he might be just, and the justifier of him

which believeth in Jesus.

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be

clean.--They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ;

not by water only, but by water and blood.

1Jo 1:9 Ps 51:3,4 Lu 15:20 Isa 44:22 1Jo 2:12 Eph 4:32

Ro 3:26 Eze 36:25 Re 3:4 1Jo 5:6


July 8 -- Evening

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee?

Truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son

Jesus Christ.--Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth

not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall

appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And

every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as

he is pure.

The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.--An

high priest . . . holy, harmless, undefiled.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the

darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high

[places].--The prince of the power of the air, the spirit that

now worketh in the children of disobedience.

Whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten

of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in

wickedness.

Ps 94:20 1Jo 1:3 3:2,3 Joh 14:30 Heb 7:26 Eph 6:12 2:2

1Jo 5:18,19


July 9 -- Morning

I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee,

and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose]

sin [is] covered.--We are all as an unclean [thing].--I know

that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for

to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is

good I find not.

As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on

Christ.--Ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have

put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the

image of him that created him.--Not having mine own

righteousness, which is of the law, but . . . the righteousness

which is of God by faith.

Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him.--The fine

linen is the righteousness of saints.--I will greatly rejoice in

the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed

me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the

robe of righteousness.

Zec 3:4 Ps 32:1 Isa 64:6 Ro 7:18 Ga 3:27 Col 3:9,10 Php 3:9

Lu 15:22 Re 19:8 Isa 61:10


July 9 -- Evening

The day shall declare it.

Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both

will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man

have praise of God.

Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at

nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment

seat of Christ.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to

God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge

this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to

fall in [his] brother's way.

God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.--The

Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the

Son. . . and hath given him authority to execute judgment also,

because he is the Son of man.

The Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, [is] his name,

great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes [are] open

upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one

according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his

doings.

1Co 3:13 1Co 4:5 Ro 14:10,12,13 Ro 2:16 Joh 5:22,27

Jer 32:18,19


July 10 -- Morning

The disciple is not above [his] master.

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for [so] I am.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and

the servant as his lord.--If they have persecuted me, they will

also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep

yours also.--I have given them thy word; and the world hath

hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not

of the world.

Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners

against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.--Ye

have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

Let us 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, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of

[our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the

cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of

the throne of God.--Forasmuch . . . as Christ hath suffered for

us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind.

Mt 10:24 Joh 13:13 Mt 10:25 Joh 15:20 17:14 Heb 12:3,4,1,2

1Pe 4:1


July 10 -- Evening

My son, give me thine heart.

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear

me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well

with them, and with their children for ever!

Thy heart is not right in the sight of God.--Because the

carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to

the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in

the flesh cannot please God.

[They] . . . first gave their own selves to the Lord.--In

every work that [Hezekiah] began . . . to seek his God, he did

[it] with all his heart, and prospered.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the

issues of life.

Whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord.--As the

servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with

good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt

enlarge my heart.

Pr 23:26 De 5:29 Ac 8:21 Ro 8:7,8 2Co 8:5 2Ch 31:21 Pr 4:23

Col 3:23 Eph 6:6,7 Ps 119:32


July 11 -- Morning

I [am] with thee to save thee.

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful

captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of

the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible

shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth

with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them

that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be

drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh

shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,

the mighty One of Jacob.--Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee:

be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee;

yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right

hand of my righteousness.

We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the

feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like

as [we are, yet] without sin.--In that he himself hath suffered

being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.--

The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he

delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly

cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.

Jer 15:20 Isa 49:24-26 Isa 41:10 Heb 4:15 2:18 Ps 37:23,24


July 11 -- Evening

He satisfieth the longing soul,

and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.

O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul

thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and

thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory.

--My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the

LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.--

Having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far

better.

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.--They

shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the

sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the

midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto

living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears

from their eyes.--They shall be abundantly satisfied with the

fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the

river of thy pleasures.--My people shall be satisfied with my

goodness, saith the LORD.

Ps 107:9 1Pe 2:3 Ps 63:1,2 84:2 Php 1:23 Ps 17:15 Re 7:16,17

Ps 36:8 Jer 31:14


July 12 -- Morning

My presence shall go [with thee],

and I will give thee rest.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of

them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee;

he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. . . . The LORD, he [it

is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not

fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

--Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be

not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is]

with thee whithersoever thou goest.--In all thy ways acknowledge

him, and he shall direct thy paths.

He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So

that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not

fear what man shall do unto me.--Our sufficiency [is] of God.

Lead us not into temptation.--O LORD, I know that the way of

man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to

direct his steps.--My times [are] in thy hand.

Ex 33:14 De 31:6,8 Jos 1:9 Pr 3:6 Heb 13:5,6 2Co 3:5 Mt 6:13

Jer 10:23 Ps 31:15


July 12 -- Evening

Let us consider one another to provoke

unto love and to good works.

How forcible are right words!--I stir up your pure minds by

way of remembrance.

They that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the

LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was

written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that

thought upon his name.--If two of you shall agree on earth as

touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for

them of my Father which is in heaven.

The LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be

alone.--Two [are] better than one; because they have a good

reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up

his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for

[he hath] not another to help him up.

Let . . . no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall

in [his] brother's way.--Bear ye one another's burdens, and so

fulfil the law of Christ.--Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a

fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit

of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Heb 10:24 Job 6:25 2Pe 3:1 Mal 3:16 Mt 18:19 Ge 2:18

Ec 4:9,10 Ro 14:13 Ga 6:2,1


July 13 -- Morning

I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able

to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.--

I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to

come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be

able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ

Jesus our Lord.--Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none

of them is lost.

The LORD taketh pleasure in his people.--My delights [were]

with the sons of men.--His great love wherewith he loved us.--

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life

for his friends.

Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your

body, and in your spirit, which are God's.--Whether we live, we

live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:

whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

So 7:10 2Ti 1:12 Ro 8:38,39 Joh 17:12 Ps 149:4 Pr 8:31

Eph 2:4 Joh 15:13 1Co 6:20 Ro 14:8


July 13 -- Evening

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD.

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in

your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they

may be as frontlets between your eyes.--This book of the law

shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate

therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according

to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way

prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall

slide.--By the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths

of the destroyer.--Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I

might not sin against thee.

We have . . . a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do

well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark

place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your

hearts.--That we through patience and comfort of the scriptures

might have hope.

Isa 34:16 De 11:18 Jos 1:8 Ps 37:31 17:4 119:11 2Pe 1:19

Ro 15:4


July 14 -- Morning

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the

issues of life.--Death and life [are] in the power of the

tongue.--The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his

tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God [is] in his

heart; none of his steps shall slide.--Let no corrupt

communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good

to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the

hearers.

We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

--I believed, therefore have I spoken.

Whosoever . . . shall confess me before men, him will I

confess also before my Father which is in heaven.--With the

heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation.

Mt 12:34 Col 3:16 Pr 4:23 18:21 Ps 37:30,31 Eph 4:29 Ac 4:20

Ps 116:10 Mt 10:32 Ro 10:10


July 14 -- Evening

I trust I shall shortly see thee,

and we shall speak face to face.

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest

come down!--As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so

panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God,

for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?--

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young

hart upon the mountains of spices.

Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for

the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.--Looking for that blessed

hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our

Saviour Jesus Christ.--God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ,

[which is] our hope.--Whom having not seen, ye love.

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come

quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.--It shall be said in

that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he

will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we

will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

3Jo 1:14 Isa 64:1 Ps 42:1,2 So 8:14 Php 3:20 Tit 2:13

1Ti 1:1 1Pe 1:8 Re 22:20 Isa 25:9


July 15 -- Morning

Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that

do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his,

that do his pleasure.

I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the

will of him that sent me.--I delight to do thy will, O my God:

yea, thy law [is] within my heart.--O my Father, if this cup may

not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter

into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my

Father which is in heaven.--Not the hearers of the law [are]

just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.--

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.--To him

that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the

renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good,

and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Mt 6:10 Ps 103:20,21 Joh 6:38 Ps 40:8 Mt 26:42 7:21 Ro 2:13

Joh 13:17 Jas 4:17 Ro 12:2


July 15 -- Evening

The ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits

whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone

out into the world.--Judge not according to the appearance, but

judge righteous judgment.--I speak as to wise men; judge ye what

I say.--Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all

wisdom.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith.--He

that is spiritual judgeth all things.

Take heed what ye hear.--I know thy works, . . . and how

. . . thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are

not, and hast found them liars.--Prove all things; hold fast

that which is good.

He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And

when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and

the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger

will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not

the voice of strangers.

Job 34:3 1Jo 4:1 Joh 7:24 1Co 10:15 Col 3:16 Re 2:29

1Co 2:15 Mr 4:24 Re 2:2 1Th 5:21 Joh 10:3-5


July 16 -- Morning

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests,

and an holy nation.

Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out

of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast

made us unto our God kings and priests.--Ye [are] a chosen

generation, a royal priesthood, 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.

Ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: [men] shall call

you the Ministers of our God.--Priests of God and of Christ.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,

consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ

Jesus.--By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to

God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks

to his name.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good

works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in

them.--The temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

Ex 19:6 Re 5:9,10 1Pe 2:9 Isa 61:6 Re 20:6 Heb 3:1 13:15

Eph 2:10 1Co 3:17


July 16 -- Evening

We made our prayer unto our God,

and set a watch against them.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.--Continue

in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.--Casting all

your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be

vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,

walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast

in the faith.

Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I

say?--Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving

your own selves.

Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of

Israel, that they go forward.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known

unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Neh 4:9 Mt 26:41 Col 4:2 1Pe 5:7-9 Lu 6:46 Jas 1:22 Ex 14:15

Php 4:6,7


July 17 -- Morning

Thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,

and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according

as thou hast spoken, saying, The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of

great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no

means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the

fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth

[generation].

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender

mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 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.--O

LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for

thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned

against thee.--We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the

iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall

stand? But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be

feared.

Jon 4:2 Nu 14:17,18 Ps 79:8,9 Jer 14:7,20 Ps 130:3,4


July 17 -- Evening

Sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my

garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out.

Behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly

sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing

of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea,

[what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge!--

Fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and

truth; proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

The Father . . . shall give you another Comforter.--The love

of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is

given unto us.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.

In a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and

their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing

to every man severally as he will.

2Th 2:13 So 4:16 2Co 7:11 Eph 5:9,10 Joh 14:16 Ro 5:5 Ga 5:22

2Co 8:2 1Co 12:11


July 18 -- Morning

He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The

Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth

the name of Christ depart from iniquity.--Many will say to me in

that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in

thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many

wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew

you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.--The LORD knoweth

the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall

perish.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy

walls [are] continually before me.--Set me as a seal upon thine

heart, as a seal upon thine arm.--The LORD [is] good, a strong

hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in

him.

I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a

place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;

that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

Joh 10:3 2Ti 2:19 Mt 7:22,23 Ps 1:6 Isa 49:16 So 8:6 Na 1:7

Joh 14:2,3


July 18 -- Evening

She hath done what she could.

This poor widow hath cast in more than they all.--Whosoever

shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye

belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his

reward.--If there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted

according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he

hath not.

Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and

in truth.--If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of

daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be

[ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those

things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?--

But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also

sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also

bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,

[so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God

loveth a cheerful giver.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things

which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we

have done that which was our duty to do.

Mr 14:8 Lu 21:3 Mr 9:41 2Co 8:12 1Jo 3:18 Jas 2:15,16

2Co 9:6,7 Lu 17:10


July 19 -- Morning

He that is mighty hath done to me great things;

and holy [is] his name.

Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is]

like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing

wonders?--Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord;

neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.--Who shall

not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only

[art] holy.--Hallowed be thy name.

Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and

redeemed his people,

Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from

Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in

the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness,

mighty to save.--I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I

have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above

all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in

us, . . . [be] glory.

Lu 1:49 Ex 15:11 Ps 86:8 Re 15:4 Mt 6:9 Lu 1:68 Isa 63:1

Ps 89:19 Eph 3:20,21


July 19 -- Evening

The dew of Hermon.

Mount Sion, which [is] Hermon.--There the LORD commanded the

blessing, [even] life for evermore.--I will be as the dew unto

Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as

Lebanon.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as

the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the

showers upon the grass.--As the rain cometh down, and the snow

from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,

and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the

sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth

forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it

shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in

the thing] whereto I sent it.

God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].--And of his

fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.--[It is] like

the precious ointment upon the head, . . . [even] Aaron's . . .

that went down to the skirts of his garments.

Ps 133:3 De 4:48 Ps 133:3 Ho 14:5 De 32:2 Isa 55:10,11

Joh 3:34 1:16 Ps 133:2


July 20 -- Morning

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and

acquainted with grief.--In the world ye shall have tribulation:

but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless,

undefiled, separate from sinners.--That ye may be blameless and

harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a

crooked and perverse nation.

Jesus of Nazareth . . . who went about doing good, and

healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with

him.--As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all

[men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that

cometh into the world.--Ye are the light of the world. A city

that is set on an hill cannot be hid. . . . Let your light so

shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify

your Father which is in heaven.

Joh 17:16 Isa 53:3 Joh 16:33 Heb 7:26 Php 2:15 Ac 10:38

Ga 6:10 Joh 1:9 Mt 5:14,16


July 20 -- Evening

He that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

The joy of the LORD is your strength.--The kingdom of God is

not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the

Holy Ghost.--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 unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

By him . . . let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God

continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to

his name.

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall]

fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and

the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from

the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: yet I will

rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.--

Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing.--We glory in tribulations also.

Pr 15:15 Ne 8:10 Ro 14:17 Eph 5:18-20 Heb 13:15 Hab 3:17,18

2Co 6:10 Ro 5:3


July 21 -- Morning

What profit [is there] of circumcision?

Much every way.--Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take

away the foreskins of your heart.--If then their uncircumcised

hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of

their iniquity: then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and

also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham

will I remember.

Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth

of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers.--In

whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without

hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the

circumcision of Christ.--You, being dead in your sins and the

uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with

him, having forgiven you all trespasses.

Put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which

is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in

the spirit of your mind; and . . . put on the new man, which

after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Ro 3:1,2 Jer 4:4 Le 26:41,42 Ro 15:8 Col 2:11,13 Eph 4:22-24


July 21 -- Evening

The veil of the temple was rent in twain

from the top to the bottom.

The Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took

bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said,

Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in

remembrance of me.--The bread that I will give is my flesh,

which I will give for the life of the world.

Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his

blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and

drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at

the last day. . . . He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my

blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath

sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he

shall live by me. . . . When Jesus knew in himself that his

disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend

you? [What] and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where

he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh

profiteth nothing.

A new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,

through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. . . .Let us draw

near.

Mt 27:51 1Co 11:23,24 Joh 6:51,53,54,56,57,61-63 Heb 10:20,22


July 22 -- Morning

In that he died, he died unto sin once:

but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

He was numbered with the transgressors.--Christ was once

offered to bear the sins of many.--Who his own self bare our

sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins,

should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

--By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are

sanctified.

This [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the

uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to

make intercession for them.--While we were yet sinners, Christ

died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood,

we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Forasmuch . . . as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,

arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath

suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer

should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of

men, but to the will of God.

Ro 6:10 Isa 53:12 Heb 9:28 1Pe 2:24 Heb 10:14 7:24,25

Ro 5:8,9 1Pe 4:1,2


July 22 -- Evening

Keep yourselves in the love of God.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of

itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye

abide in me. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that

abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:

for without me ye can do nothing.

The fruit of the Spirit is love.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so

shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I

loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments,

ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's

commandments, and abide in his love.--Whoso keepeth his word, in

him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we

are in him.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have

loved you.--God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we

were yet sinners, Christ died for us.--God is love; and he that

dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Jude 1:21 Joh 15:4,5 Ga 5:22 Joh 15:8-10 1Jo 2:5 Joh 15:12

Ro 5:8 1Jo 4:16


July 23 -- Morning

Then [cometh] the end.

Of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the

angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

--And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.--The Lord is

not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;

but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should

perish, but that all should come to repentance.--The coming of

the Lord draweth nigh. . . . The judge standeth before the door.

--Surely I come quickly.

[Seeing] . . . [that] all these things shall be dissolved,

what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy

conversation and godliness.

The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and

watch unto prayer.--Let your loins be girded about, and [your]

lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for

their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he

cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

1Co 15:24 Mr 13:32,33,37 2Pe 3:9 Jas 5:8,9 Re 22:20 2Pe 3:11

1Pe 4:7 Lu 12:35,36


July 23 -- Evening

Brethren, pray for us.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the

church; and let them pray over him. . . . And the prayer of

faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.

. . . Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual

fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man

subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that

it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space

of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the

heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the

Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and

supplication for all saints;

Without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.--

Always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand

perfect and complete in all the will of God.

1Th 5:25 Jas 5:14-18 Eph 6:18 Ro 1:9 Col 4:12


July 24 -- Morning

Patient in tribulation.

It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.--Whom,

though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would

make supplication to my judge.--The LORD gave, and the LORD hath

taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.--What? shall we

receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Jesus wept.--A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.--

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son

whom he receiveth.--Now no chastening for the present seemeth to

be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the

peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised

thereby.--Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious

power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.--In

the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I

have overcome the world.

Ro 12:12 1Sa 3:18 Job 9:15 1:21 2:10 Joh 11:35 Isa 53:3,4

Heb 12:6,11 Col 1:11 Joh 16:33


July 24 -- Evening

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.

Have faith in God. . . . Whosoever shall say unto this

mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and

shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those

things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have

whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things

soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them],

and ye shall have [them].--Without faith [it is] impossible to

please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,

and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

He that had received the promises offered up his only

begotten [son], of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy

seed be called: accounting that God [was] able to raise [him]

up, even from the dead.--Being fully persuaded that, what he had

promised, he was able also to perform.

Is any thing too hard for the LORD?--With God all things are

possible.--Lord, Increase our faith.

Ro 4:20 Mr 11:22-24 Heb 11:6,17-19 Ro 4:21 Ge 18:14 Mt 19:26

Lu 17:5


July 25 -- Morning

We know that we have passed from death unto life.

He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,

hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but

is passed from death unto life.--He that hath the Son hath life;

[and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed

us, [is] God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of

the Spirit in our hearts.--Hereby we know that we are of the

truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. . . . Beloved, if

our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God.

--We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in

wickedness.

You [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and

sins.--Quickened . . . together with Christ.--Who hath delivered

us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the

kingdom of his dear Son.

1Jo 3:14 Joh 5:24 1Jo 5:12 2Co 1:21,22 1Jo 3:19,21 5:19

Eph 2:1,5 Col 1:13


July 25 -- Evening

Thou wilt shew me the path of life.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of

life, and the way of death.--I will teach you the good and the

right way.--I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh

unto the Father, but by me.--Follow me.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end

thereof [are] the ways of death.--Wide [is] the gate, and broad

[is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be

which go in thereat: because strait [is] the gate, and narrow

[is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that

find it.

An highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called

The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it

[shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not

err [therein].--Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know

the LORD.

In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not

[so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Ps 16:11 Jer 21:8 1Sa 12:23 Joh 14:6 Mt 4:19 Pr 14:12

Mt 7:13,14 Isa 35:8 Ho 6:3 Joh 14:2


July 26 -- Morning

By faith Abraham, . . . called to go out into a place

which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed.

He shall choose our inheritance for us.--He led him about, he

instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle

stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth

abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: [so]

the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with

him.

I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which

leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.--Who teacheth

like him?

We walk by faith, not by sight.--Here have we no continuing

city, but we seek one to come.--Dearly beloved, I beseech [you]

as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war

against the soul.--Arise ye, and depart; for this [is] not

[your] rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you],

even with a sore destruction.

Heb 11:8 Ps 47:4 De 32:10-12 Isa 48:17 Job 36:22 2Co 5:7

Heb 13:14 1Pe 2:11 Mic 2:10


July 26 -- Evening

Give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

The heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more

abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like

water?--Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less

man, [that is] a worm?

Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is]

like thee, glorious in holiness.--Holy, holy, holy, [is] the

LORD of hosts.

As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all

manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I

am holy.--Partakers of his holiness.

The temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.--What

manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation

and godliness, . . . without spot, and blameless.

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. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,

whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ps 97:12 Job 15:15,16 25:5,6 Ex 15:11 Isa 6:3 1Pe 1:15,16

Heb 12:10 1Co 3:17 2Pe 3:11,14 Eph 4:29,30


July 27 -- Morning

Christ, who is the image of God.

The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall

see [it] together.--No man hath seen God at any time; the only

begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath

declared [him].--And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among

us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten

of the Father,) full of grace and truth.--He that hath seen me

hath seen the Father.--The brightness of [his] glory, and the

express image of his person.--God was manifest in the flesh.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the

forgiveness of sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the

firstborn of every creature.--Whom he did foreknow, he also did

predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he

might be the firstborn among many brethren.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also

bear the image of the heavenly.

2Co 4:4 Isa 40:5 Joh 1:18,14 14:9 Heb 1:3 1Ti 3:16 Col 1:14,15

Ro 8:29 1Co 15:49


July 27 -- Evening

Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle.

When I am weak, then am I strong.

Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is]

nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that

have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and

in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our

God; let not man prevail against thee.--Jehoshaphat cried out,

and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from

him.

[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in

man. [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence

in princes.--There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:

a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse [is] a

vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his

great strength.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the

darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high

[places]. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God.

Ps 18:39 2Co 12:10 2Ch 14:11 18:31 Ps 118:8,9 33:16,17

Eph 6:12,13


July 28 -- Morning

Walk in love.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;

as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.--Above all

things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall

cover the multitude of sins.--Love covereth all sins.

When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:

that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your

trespasses.--Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping

for nothing again.--Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and

let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.--Not rendering

evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise

blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should

inherit a blessing.--If it be possible, as much as lieth in you,

live peaceably with all men.--Be ye kind one to another,

tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's

sake hath forgiven you.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in

tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Eph 5:2 Joh 13:34 1Pe 4:8 Pr 10:12 Mr 11:25 Lu 6:35 Pr 24:17

1Pe 3:9 Ro 12:18 Eph 4:32 1Jo 3:18


July 28 -- Evening

Let your requests be made known unto God.

Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away

this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou

wilt.--There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger

of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart

from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:

for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly

therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities.

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my

trouble.--Hannah . . . [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed

unto the LORD, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O

LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of

thine handmaid, . . . and wilt give unto thine handmaid a man

child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his

life. . . . The LORD remembered her.

We know not what we should pray for as we ought.--He shall

choose our inheritance for us.

Php 4:6 Mr 14:36 2Co 12:7-9 Ps 142:2 1Sa 1:9-11,19 Ro 8:26

Ps 47:4


July 29 -- Morning

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens,

that thou wouldest come down.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a

young hart upon the mountains of spices.--We ourselves groan

within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the

redemption of our body.--Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down:

touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,

shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

--Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time

without sin unto salvation.--It shall be said in that day, Lo,

this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:

this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and

rejoice in his salvation.

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come

quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.--That blessed hope,

. . . the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour

Jesus Christ.--Our conversation is in heaven.

Isa 64:1 So 8:14 Ro 8:23 Ps 144:5 Ac 1:11 Heb 9:28 Isa 25:9

Re 22:20 Tit 2:13 Php 3:20


July 29 -- Evening

Thou hast given [me] the heritage

of those that fear thy name.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and

every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou

shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the

LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.--The

angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and

delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD [is] good:

blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye

his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. The

young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the

LORD shall not want any good [thing].--The lines are fallen unto

me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness

arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow

up as calves of the stall.--He that spared not his own Son, but

delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also

freely give us all things?

Ps 61:5 Isa 54:17 Ps 34:7-10 16:6 Mal 4:2 Ro 8:32


July 30 -- Morning

Seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Get wisdom, get understanding.--The wisdom that is from

above.--The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith,

[It is] not with me.--We are buried with him by baptism into

death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the

glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of

life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of

his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his]

resurrection.

Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so

easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is

set before us.--God . . . hath quickened us together with

Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised [us] up

together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in

Christ Jesus.

They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a

country.--Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have

wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness.

Col 3:1 Pr 4:5 Jas 3:17 Job 28:14 Ro 6:4,5 Heb 12:1

Eph 2:4-6 Heb 11:14 Zep 2:3


July 30 -- Evening

Nicodemus . . . he that came to Jesus by night.

Peter followed him afar off.--Among the chief rulers also

many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not

confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for

they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.--The

fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the

LORD shall be safe.

Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.--A bruised

reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not

quench.--Faith as a grain of mustard seed.

God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and

of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of

the testimony of our Lord.--Little children, abide in him; that,

when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed

before him at his coming.--Whosoever . . . shall confess me

before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in

heaven.

Joh 7:50 Mt 26:58 Joh 12:42,43 Pr 29:25 Joh 6:37 Isa 42:3

Mt 17:20 2Ti 1:7,8 1Jo 2:28 Mt 10:32


July 31 -- Morning

Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a

leader and commander to the people.--It became him, for whom

[are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many

sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect

through sufferings.--We must through much tribulation enter into

the kingdom of God.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the

darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high

[places]. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God.--We

do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare

[are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of

strong holds).

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal

glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make

you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].

2Ti 2:3 Isa 55:4 Heb 2:10 Ac 14:22 Eph 6:12,13 2Co 10:3,4

1Pe 5:10


July 31 -- Evening

The unity of the Spirit.

[There is] one body, and one Spirit.--Through him we both

have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are

no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the

saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the

foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself

being the chief corner [stone]; in whom all the building fitly

framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom

ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through

the Spirit.

Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to

dwell together in unity! [It is] like the precious ointment upon

the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard:

that went down to the skirts of his garments.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth

through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see

that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently.

Eph 4:3,4 2:18-22 Ps 133:1,2 1Pe 1:22


August 1 -- Morning

The fruit of the Spirit is . . faith.

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of

yourselves: [it is] the gift of God.--Without faith [it is]

impossible to please [him].--He that believeth on him is not

condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already,

because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten

Son of God.--Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God

perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.--Faith which

worketh by love.--Faith without works is dead?

We walk by faith, not by sight.--I am crucified with Christ:

nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the

life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the

Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.--Whom having

not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet

believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your]

souls.

Ga 5:22 Eph 2:8 Heb 11:6 Joh 3:18 Mr 9:24 1Jo 2:5 Ga 5:6

Jas 2:20 2Co 5:7 Ga 2:20 1Pe 1:8,9


August 1 -- Evening

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD

pitieth them that fear him.--The LORD [is] gracious and full of

compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will

ever be mindful of his covenant.

He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that

keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.--As an eagle

stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth

abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: [So]

the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with

him.

His compassions fail not. [They are] new every morning: great

[is] thy faithfulness.

Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved

with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.--The same

yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

The very hairs of your head are all numbered. . . . Are not

two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall

on the ground without your Father. . . . Fear ye not therefore.

Jas 5:11 Ps 103:13 111:4,5 121:3,4 De 32:11,12 La 3:22,23

Mt 14:14 Heb 13:8 Mt 10:30,29,31


August 2 -- Morning

The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year:

. . . and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall

kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and

strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of

the houses, wherein they shall eat it. . . . and when I see the

blood, I will pass over you.--The blood of sprinkling.--Christ

our passover is sacrificed for us.--Being delivered by the

determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.--According to his

own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before

the world began.

We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins.

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,

arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath

suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer

should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of

men, but to the will of God.

Re 13:8 Ex 12:5-7,13 Heb 12:24 1Co 5:7 Ac 2:23 2Ti 1:9

Eph 1:7 1Pe 4:1,2


August 2 -- Evening

I have trodden the winepress alone.

Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is]

like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing

wonders?--He saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that

[there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation

unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.--Who his own

self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.--Being made a

curse for us.

O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous

things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the

victory.--Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a

shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.--He shall see

of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his

knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall

bear their iniquities.

O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.--We are more than

conquerors through him that loved us.--They overcame . . . by

the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.

Isa 63:3 Ex 15:11 Isa 59:16 1Pe 2:24 Ga 3:13 Ps 98:1 Col 2:15

Isa 53:11 Jud 5:21 Ro 8:37 Re 12:11


August 3 -- Morning

His mercy [is] on them that fear him.

[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for

them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that

trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in

the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt

keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons

judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your

sojourning [here] in fear.--The LORD [is] nigh unto all them

that call upon him, . . . in truth. He will fulfil the desire of

them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save

them.

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself

before the LORD, . . . and hast rent thy clothes, and wept

before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.--To this

[man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a

contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.--The LORD [is] nigh

unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a

contrite spirit.

Lu 1:50 Ps 31:19,20 1Pe 1:17 Ps 145:18,19 2Ki 22:19 Isa 66:2

Ps 34:18


August 3 -- Evening

Them that honour me I will honour.

Whosoever . . . shall confess me before men, him will I

confess also before my Father which is in heaven.--He that

loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he

that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not

worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he

that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is

tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath

promised to them that love him.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. . . . Be

thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for

us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory.--Praise

and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

1Sa 2:30 Mt 10:32,37-39 Jas 1:12 Re 2:10 2Co 4:17 1Pe 1:7


August 4 -- Morning

It is finished:

and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith.--I have

glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou

gavest me to do.--We are sanctified through the offering of the

body of Jesus Christ once [for all]. And every priest standeth

daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,

which can never take away sins: but this man, after he had

offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right

hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made

his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever

them that are sanctified.--Blotting out the handwriting of

ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and

took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life,

that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay

it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power

to take it again.--Greater love hath no man than this, that a

man lay down his life for his friends.

Joh 19:30 Heb 12:2 Joh 17:4 Heb 10:10-14 Col 2:14

Joh 10:17,18 15:13


August 4 -- Evening

He sent from above, he took me,

he drew me out of many waters.

He brought me up . . . out of an horrible pit, out of the

miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my

goings.--You [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses

and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course

of this world. . . . We all had our conversation in times past

in the lusts of our flesh.

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of

the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed.--

Out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;

and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves

passed over me.--We went through fire and through water: but

thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].

When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee;

and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.

Ps 18:16 40:2 Eph 2:1-3 Ps 61:1,2 Jon 2:2,3 Ps 66:12 Isa 43:2


August 5 -- Morning

Walk in newness of life.

As ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and

to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members

servants to righteousness unto holiness.--I beseech you, . . .

brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a

living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your

reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be

ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

If any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things

are passed away; behold, all things are become new.--In Christ

Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk

according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy.--This I

say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk

not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind.--But ye

have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and

have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus.--Put on the

new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true

holiness.

Ro 6:4,19 12:1,2 2Co 5:17 Ga 6:15,16 Eph 4:17,20,21,24


August 5 -- Evening

Thy will be done.

O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it

is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.--Not as I will,

but as thou [wilt].--Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,

as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a

weaned child.

We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the

Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which

cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what

[is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for

the saints according to [the will of] God.

Ye know not what ye ask.--He gave them their request; but

sent leanness into their soul.--These things were our examples,

to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also

lusted.

I would have you without carefulness.--Thou wilt keep [him]

in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he

trusteth in thee.

Mt 26:42 Jer 10:23 Mt 26:39 Ps 131:2 Ro 8:26,27 Mt 20:22

Ps 106:15 1Co 10:6 1Co 7:32 Isa 26:3


August 6 -- Morning

Whom the LORD loveth he correcteth.

See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with

me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is

there any] that can deliver out of my hand.--I know the thoughts

that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and

not of evil, to give you an expected end.--My thoughts [are] not

your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and

speak comfortably unto her.--As a man chasteneth his son, [so]

the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.--Now no chastening for the

present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless

afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto

them which are exercised thereby.--Humble yourselves therefore

under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that]

thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Pr 3:12 De 32:39 Jer 29:11 Isa 55:8 Ho 2:14 De 8:5 Heb 12:11

1Pe 5:6 Ps 119:75


August 6 -- Evening

The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof.

She did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and

multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time

thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my

wool and my flax.

All things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given

thee. For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as

[were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow,

and [there is] none abiding. O LORD our God, all this store

. . . [cometh] of thine hand, and [is] all thine own.--Of him,

and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be]

glory for ever. Amen.

The living God . . . giveth us richly all things to enjoy.--

Every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if

it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the

word of God and prayer.

My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in

glory by Christ Jesus.

Ps 24:1 Ho 2:8,9 1Ch 29:14-16 Ro 11:36 1Ti 6:17 4:4,5 Php 4:19


August 7 -- Morning

The Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost,

whom the Father will send in my name.

If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to

thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he

would have given thee living water.--If ye, . . . being evil,

know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more

shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that

ask him?--Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall

ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you. Hitherto have

ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that

your joy may be full.--Ye have not, because ye ask not.

When . . . the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you

into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but

whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will

shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall

receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.

They rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was

turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.

Joh 14:26 4:10 Lu 11:13 Joh 16:23,24 Jas 4:2 Joh 16:13,14

Isa 63:10


August 7 -- Evening

What think ye of Christ?

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye

everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is

this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of

glory.--He hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name

written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Unto you . . . which believe [he is] precious: but unto them

which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed,

the same is made the head of the corner.--Christ crucified, unto

the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but

unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the

power of God, and the wisdom of God.

I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the

knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the

loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win

Christ.--Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love

thee.

Mt 22:42 Ps 24:9,10 Re 19:16 1Pe 2:7 1Co 1:23,24 Php 3:8

Joh 21:17


August 8 -- Morning

The path of the just [is] as the shining light,

that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Not as though I had already attained, either were already

perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for

which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.--Then shall we

know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the

kingdom of their Father.--We all, with open face beholding as in

a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image

from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.--When

that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall

be done away.--For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then

face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as

also I am known.--Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it

doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he

shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he

is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,

even as he is pure.

Pr 4:18 Php 3:12 Ho 6:3 Mt 13:43 2Co 3:18 1Co 13:10,12

1Jo 3:2,3


August 8 -- Evening

Whosoever shall call upon the name

of the Lord shall be saved.

Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.--Lord,

remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said

unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me

in paradise.--What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say

unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had

compassion [on them], and touched their eyes: and immediately

their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

If ye . . . being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the

Holy Spirit to them that ask him?--I will put my spirit within

you. . . . Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be

enquired of.

This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask

any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know

that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the

petitions that we desired of him.

Ro 10:13 Joh 6:37 Lu 23:42,43 Mt 20:32-34 Lu 11:13

Eze 36:27,37 1Jo 5:14,15


August 9 -- Morning

Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.

The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the

sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in

it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have

not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with

ointment.--We are all as an unclean [thing], and all our

righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags.--I know that in me (that

is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing.

Ye are washed, . . . ye are sanctified, . . . ye are

justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of

our God.--The king's daughter [is] all glorious within.--Perfect

through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord

GOD.

Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us.

These are they which . . . have washed their robes, and made

them white in the blood of the Lamb.--A glorious church, not

having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but . . . holy and

without blemish.--Ye are complete in him.

So 4:7 Isa 1:5,6 64:6 Ro 7:18 1Co 6:11 Ps 45:13 Eze 16:14

Ps 90:17 Re 7:14 Eph 5:27 Col 2:10


August 9 -- Evening

Broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Eve . . . bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the

LORD.

Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may

reach] unto heaven. . . . The LORD scattered them.--Lot chose

him all the plain of Jordan; . . . it [was] well watered every

where, . . . [even] as the garden of the LORD. . . . But the men

of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and

folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in

much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge

increaseth sorrow.--I made me great works; I builded me houses;

I planted me vineyards. . . I gathered me also silver and gold.

. . . Then I looked on all, . . . and, behold, all [was] vanity

and vexation of spirit.

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.--He

satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with

goodness.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the

earth.

Jer 2:13 Ge 4:1 11:4,8 Ge 13:11,10,13 Ec 1:17,18 2:4,8,11

Joh 7:37 Ps 107:9 Col 3:2


August 10 -- Morning

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,

but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in

the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine

as lights in the world.--Ye are the salt of the earth . . . the

light of the world.--Let your light so shine before men, that

they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is

in heaven.

I also withheld thee from sinning against me.

The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you]

from evil.--So did not I, because of the fear of God.--Who gave

himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present

evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.--Now

unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present

[you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding

joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty,

dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Joh 17:15 Php 2:15 Mt 5:13,14,16 Ge 20:6 2Th 3:3 Ne 5:15

Ga 1:4 Jude 1:24,25


August 10 -- Evening

Whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high.--The LORD [is]

high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens. . . .

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy

out of the dunghill; that he may set [him] with princes.

God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he

loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us

together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised

[us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly

[places] in Christ Jesus.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us

all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

. . . For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor

angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor

things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in

Christ Jesus our Lord.

Pr 29:25 Isa 33:5 Ps 113:4,7,8 Eph 2:4-6 Ro 8:32,38,39


August 11 -- Morning

That through death he might destroy him

that had the power of death.

Our Saviour Jesus Christ, . . . hath abolished death, and

hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.--

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe

away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people

shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath

spoken [it].--When this corruptible shall have put on

incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,

then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death

is swallowed up in victory. O death, where [is] thy sting? O

grave, where [is] thy victory? The sting of death [is] sin; and

the strength of sin [is] the law. But thanks [be] to God, which

giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and

of love, and of a sound mind.--Yea, though I walk through the

valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou

[art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Heb 2:14 2Ti 1:10 Isa 25:8 1Co 15:54-57 2Ti 1:7 Ps 23:4


August 11 -- Evening

Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth?

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.--As long as I

am in the world, I am the light of the world.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in

darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the

light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with

another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from

all sin. The Father . . . hath made us meet to be partakers of

the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us

from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the

kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his

blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the

day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.--Ye are the light

of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. . . .

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good

works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Job 38:19 1Jo 1:5 Joh 9:5 1Jo 1:6,7 Col 1:12-14 1Th 5:5

Mt 5:14,16


August 12 -- Morning

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion.

Fear thou not, . . . saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee;

. . . I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in

measure.--For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with

great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my

face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will

I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. . . . For the

mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my

kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant

of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted,

behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy

foundations with sapphires.

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have

sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute

judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I

shall behold his righteousness.

Lam 3:31,32 Jer 46:28 Isa 54:7,8,10,11 Mi 7:9


August 12 -- Evening

God hath chosen the weak things of the world

to confound the things which are mighty.

When the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

raised them up a deliverer, Ehud, . . . a man lefthanded. . . .

After him was Shamgar . . . . which slew of the Philistines six

hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

The LORD looked upon [Gideon], and said, Go in this thy

might: . . . have not I sent thee? And he said unto him, Oh my

Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor

in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in my father's house.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with

thee [are] too many for me, . . . lest Israel vaunt themselves

against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD

of hosts.--My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power

of his might.

1Co 1:27 Jud 3:15,31 6:14,15 7:2 Zec 4:6 Eph 6:10


August 13 -- Morning

He hath prepared for them a city.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and

receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be

also.--An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that

fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.--Here have we no

continuing city, but we seek one to come.

This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,

shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

--Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the

earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early

and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for

the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.--Yet a little while, and he

that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

We which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so

shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another

with these words.

Heb 11:16 Joh 14:3 1Pe 1:4 Heb 13:14 Ac 1:11 Jas 5:7,8

Heb 10:37 1Th 4:17,18


August 13 -- Evening

Base things of the world . . . hath God chosen.

Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor

adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with

mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,

nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 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.

You [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and

sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of

this world; . . . among whom also we all had our conversation in

times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of

the flesh and of the mind.

According to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of

regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on

us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways

my ways, saith the LORD.

1Co 1:28 6:9-11 Eph 2:1-3 Tit 3:5,6 Isa 55:8


August 14 -- Morning

The joy of the LORD is your strength.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into

singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people,

and will have mercy upon his afflicted.--Behold, God [is] my

salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH

[is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.

--The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in

him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and

with my song will I praise him.--My soul shall be joyful in my

God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he

hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom

decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth

[herself] with her jewels.

I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in

those things which pertain to God.--We . . . joy in God through

our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the

atonement.--I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of

my salvation.

Ne 8:10 Isa 49:13 Isa 12:2 Ps 28:7 Isa 61:10 Ro 15:17 5:11

Hab 3:18


August 14 -- Evening

He hath made with me an everlasting covenant,

ordered in all [things], and sure.

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able

to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who

hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly

[places] in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before

the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without

blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the

adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to

the good pleasure of his will.

We know that all things work together for good to them that

love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be]

conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the

firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did

predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he

also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

2Sa 23:5 2Ti 1:12 Eph 1:3-5 Ro 8:28-30


August 15 -- Morning

The God of peace . . . make you perfect

in every good work to do his will.

Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in

peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of

yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: not of works, lest any man

should boast.--Every good gift and every perfect gift is from

above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is

no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it

is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good

pleasure.--Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that

ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect,

will of God.--Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,

which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.--

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as

of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God.

Heb 13:20,21 2Co 13:11 Eph 2:8,9 Jas 1:17 Php 2:12,13

Ro 12:2 Php 1:11 2Co 3:5


August 15 -- Evening

I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness,

and speak comfortably unto her.

Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, and

will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and

daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.--Having therefore these

promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all

filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the

fear of God.

Jesus, . . . that he might sanctify the people with his own

blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto

him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

Mark 6:31

[Jesus] said, . . . Come ye yourselves apart into a desert

place, and rest a while.--The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not

want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me

beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in

the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Ho 2:14 2Co 6:17,18 2Co 7:1 Heb 13:12,13 Mr 6:31 Ps 23:1-3


August 16 -- Morning

The house [that is] to be builded for the LORD

[must be] exceeding magnifical.

Ye . . . as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house.--

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit

of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him

shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple]

ye are.--Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in

you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are

bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in

your spirit, which are God's.--What agreement hath the temple of

God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God

hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will

be their God, and they shall be my people.--Ye . . . are built

upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ

himself being the chief corner [stone]; in whom all the building

fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God

through the Spirit.

1Ch 22:5 1Pe 2:5 1Co 3:16,17 1Co 6:19,20 2Co 6:16 Eph 2:19-22


August 16 -- Evening

He is before all things.

The Amen, . . . the beginning of the creation of God.--The

beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he

might have the preeminence.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his

works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,

or ever the earth was. . . . When he prepared the heavens, I

[was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

when he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the

fountains of the deep: when he gave to the sea his decree, that

the waters should not pass his commandment. . . . I was by him,

[as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight,

rejoicing always before him.--Yea, before the day [was] I [am]

he.

The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.--The author

and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before

him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at

the right hand of the throne of God.

Col 1:17 Re 3:14 Col 1:18 Pr 8:22,23,27-30 Isa 43:13

Re 13:8 Heb 12:2


August 17 -- Morning

Pray one for another, that ye may be healed.

Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me

to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt

thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I

find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.--Pray

for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which

thou hast given me; for they are thine.--Neither pray I for

these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through

their word.--Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the

law of Christ.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth

much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he

prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on

the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Jas 5:16 Ge 18:27,28 Lu 23:34 Mt 5:44 Joh 17:9,20 Ga 6:2

Jas 5:16,17


August 17 -- Evening

[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the

field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it,

and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our]

hearts unto wisdom.--What shall it profit a man, if he shall

gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Surely the people [is] grass. The grass withereth, the flower

fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.--The world

passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will

of God abideth for ever.

2 Corinthians 6:2

Behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day

of salvation.--Use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the

fashion of this world passeth away.--Let us consider one another

to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the

assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is];

but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the

day approaching.

Ps 103:15,16 90:12 Mr 8:36 Isa 40:7,8 1Jo 2:17 2Co 6:2

1Co 7:31 Heb 10:24,25