complied by Samuel Bagster
March 1 morning
The fruit of the Spint is love.
God is love: and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. - The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. - Unto you ... which believe he is precious. - We love him, because he first loved us. - The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. - This is my com-mandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. - Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. - Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
GAL. 5:22. I John 4:16. Rom. 5:5. I Pet. 2:7. I John 4:19. II Cor. 5:14,15. I Thes. 4:9. John 15:12. -I Pet. 4:8. Eph. 5:2.
March 1 evening
Jehovah nissi: The Lord my banner.
If God be for us, who can be against us? - The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Behold, God himself is with us for our captain. - The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. - Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
EXO. 17:15. Rom. 8:31. Psa. 118:6. Psa. 60:4. Psa. 27:1,3. II Chr. 13:12. Psa. 46:7. Rev. 17:14. Psa. 2:1,4. Isa. 8:10.
March 2 morning
God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temp-tations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. - The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.
Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
GEN. 41:52. II Cor. 1:3 5. I Pet. 1:6,7 -II Tim 4:17. I Pet. 4:19.
March 2 evening
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; they ... rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ... Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened. - Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope ... But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
HEB. 4:9. Job 3:17,18. Rev. 14:13. John 11:11,13. II Cor. 5:4. -Rom. 8:23 25.
March 3 morning
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understand-ing. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. - Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
PROV. 3:5,6. Psa. 62:8. Psa. 32:8 10. Isa. 30:21. Exo. 33:15,16.
March 3 evening
The prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Thou shalt have treasure in heaven: ... come and follow me. - I am ... thy exceeding great reward.
Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. - They shall reign for ever and ever.
Ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. - The crown of life. - A crown of righteousness. - An incorruptible crown.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou has given me. - So shall we ever be with the Lord.
I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
PHI. 3:14. Matt. 19:21. Gen. 15:1. Mark 25:21. Rev. 22:5. I Pet. 5:4. Jas. 1:12. II Tim. 4:8. I Cor. 9:25. John 17:24. I Thes. 4:17. Rom. 8:18.
March 4 morning
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
We walk by faith, not by sight. - We faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory: while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. - An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.
COL. 3:2. I John 2:15. Matt. 6:19 21. II Cor. 5:7. II Cor. 4:16 18. I Pet. 1:4.
March 4 evening
He bowed his shoulder to bear.
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. - Aaron held his peace. - It is the LORD; let him do what seemeth him good.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee. - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
GEN. 49:15. Jas. 5:10. I Cor. 10:11. Job 2:10. Lev. 10:3. I Sam. 3:18. Psa. 55:22. Isa. 53:4. Matt. 11:28 30.
March 5 morning
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God. - Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. - Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storms.
Christ ... suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
PSA. 38:14. Psa. 123:1,2. Psa. 61:1 4. Isa. 25:4. I Pet. 2:21 23.
March 5 evening
Fight the good fight of faith.
We were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. - Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. - Strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. - God is my strength and power: ... he teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. - Our sufficiency is of God.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. - Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
The time would fail me to tell of [those] who through faith subdued kingdoms, ... out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
I TIM. 6:12. II Cor. 7:5. II Kgs. 6:16. Eph. 6:10. I Sam. 17:45. -II Sam. 22:33,35. II Cor. 3:5. Psa. 34:7. II Kgs. 6:17. Heb. 11:32 34.
March 6 morning
He preserveth the way of his saints.
The LORD your God ... went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him. - The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. - For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. - We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. - With us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy.
PROV. 2:8. Deut. 1:32,33. Deut. 32:11,12. -Psa. 37:23,24. Psa. 34:19. Psa. 1:6. Rom. 8:.28. II Chr. 32:8. Zeph. 3:17.
March 6 evening
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; ... the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all ... For the transgression of my people was he stricken ... It pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief.
Jesus our LORD ... was delivered for our offences. - Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. - Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.
MATT. 27:46. Isa. 53:5,6,8,10. Rom. 4:24,25. I Pet. 3:18. I Pet. 2:24. II Cor. 5:21. Gal. 3:13.
March 7 morning
Thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ... but thou shalt be called Heph-zibah, ... for the LORD delighteth in thee. And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. - He hath sent me ... to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in right-eousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness and in mercies.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
ISA. 54:5. Eph. 5:32. Isa. 62:4,5. Isa. 61:1 3. Isa. 61:10. Hos. 2:19. Rom. 8:35.
March 7 evening
My times are in thy hand.
All his saints are in thy hand. - The word of the LORD came unto Elijah, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. And the word of the LORD can unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.
PSA. 31:15. Deut. 33:3. I Kgs. 17:2 4,8,9. Matt. 6:25,32. Prov. 3:5,6. I Pet. 5:7.
March 8 morning
Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for- ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have com-passion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with ever-lasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. - I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. - The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
ISA. 38:17. Mic. 7:18,19. Isa. 54:7,8. Jer. 31:34. Psa. 32:1,2. I John 1:7.
March 8 evening
I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able.
Able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.
Able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
Able to succour them that are tempted.
Able ... to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the pres-ence of his glory with exceeding joy.
Able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Believe ye that I am able to do this? ... Yea, Lord. According to your faith be it unto you.
II TIM. 1:12. Eph. 3:20. II Cor. 9:8. Heb. 2:18. Heb. 7:25. Jude 24. II Tim. 1:12. Phi. 3:21. Matt. 9:28,29.
March 9 morning
The living God giveth us richly all things to enjoy.
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his com-mandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; ... then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God: ... for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. - They got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them - There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
I TIM. 6:17. Deut. 8:11,12,14,18. Psa. 127:1,2. Psa. 44:3. Psa. 4:6.
March 9 evening
They sang as it were a new song.
A new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us. - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. - By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory. - Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. - Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. - I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, ... cried ... saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
REV. 14:3. Heb. 10:20. Tit. 3:5,6. Eph. 2:8,9. Psa. 115:1. Rev. 1:5. Rev. 5:9. Rev. 7:9,10.
March 10 morning
The Lord will provide.
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. - There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God. - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death.
My God shall supply all your need, according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. - He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. - The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth: and with my song will I praise him.
GEN. 22:14. (marg.) Gen. 22:8. Isa. 59:1. Rom. 11:26. Psa. 146:5. -Psa. 33:18,19. Phi. 4:l9. Heb. 13:5,6. -Psa. 28:7.
March 10 evening
He feedeth among the lilies.
Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. - If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey. - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek-ness, temperance.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. - Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. - Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
SONG 2:16. Matt. 18:20. John 14:23. John 15:10. Song 4:16. -Song 5:1. Gal. 5:22,23. John 15:8. -John 15:2. -Phi. 1:11.
March 11 morning
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. - Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. - I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept.
The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
NUM. 6:24. Prov. 10:22. -Psa. 5:12. Psa. 121:3,5,7,8. Isa. 27:3. John 17:11,12. II Tim. 4:18.
March 11 evening
Jesus wept.
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. - We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. - It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. - Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.
I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Behold how he loved. - He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. In all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
JOHN 11:35. Isa. 53:3. Heb. 4:15. Heb. 2:10. -Heb. 5:8. Isa. 50:5,6. John 11:36. Heb. 2:16,17.
March 12 morning
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. - The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. - The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies sake. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee. - LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
NUM. 6:25,26. John 1:18. Heb. 1:3 II Cor. 4:4. Psa. 31:16,17. -Psa. 30:7. Psa. 89:15. Psa. 29:11. Matt. 14:27.
March 12 evening
Things that are pleasing in his sight.
Without faith it is impossible to please him. - So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. - The LORD taketh pleasure in his people.
This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suf-fering wrongfully. If, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. - The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, ... is in the sight of God of great price.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conver-sation aright will I shew the salvation of God. - I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
I beseech you, ... brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable ser-vice.
I JOHN 3:22. Heb. 11:6. Rom. 8:8. Psa. 149:4. I Pet. 2:19,20. I Pet. 3:4. Psa. 50:23. Psa. 69:30,31. Rom. 12:1.
March 13 morning
There is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - In Christ Jesus, ye who sometime were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace. - By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. - He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
I TIM. 2:5. Heb. 2:14. Isa. 45:22. I John 2:1. Eph. 2:13,14. Heb. 9:12,15. Heb. 7:25.
March 13 evening
O my God, my soul is cast down within me.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee. - He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. - Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? - Be not faithless, but believing. - Lo, I am with you alway.
PSA. 42:6. Isa. 26:3,4. Psa. 55:22. -Psa. 22:24. Jas. 5:13. John 14:27. Matt. 6:25,26. John 20:27. Matt. 28:20.
March 14 morning
Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. - Abstain from all appearance of evil. - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. - Be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. - Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart; so shalt thou find favour and good under-standing in the sight of God and man. - Brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
TIT. 2:10. Phi. 1:27. I Thes. 5:22. I Pet. 4:14,15. Phi. 2:15. -Matt. 5:16. Prov. 3:3,4. Phi. 4:8.
March 14 evening
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth. - The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Christ ... loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. Thy word hath quickened me. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. I will not forget thy word. I trust in thy word. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
JOHN 6:63. Jas. 1:18. II Cor. 3:6. Eph 5:25 27. Psa. 119:9,50,11,16,42,72,93,103,104.
March 15 morning
Perfect through sufferings.
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. - And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. - Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. - I looked on my right hand, and behold, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and a acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
HEB. 2:10. Matt. 26:38,39. Luke 22:44. Psa. 116:3. Psa. 69:20. Psa. 142:4. Isa. 53:3.
March 15 evening
The Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. - By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
EXO. 20:11. Psa. 19:1. -Psa. 33:6,9. Isa. 40:15. Heb. 11:3. Psa. 8:3,4.
March 16 morning
What is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
My days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. - Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep ... in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up: in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. - Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down.
The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. - Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
JAS. 4:14. Job 9:25,26. Psa. 90:5,6. Job 14:2. I John 2:17. Psa. 102:26,27. Heb. 13:8.
March 16 evening
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and ad-monishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God.
I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.
I COR. 14:15. Eph. 5:18,19. Col. 3:16. Psa. 145:21. Psa. 147:1,7. Rev. 14:2.
March 17 morning
He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. - Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. As lively stones, ... built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
LEV. 1:4. I Pet. 1:18,19. I Pet. 2:24. Eph. 1:6. I Pet. 2:5. -Rom. 12:1. Jude 24,25.
March 17 evening
In all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food (the lust of the flesh), and that it was pleasant to the eyes (the lust of the eyes), and a tree to be desired to make one wise (the pride of life), she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
When the tempter came to [Jesus], he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread (the lust of the flesh). But he answered, ... Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. The devil ... sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them (the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life). Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan.
In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation.
HEB. 4:15. Gen. 3:6. I John 2:16. Matt. 4:3,4,8 10. I John 2:16. Heb. 2:18. Jas. 1:12.
March 18 morning
Mine eyes fail with looking upward.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. - My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. - My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Ye have need of patience.
While they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. - Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. - That blessed hope,... the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
ISA. 38:14. Psa. 6:2 4. Psa. 55:4 6. Heb. 10:36. Acts 1:10,11. Phi. 3:20. Tit. 2:13.
March 18 evening
His name shall be in their foreheads.
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep. - The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. - Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. - Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. - This is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our Righteousness.
REV. 22:4. John 10:14. II Tim. 2:19. Nah. 1:7, Rev. 7:3. Eph. 1:13,14. II Cor. 1:21,22. Rev. 3:12. -Jer. 33:16.
March 19 morning
God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in the turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercies hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. - Saved by his life.
Our Saviour Jesus Christ ... who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. - As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy for I am holy.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ... hath blessed us with all spiritul blessings in heavenly places in Christ. - In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him. - Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
He that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
ACTS 3:26. I Pet. 1:3. -Rom. 5:10. Tit. 2:13,14. -I Pet. 1:15,16. Eph. 1:3. Col. 2:9,10. -John 1:16. Rom. 8:32.
March 19 evening
Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou has caused me to hope. - O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. - Ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strertethened me. - Be strong, ... and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts. - Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
PSA. 119:28. Psa. 119:49. Isa. 38:14. Luke 21:33. Josh. 23:14. Dan. 10:1. -Hag. 2:4. Zech. 4:6. Eph. 6:10.
March 20 morning
The entrance of thy words giveth light.
This ... is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. - God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. - The Word was God. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. - If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. - Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. - Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
PSA. 119:130. I John 1:5. II Cor. 4:6. John 1:1,4. -I John 1:7. Psa. 119:11. John 15:3. Eph. 5:8. I Pet. 2:9.
March 20 evening
Noah was a just man.
The just shall live by faith. - Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour. - The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe for there is no difference.
We ... joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth. - Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified.
GEN. 6:9. Gal. 3:11. Gen. 8:20,21. Rev. 13:8. Rom. 5:1. Rom. 3:20-22. Rom. 5:11. Rom. 8:33. -Rom. 8:30.
March 21 morning
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die.
The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. - Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life. - The just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand.
REV. 3:2. I Pet. 4:7. -I Pet. 5:8. -Deut. 4:9. -Heb. 10:38,39. Mark 13:37. Isa. 41:10,13.
March 21 evening
Is his mercy clean gone for ever?
His mercy endureth for ever. - The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy. - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? ... he re-aineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sin into the depths of the sea. - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
A merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
PSA. 77:8. Psa. 136:23. Num. 14:18. Mic. 7:18,19. Tit. 3:5. II Cor. 1:3,4. Heb. 2:17,15.
March 22 morning
Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan.
Just Lot ... that righteous man.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. - Remember Lot's wife.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteous-ness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. - Be not ye ... partakers with them. For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
GEN. 13:10,11. II Pet. 2:7,8. Gal. 6:7. Luke 17:32. II Cor. 6:14,17. Eph. 5:7,8,10,11.
March 22 evening
If so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. - I will go in the strength of the LORD GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Stand ... having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. - The LORD is with thee, ... Go in this thy might.
JOSH. 14:12. Heb. 13:5,6. -Psa. 71:16. Isa. 32:17. Eph. 6:14,12,13. Judg. 6:12,14.
March 23 morning
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.
Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. - Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground ... I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God ot Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. - To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. - I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conver-sation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. - Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own. - Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. - Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
REV. 4:8. Psa. 22:3. Exo. 3:5,6. Isa. 40:25. -Isa. 43:3,11. I Pet. 1:15,16. I Cor. 6:19. II Cor. 6:16. -Amos 3:3.
March 23 evening
They constrained him, saying, Abide with us.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? - I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go.
Let my beloved come into his garden. and eat his pleasant fruits. - I am come into my garden. - I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. - I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. - Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. - The world seeth me no more; but, ye see me.
LUKE 24:29. Rev. 3:20. Song 1:7. Song 1:4. Song 4:16. Song 5:1. -Isa. 45:19. Matt. 28:20. Heb. 13:5. Matt. 18:20. John 14:19.
March 24 morning
Abraham believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him: but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.
The promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
The just shall live by faith. - Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised). - Our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. - With God nothing shall be impossible. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a perform-ance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
GEN. 15:6. Rom. 4:20 24. Rom. 4:13. Rom. 1:17. Heb. 10:23. Psa. 115:3. Luke 1:37,45.
March 24 evening
God hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, ... but now is my kingdom not from hence. - Expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. - Thou hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. - I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; ... and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. - Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. - Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Thy kingdom come.
I THES. 2:12. John 18:36. Heb. 10:13. Rev. 11:15. Rev. 5:10. Rev. 20:4. Matt. 13:43. Luke 12:32. Luke 22:29,30. Matt. 6:10.
March 25 morning
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strength-ened me. - When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. - I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. - I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. - My peace I give unto you.
HEB. 13:5. Heb. 13:6. Gen. 28:15. -Deut. 31:6. II Tim. 4:10,16,17. Psa. 27:10. Matt. 28:20. Rev. 1:18. John 14:18. John 14:27.
March 25 evening
Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
All power is give unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ... and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea.
Though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not gospel! I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - My word ... shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. - So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
LUKE 5:5. Matt.28:18 20. Matt. 13:47. I Cor. 9:16,22. Gal. 6:9. Isa. 55:11. I Cor. 3:7.
March 26 morning
The kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods ... to every man according to his several ability.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey?
All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. - It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. -Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have commited much, of him they will ask the more.
Who is sufficient for these things? - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
MATT. 23:14,13. Rom. 6:16. I Cor. 12:11,7. I Pet. 4:10. I Cor. 4:2. Luke 12:48. II Cor. 2:16. Phi. 4:13.
March 26 evening
Distributing to the necessity of saints.
David said, Is there yet any that is left ... of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. - Whosoever shall give to drink one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
To do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sactifices God is well pleased. - God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
ROM. 12:13. II Sam. 9:1. Matt. 25:34 36,40. Matt. 10:42. Heb. 13:16. Heb. 6:10.
March 27 morning
To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
PROV. 11:18. Matt. 25:19 21. II Cor. 5:10. II Tim. 4:7,8. Rev. 3:11.
March 27 evening
God is faithful.
God is not a man that he should lie; neither the Son of man that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? - The Lord sware and will not repent.
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the im-mutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day - Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. - All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
I COR. 10:13. Num. 23:19. Heb. 7:21. Heb. 6:17,18. I Pet. 4:19. II Tim. 1:12. I Thes. 5:24. II Cor. 1:20.
March 28 morning
Be strong and of a good courage.
The LORD is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. - My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
If God be for us, who can be against us? - The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? - Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. - We are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
JOSH. 1:18. Psa. 27:1. Isa. 40:29 31. -Psa. 73:26. Rom. 8:31. -Psa. 118:6. Psa. 44:5. Rom. 8:37. I Chr. 22:16.
March 28 evening
Our friend sleepeth.
I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
It came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones ... and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. - This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. - Witnesses chosen before of God, ... who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
JOHN 11:11. I Thes. 4:13,14. I Cor. 15:16 18,20. Josh. 4:1,3,7. Acts 2:32. Acts 10:41.
March 29 morning
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. - Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? - Heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me. - God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
He that overeometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. - There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. - He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
MATT. 25:34. Luke 12:32. -Jas. 2:5. -Rom. 8:17. John 16:27. Heb. 11:16. Rev. 21:7 II Tim. 4:8. Phi. 1:6.
March 29 evening
Riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. - Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
They do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptble. - We look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen. - To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. - There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing. - A crown of glory that fadeth not away.
PROV. 27:24. Psa. 39:6. Col. 3:2. Matt. 6:19 21. I Cor. 9:25. II Cor 4:18. Prov. 11:18. -II Tim. 4:8. I Pet. 5:4.
March 30 morning
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night. - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I remem-ber thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
GEN. 24:63. Psa. 19:14. Psa. 8:3,4. Psa. 111:2. Psa. 1:1,2. Josh. 1:8. Psa. 63:5,6.
March 30 evening
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord! for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. - But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Thou shalt not be forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins.
Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. - A woman ... cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David! But he answered her not a word.
The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth.
PSA. 13:1. Jas. 1:17. Isa. 49:14,15. Isa. 44:21,22. John 11:5,6. Matt. 15:22,23. I Pet 1:7.
March 31 morning
My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all ... things shall be added unto you. - He that spared not his Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him freely give us all things? - All things are your's: whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come: all are your's: and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. - As having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. - The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will be withheld from them that walk uprightly. - The living God, ... giveth us richly all things to enjoy. - God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
PHIL. 4:19. Matt. 6:33. Rom. 8:32. I Cor. 3:21 23. II Cor. 6:10. Psa. 23:1. Psa. 84:11. I Tim. 6:17. II Cor. 9:8.
March 31 evening
What communion hath light with darkness?
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Darkness hath blinded his eyes. - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. - Love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness
Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
II COR. 6:14. John 3:19. I Thes. 5:5. I John 2:11. Psa. 119:105. Psa. 74:20. I John 4:7,8. Prov. 4:19,18. John 12:46. Eph 5:8.
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