complied by Samuel Bagster
April 1 morning
The fruit of the Spirit is joy.
Joy in the Holy Ghost. - Unspeakable and full of glory.
Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ... exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. - We glory in tribulations.
Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; ... for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. - These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be fuIl. - As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. - The joy of the LORD is your strength.
In thy presence is fulness of joy: at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
GAL. 5:22. Rom. 14:17. I Pet. 1:8. II Cor. 6:10;7,4. Rom. 5:3. Heb. 12.2. -John 15:11. II Cor. 1:5. Phi. 4:4. -Neh. 8:10. Psa. 16:11. Rev. 7:17.
April 1 evening
Jehovah shalom: (The Lord send peace.)
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. - Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. - My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest ; and the city shall be low in a low place.
He is our peace. - This man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land.
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.
JUDG. 6:24. I Chr. 22:9. Matt. 12:42. -Isa. 9:6. Isa. 32:18,19. Eph. 2:14. Mic. 5:5. Rev. 17:14. John 14:27.
April 2 morning
If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. - Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. - Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.
Thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. - Serve him with a perfect heart with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.
Behold, thou desireth truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. - Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. - Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
I SAM. 7:3. I John 5:21. -II Cor. 6:17,18. Matt. 6:24. Exo. 34:14. -I Chr. 28:9. Psa. 51:6. -I Sam. 16:7. I John 3:21.
April 2 evening
When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. - The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall from the faith.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables.
Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. - Looking for that blessed hope, ... the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
LUKE 18:8. John 1:11. I Tim. 4:1. II Tim. 4:2-4. Mark 13:32,33. -Luke 12:37. Tit. 2:13.
April 3 morning
Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, ... so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall acomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
II PET. 3:8,9. Isa. 55:8 11. Rom. 11:32,33.
April 3 evening
Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? - We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. - The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. - Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.
Be instant in season, out of season. - Others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire.
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. - Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
AMOS 4:11. Isa 33:14. II Cor. 1:9,10. Rom. 6:23. Heb. 10:31. II Cor. 5:11. II Tim. 4:2. Jude 23. Zech. 4:6. I Tim. 2:4.
April 4 morning
Fear not; I am the first and the last.
Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, but ye are come unto mount Sion, ... to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. - Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. - We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, aud his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. - The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? - Who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
REV. 1:17. Heb. 12:18,22 24. Heb. 12:2. Heb. 4:15,16. Isa. 44:6. Isa. 9:6. Hab. 1:12. II Sam. 22:32.
April 4 evening
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. - He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. - LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. - Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heaven.
Who is a rock save our God? - They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. - Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.
PSA. 61:2. Phi. 4:6,7. Psa. 142:3. Job 23:10. Psa. 90:1. Isa. 25:4. Psa.18:31. John 10:28. Psa. 119:116. Heb. 6:19.
April 5 morning
I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt. - According to your faith be it unto you. - Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
They drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and [Jesus] made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: ... he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? - I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight. - My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
GEN. 32:26. Isa. 27:5. Matt. 15:28. -Matt. 9:29. Jas. 1:6,7. Luke 24:28,29,31,32. Exo. 33:13. -Exo. 33:14.
April 5 evening
Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. - Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last: I am he.
Sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. - The very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. - He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. - Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? - The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me.
It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
HEB. 12:2. Rev. 1:8. Isa. 41:4. Jude 1:1. -I Thes. 5:23,24. Phi. 1:6. Gal. 3:3. Psa. 138:8. Phi. 2:13.
April 6 morning
He ever liveth to make intercession.
Who is he that condemneth? it is Christ that died ... who also maketh inter-cession for us. - Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Seeing ... that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. - Through him we ... have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
HEB. 7:25. Rom. 8:34. Heb. 9:24. I John 2:1. I Tim. 2:5. Heb. 4:14 16. Eph. 2:18.
April 6 evening
They that know thy name will put their trust in thee.
This is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHT-EOUSNESS. - I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor. - O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
The mighty God, The everlasting Father. - 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.
The Prince of Peace. - He is our peace. - Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help. - As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
PSA. 9:10. Jer. 23:6. Psa 71:16. Isa. 9:6. Jer. 10:23. Isa. 9:6. II Tim. 1:12. Isa. 9:6. Eph. 2:14. Rom. 5:1. Prov. 18:10. Isa. 31:1. Isa. 31:5.
April 7 morning
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
We ... rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also. - I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. - Believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
In a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.
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? - 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.
II COR. 6:10. Rom. 5:2,3. II Cor. 7:4. I Pet. 1:8. II Cor. 8:2. Eph. 3:8,9. Jas 2:5. -II Cor. 9:8.
April 7 evening
The Lord strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them. - He whom thou lovest is sick. - My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
We faint not; ... though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
In him we live, and move, and have our being. - 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. - The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
PSA. 41:3. Isa. 63:9. John 11:3. II Cor. 12:9. Phi. 4:13. II Cor. 4:16. Acts 17:28. Isa. 40:29 31. Deut. 33:27.
April 8 morning
In everything ye are enriched by him.
When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall be not with him also freely give us all things?
In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
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. - To will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. - Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
I COR. 1:5. Rom. 5:6. -Rom. 8:32. Col. 2:9,10. John 15:4,5. Rom. 7:18. Eph. 4:7. John 15:7. -Co1. 3:16.
April 8 evening
They shall see his face.
I beseech thee shew me thy glory. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. - No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh.
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. - I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. - We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. - The Lord himself shall descend from heaven ... the dead in Christ shall rise first: then 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.
REV. 22:4. Exo. 33:18,20. -John 1:18. Rev 1:7. Num. 24:17. Job 19:25,26. Psa. 17:15. I John 3:2. -I Thes. 4:16,17.
April 9 morning
Fear not; for I have redeemed thee.
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. - For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel. - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause. - My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 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: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
ISA. 43:1 Isa. 54:4,5 Isa. 44:22. I Pet. 1:19. Jer. 50:34. John 10:29. Gal. 1:3 5.
April 9 evening
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us.
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. - The Son of God ... loved me, and gave himself for me. - 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? - God commendeth love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died us.
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. - Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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.
ISA. 43:7. Psa. 40:2. Gal. 2:20. Rom. 8:32. Rom. 5:8. II Cor. 1:22. Eph. 1:14. Eph. 2:4 6.
April 10 morning
I am black, but comely.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. - Thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.
I am a sinful man, O Lord. - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair.
I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. - Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
When I would do good, evil is present with me. - Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing - Ye are complete in him. - Perfect in Christ Jesus.
Ye are washed, ... ye are sanctified, ... ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. - That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Song 1:5. Psa. 51:5. Ezek. 16:14. Luke 5:8. Song 4:1. Job 42:6. Song 4:7. Rom. 7:21. Matt. 9:2. Rom. 7:18. Col. 2:10. -Col. 1:28. I Cor. 6:11. I Pet. 2:9.
April 10 evening
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. - Whosoever ... will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. - 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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. The servant is not greater than his lord. - 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.
II TIM. 3:12. Matt. 10:35,36. Jas. 4:4. I John 2:15,16. John 15:18 20. John 17:14.
April 11 morning
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. - He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. - If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able to bridle the whole body. - By thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. - Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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 com-mitted himself to him that judgeth righteously. - Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
In their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
PROV. 10:19. Jas. 1:19. -Prov. 16:32. Jas. 3:2. -Matt. 12:37. Psa. 141:3. I Pet. 2:21 23. Heb. 12:3. Rev. 14:5.
April 11 evening
Teach me thy way, O Lord.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. - Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - Having ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD. - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
PSA. 27:11. Psa. 32:8. -Psa. 25:8,9. John 10:9. John 14:6. Heb. 10:19 22. Hos. 6:3. -Psa. 25:10.
April 12 morning
What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? - By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren.
ROM. 8:3. Heb. 10:1,2. Acts 13:39. Heb. 2:14 17.
April 12 evening
All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. - There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. - How can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
The LORD ... hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. - Whom he justified, them he also glorified. - 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. - If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel.
Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
ROM. 3:23. Rom. 3:10,12. Eccl. 7:20. Job 25:4. Heb. 4:1. Psa. 51:3,5. II Sam. 12:13. Rom. 8:30. II Cor. 3:18. Col. 1:23. I Thes. 2:12.
April 13 morning
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.
He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. - Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.
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.
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. - 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. - Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
PROV. 3:9. II Cor. 9:6. -I Cor. 16:2. Heb. 6:10. Rom. 12:l. -II Cor. 5:14,15. I Cor. 10:31.
April 13 evening
There shall be no night there.
The LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. - They need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.
Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. - Giving thanks unto the Father, which 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. - Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
We are not of the night, nor of darkness.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
REV. 21:25. Isa. 60:19. Rev. 21:24. -Rev. 22:5. I Pet. 2:9. -Col. 1:12,13. Eph. 5:8. I Thes. 5:5. Prov. 4:18.
April 14 morning
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
How precious ... are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. - How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! - Thy love is better than wine.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. - Thou art fairer than the children of men.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. - His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend.
PSA. 63:5,6. Psa. 139:17,18. -Psa. 119:103. Song 1:2. Psa. 73:25. Psa. 45:2. Song 2:3,4. Song 5:15,16.
April 14 evening
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. - Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. - I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. - He restoreth my soul. - O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
PSA. 51:12. Isa. 57:18. Isa. 1:18. Jer. 3:22. Psa. 85:8. Psa. 103:2,3. Psa. 23:3. Isa. 12:1. Psa. 119:117. Isa. 43:25.
April 15 morning
Their Redeemer is strong.
I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. - I have laid help upon one that is mighty. - The LORD ... thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. - Mighty to save. - Able to keep you from falling. - Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
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. - He is able ... to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him.
Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? ... 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.
JER. 50:34. Amos 5:12. Psa. 89:19. Isa. 49:26. -Isa. 63:1. -Jude 24. Rom. 5:20. John 3:18. Heb. 7:25. Isa. 50:2. Rom. 8:35,38,39.
April 15 evening
Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.
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. - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. - Christ ... suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
JER. 45:5. Matt. 11:29. Phi. 2:5 8. Matt. 10:38. I Pet. 2:21. I Tim. 6:6 8. Phi. 4:11.
April 16 morning
I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eves: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. - Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Will the LORD cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remem-ber thy wonders of old. - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the good-ness of the LORD in the land of the living.
PSA. 31:32. Psa. 69:2. Lam. 3:54 57. Psa. 77:7 11. -Psa. 27:13.
April 16 evening
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said unto God, ... Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people. - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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 ... O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
PSA. 91:15. I Chr. 4:10. II Chr. 1:7,8,10. I Kgs. 4:29. II Chr. 14:11,12. Psa. 65:2.
April 17 morning
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Ye are a royal priesthood ... that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. - Ye ... as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by 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.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
PSA. 50:23. Col. 3:16,17. I Cor. 6:20. I Pet. 2:9. I Pet. 2:5. Heb. 13:15. Psa. 34:2,3.
April 17 evening
Draw me, we will run after thee.
I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. - I, if I be lifted up from the eaith, will draw all men unto me. - Behold the Lamb of God. - As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. - We love him, because he first loved us.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
SONG 1:4. Jer. 31:3. Hos. 11:4. John 12:32. John 1:36. John 3:14,15. Psa. 73:25. I John 4:19. Song 2:10 13.
April 18 morning
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
[Moses] stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid. - There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. - 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. - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no repu-tation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.
Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
DEUT. 18:18. Deut. 5:5. I Tim. 2:5. Num. 12:3. Matt. 11:29. -Phi. 2:57. Heb. 3:5,6.
April 18 evening
Everlasting consolation.
I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. - He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. - 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.
The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? - 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. - So shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore cormfort one another with these words.
This is not your rest. - Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
II THES. 2:16. Ezek. 16:60. Heb. 10:14. Heb. 7:25. II Tim. 1:12. Rom. 11:29. Rom. 8:35. Rev. 7:17. I Thes. 4:17,18. Mic. 2:10. Heb. 13:14.
April 19 morning
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. - Christ ... hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. - The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
No man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - Through him we ... 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. - Having ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. - We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
JOHN 10:7. Matt. 27:51. I Pet. 3:18. Heb. 9:8. John 10:9. John 14:6. Eph. 2:15,19. Heb. 10:19,20. Rom. 5:1,2.
April 19 evening
His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Necessity is laid upon me; yea woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. - They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, ... We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. - The love of Christ constraineth us.
I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth ... Thou wicked and slothful servant, ... thou oughtest ... to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Go ... to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee.
JER. 20:9. I Cor. 9:16,18. -Acts 4:18 20. II Cor. 5:14. Matt. 25:25 27. Mark 5:19.
April 20 morning
There shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand.
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. - Hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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 grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
DEUT. 13:1,7. II Cor. 6:17. -I Pet. 2:11. Jude 23. I John 3:2,3. -Tit. 2:11 14.
April 20 evening
Who art thou Lord? I am Jesus.
It is I; be not afraid. - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee: and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, ... thy Saviour.
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. - Emmanuel, God with us.
Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. - Who is he that condemneth? it is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribu-lation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
ACTS 26:15. Matt. 14:27. Isa. 43:2,3. Psa. 23:4. -Matt. 1:23. Matt. 1:21. -I John 2:1. -Rom. 8:34,35.
April 21 morning
Stand fast in the Lord.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
The LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. - The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
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 into perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. - If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed. - He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. - Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life.
PHI. 4:1. Job 23:11. Psa. 37:28. Psa. 121:7. Heb. 10:38. -John 2:19. John 8:31. Matt. 24:13. I Cor. 16:13. -Rev. 3:11. Rev. 3:5.
April 21 evening
Enoch walked with God.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Having made peace through the blood of his cross ...You, that were some-times alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. - In Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
If, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
GEN. 5:22. Amos 3:3. Col. 1:20 22. Eph. 2:13. Rom. 5:10,11. I John 1:3. II Cor. 13:14.
April 22 morning
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. - We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. - A ransom for many.
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. - I will love them freely. - The Son of God ... loved me and gave himself for me.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. - He hath made us accepted in the beloved.
LEV. 1:3,4. Gen. 22:8. John 1:29. -Heb. 10:10. Matt. 20:28. John 10:18. Hos. 14:4. -Gal. 2:20. II Cor. 5:21. Eph. 1:6.
April 22 evening
Great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins, - They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: for the redemption of their soul is precious. - I have found a ransom. - 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.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
PSA. 86:13. Matt. 10:28. Isa. 43:1,11,25. Psa. 49:6 8. -Job 33:24. Eph. 2:4,5. Acts 4:12.
April 23 morning
The Lord was my stay.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. - The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. - Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. - The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. - So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. - For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
By the grace of God I am what I am.
PSA. 18:8. Jer. 3:23. -Psa. 18:2. Isa. 12:6. Psa. 34:7,17. -Deut. 33:27. Heb. 13:6. Psa. 18:31,32. I Cor. 15:10.
April 23 evening
All we like sheep have gone astray.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. - There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable.
Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. - I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteous for his name's sake.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, either shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
ISA. 53:6. I John 1:8. Rom. 3:10 12. I Pet. 2:25. Psa. 119:176. Psa. 23:3. John 10:27,28. Luke 15:4.
April 24 morning
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. - David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. - God will surelv visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. - I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt. and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. - There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass.
He is faithful that promised. - Hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
GEN. 21:1. Psa. 62:8. I Sam. 30: 6. Gen. 50:24. Acts. 7:34,36. Josh. 21:45. Heb. 10:23. -Num. 23:19. Matt. 24:35. Isa. 40:8.
April 24 evening
The eyes of all wait upon thee.
He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. - The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. - Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heav-enly Father feedeth them.
The same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. - 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.
The LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. - And 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. - If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
PSA. 145:15. Acts 17:25. Psa. 145:9. Matt. 6:26. Rom. 10:12. Psa. 121:1. -Psa. 123:2. Isa. 30:18. Isa. 25:9. -Rom. 8:25.
April 25 morning
Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins
Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins. - That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. - He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him.
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, ... that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations. - He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, ... to give repentance. - Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. - Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
MATT. 1:21. John 3:5. I Pet. 2:24. Heb. 7:25. Isa. 53:5,6. Luke 24:46,47. -Heb. 9:26. Acts 5:31. Acts 13:38,39. I John 2:12.
April 25 evening
Our Lord Jesus Christ, ... though he was rich, yet for your sakes ... became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell. - The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. - Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation.
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
All things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
II COR. 8:9. Col. 1:19. Heb. 1:3,4. Phi. 2:6,7. Matt. 8:20. I Cor. 3:21 23.
April 26 morning
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Underneath are the everlasting arms. - When [Peter] saw the wind bois-terous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? - 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.
The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. - Casting all your care upon Him, for he careth tor you. - He that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all.
SONG 2:6. Deut. 33:27. Matt. 14:30,31. Psa. 37:23,24. Deut. 33:12. I Pet. 5:7. Zech. 2:8. John 10:28,29.
April 26 evening
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
The church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
There appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun. - The marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. - The righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.
The glory which thou gavest me I have given them.
SONG 6:10. Acts 20:28. Eph. 5:25 27. Rev. 12:1. Rev. 19:7,8. -Rom. 3:22. John 17:22.
April 27 morning
Brethren, the time is short.
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: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. - The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. - As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Death is swallowed up in victory. - 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. - To live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Cast not away ... your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. - The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I COR. 7:29. Job. 14:1,2. I John 2:17. I Cor. 15:22,54. Rom. 14:8. Phi. 1:21. Heb. 10:35 37. -Rom. 13:12. I Pet. 4:7.
April 27 evening
A new name.
The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. - Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. - They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. - Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Be ye ... followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covet-ousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints. Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
REV. 2:17. Acts 11:26. II Tim. 2:19. Gal. 5:24. -I Cor. 6:20. Gal. 6:14,15. Eph. 5:1 3,8.
April 28 morning
Behold the Lamb of God.
It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, ... but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: ... manifest in these last times for you who by him do believe in God ... that your faith and hope might be in God.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
JOHN 1:29. Heb. 10:4 7. Isa. 53:7. I Pet. 1:18 21. Rev. 5:12.
April 28 evening
I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect. - Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. - The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. - I will bless the LORD all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion. - They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. - Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me. - Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. - Rejoice in the Lord, always; and again I say, Rejoice.
PSA. 71:14. Phi. 3:12. Heb. 6:1. Prov. 4:18. Psa. 116:1,2. Psa. 34:1. Psa. 65:1. -Rev. 4:8. Psa. 50:23. I Thes. 5:16 18. Phi. 4:4.
April 29 morning
Consider how great things He hath done for you.
Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. - The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. - He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. He knoweth our frame; he remem-bereth that we are dust.
I SAM. 12:24. Deut. 8:2,5. Psa. 119:75,71,67. -Psa. 118:18. Psa. 103:10,11,14.
April 29 evening
That blessed hope, ... the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil: whither the forerunner is for us en-tered, even Jesus. - Whom the heaven must receive until the times of resti-tution of all things. - When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe.
The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, ... groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. - 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. - When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
TIT. 2:13. Heb. 6:19,20. Acts 3:21. II Thes. 1:10. Rom. 8:22,23. -I John 3:2. -Col. 3:4. Rev. 22:20.
April 30 morning
Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.
The God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. - 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. - Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
I JOHN 2:5. Heb. 13:20,21. I John 2:3. John 14:23. I John 3:6,7. -I John 4:17.
April 30 evening
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering. - 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.
Be ye ... followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love. - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. - This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. If, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. Christ ... suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Be ye angry, and sin not.
PROV. 14:29. Exo. 34:6. II Pet. 3:9. Eph. 5:1. Gal. 5:22,23. I Pet. 2:19 21,23. Eph. 4:26.
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