complied by Samuel Bagster
June 1 morning
The fruit of the Spirit is longsuffering, gentleness.
The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abun-dant in goodness and truth.
Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. - Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. - Charity suffereth long, and is kind.
In due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
GAL. 5:22. Exo. 34:6. Eph. 4:1,2. Eph. 4:32. Jas. 3:17. I Cor. 13:4. Gal. 6:9. Jas. 5:7,8.
June 1 evening
Emmanuel, ... God with us.
Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. - The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. - Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.
God hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
The first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, ... came Jesus and stood in the midst. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. After eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then saith [Jesus] to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas ... said, My Lord and my God. - Unto us a Son is given: the mighty God.
MATT. 1:23. II Chr. 6:18. John 1:14. I Tim. 3:16. Heb 1:2. John 20:19,20,26 28. Isa. 9:6.
June 2 morning
Thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest. - Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. - There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediatety. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. - Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. - This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, ... I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded,
EXO. 12:11. Mic. 2:10. Heb. 13:14. Heb. 4:9. Luke 12:35 37. I Pet. 1:13. -Phi. 3:13 15.
June 2 evening
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup.
Heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. - All things are your's. - My beloved is mine. - The Son of God ... loved me, and gave himself for me.
The LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
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. - 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.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land.
PSA. 16:5. Rom. 8:17. I Cor. 3:21. Song 2:16. Gal. 2:20. Num. 8:20. Psa. 73:25,26. Psa. 23:4. II Tim. 1:12. Psa. 63:1.
June 3 morning
Watch, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
MATT. 25:13. Luke 21:34 36. I Thes. 5:2 6.
June 3 evening
I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect. I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Enoch walked with God and he was not; for God took him.
Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. - 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.
These words spake Jesus, I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.
GEN. 17:1. Phi. 3:12 14. Gen. 5:24. II Pet. 3:18. II Cor. 3:18. John 17:1,15,23.
June 4 morning
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, and in this place will I give peace.
The house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. - The glory of the LORD ... filled the LORD's house.
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spake of the temple of his body. - That which was made glorious had no glory in this respect by reason of the glory that excelleth. - The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. - God ... hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. - The Prince of Peace. - He is our peace. - The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
HAG. 2:9. I Chr. 22:5. II Chr. 7:2. John 2:19,21. -II Cor. 3:10. John 1:14. -Heb. 1:1,2. Luke 2:14. Isa. 9:6. Eph. 2:14. -Phi. 4:7.
June 4 evening
Let us put on the armour of light.
Put ... on the lord Jesus Christ. - That I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. - The righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.
He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness. - I will go in the strength of the LORD God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children Light. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them. All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Awake thou that sleepest, and rise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly.
ROM. 13:12. Rom. 13:14. Phi. 3:8,9. Rom. 3:22. Isa. 61:10. -Psa. 71:16. Eph. 5:8,11,13-15.
June 5 morning
When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants.
Where is boasting then? It Is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. - What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? - 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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. - For of him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things. - All things come of thee and of thine own have we given thee.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
LUKE 17:10. Rom. 3:27. -I Cor. 4:7. -Eph. 2:8-10. I Cor. 15:10. Rom. 11:36. I Chr. 29:14. Psa. 143:2.
June 5 evening
He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? - In him we live, and move, and have our being. - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
PSA. 103:14. Gen. 2:7. Psa. 139:14-16. Mal. 2:10. Acts 17:28. Psa. 103:13. Psa. 78:38,39.
June 6 morning
He will rest in his love.
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: but because the LORD loved you. - We love him, because he first loved us. - You ... hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. - God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. - His son ... who being 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.
ZEPH. 3:17. Deut. 7:7,8. -I John 4:19. Col. 1:21,22. I John 4:10. -Rom. 5:8. Matt. 3:17. John 10:17. -Heb. 1:2,3.
June 6 evening
A new and living way.
Cain went out from the presence of the LORD. - Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you. - Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.
I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - Our Saviour Jesus Christ ... hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing. - He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. - The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
HEB. 10:20. Gen. 4:16. -Isa. 59:2. -Heb. 12:14. John 14:6. II Tim. 1:10. Heb. 9:8. Eph. 2:14. -Matt. 27:51. Matt. 7:14. Psa 16:11.
June 7 morning
Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.
Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all per-severance and supplication for all saints.
I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. - As a prince hast thou power with God and with men. - Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
[Jesus] went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
LUKE 18:1. Luke 11:5 8. Eph. 6:18. Gen. 32:26,28. Col. 4:2. Luke 6:12.
June 7 evening
Forgive all my sins.
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.
Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. - In Whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. - 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. - Having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, ... who forgives all thine iniquities.
PSA. 25:18. Isa. 1:18. Matt. 9:2. -Isa. 43:25. Matt. 9:6. Eph. 1:7. Tit. 3:5,6. Col. 2:13,14. Psa. 103:2,3.
June 8 morning
The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. - Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. - Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall he added unto you.
As long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. - Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side?
GEN. 39:3. Psa. 128:1,2. Psa. 37:3,4. -Josh. 1:9. Matt. 6:33. II Chr. 26:5. -Deut. 8:11,17. I Chr. 22:18.
June 8 evening
Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Being not weak in faith, [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred year's old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb; he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.
Is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? - If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. - Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? - Behold the fowls of the air; ... your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? - Why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not ... remember the five loaves of the five thousand?
My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
MARK 2:8. Rom. 4:19,20. Mark 2:9. Mark 9:23. Matt. 28:18. -Mark 4:40. -Matt. 6:26. Matt. 16:8,9. Phi. 4:19.
June 9 morning
Never man spake like this man.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. - The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. - His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend.
All bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. - He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. - The sword of the Spirit ... is the word of God. - The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword. - The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
JOHN 7:46. Psa. 45:2. Isa. 50:4. Song 5:16. Luke 4:22. Matt. 7:29. Col. 3:16. Eph. 6:17. Heb. 4:12. -II Cor. 10:4,5.
June 9 evening
The triumphing of the wicked is short.
Thou shalt bruise his heel. - This is your hour, and the power of darkness. - 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. - Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith. - Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. - The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. - The devil ... was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ... and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
JOB 20:5. Gen. 3:15. Luke 22:53. -Heb. 2:14. Col. 2:15. I Pet. 5:8,9. Jas. 4:7. Psa. 37:12,13. Rom. 16:20. Rev. 20:10.
June 10 morning
The younger son took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his sub-stance with riotous living.
Such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. - We ... were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But 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.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 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.
LUKE 15:13. I Cor. 6:11. -Eph. 2:3 6. I John 4:10. Rom. 5:8,10.
June 10 evening
As Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. - I forgave thee all that debt; shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your tres-passes. - Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any.
How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, until seventy times seven.
Charity ... is the bond of perfectness.
COL. 3:13. Luke 7:41,42. -Matt.18:32,33. Mark 11:25,26. -Col. 3:12,13. Matt. 18:21,22. Col. 3:14.
June 11 morning
He arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 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. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. - Ye who sometime were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
LUKE 15:20. Psa. 103:8 13. Rom. 8:15,16. Eph. 2:13. -Eph. 2:19.
June 11 evening
Behold, I make all things new.
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump. - The new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. - Seeing ... that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?
REV. 21:5. John 3:3. II Cor. 5:17. Ezek. 36:26. I Cor. 5:7. -Eph. 4:24. Isa. 62:2. Isa. 65:17. -II Pet. 3:11.
June 12 morning
Everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shalI be clean.
The LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. - He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. - Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. - I will melt them. and try them.
Thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
NUM. 31:23. Deut. 13:3. -Mal. 3:3. -I Cor. 3:13. Isa. 1:25. Jer. 9:7. Psa. 66:10,12. Isa. 43:2.
June 12 evening
We, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.
Put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts: and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and ... put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. - As Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our LORD. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
I PET. 2:24. Eph. 4:22-24. Col. 3:3. Rom. 6:4,6,7,11 13.
June 13 morning
Abide in me, and I in you.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. - If Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. - If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard.
Little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. - He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
JOHN 15:4. Gal. 2:20. Rom. 7:18,24,25. Rom. 8:10. Col. 1:23. I John 2:28. I John 2:6.
June 13 evening
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. - The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. - 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.
Lord, I believe. - 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.
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.
JOHN 9:35. John 9:36. Heb. 1:3. I Tim. 6:15,16. Rev. 1:8. John 9:38. II Tim. 1:12. I Pet. 2:6,7.
June 14 morning
As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
The fellowship of his sufferings. - Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. - For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him. - If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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. - Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
II COR. 1:5. Phi. 3:10. -I Pet. 4:13. -II Tim. 2:11. Rom. 8:17. Heb. 6:17,18. II Thes. 2:16,17.
June 14 evening
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap. Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not. Seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Having food and raiment let us be therewith content ... They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
LUKE 10:41. Luke 12:24,27,29,30. I Tim. 6:8-10. Mark 4:19. Heb. 12:1.
June 15 morning
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those which are revealed belong unto us.
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him: and he will shew them his covenant. - There is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets. - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. - If ye love me, keep my com-mandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth.
DEUT. 29:29. Psa. 131:1,2. Psa. 25:14. Dan. 2:28. Job 26:14. John 15:15. -John 14:15-17.
June 15 evening
The Spirit ... maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.
This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing ac-cording to his will, he heareth us; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. - This is the will of God, even your sanctification.
God hath ... called us ... unto holiness: ... who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit.
ROM. 8:27. John 16:23,24. Eph. 6:18. I John 5:14,15. I Thes. 4:3. I Thes. 4:7,8. I Thes. 5:16-19.
June 16 morning
See that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. - Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. - Abstain from all appearance of evil.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. - Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if we do these things, ye shall never fall. - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.
EPH. 5:15,16. Josh. 22:5. -Col. 4:5,6. -I Thes. 5:22. Matt. 25:5,6. -Matt. 25:13. II Pet. 1:10. -Luke 12:37.
June 16 evening
Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. - Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. I will; be thou clean. - Faith as a grain of mustard seed.
Cast not away ... your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. - Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD. - The kingdom of heaven suf-fereth violence, and the violent take it by force. - So run, that ye may obtain.
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.
REV. 3:11. Matt. 9:21. -Matt. 8:2,3. -Matt. 17:20. Heb. 10:35. Phi. 2:12,13. Mark 4:28. -Hos. 6:3. -Matt. 11:12. -I Cor. 9:24. II Tim. 4:7,8.
June 17 morning
In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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.
When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. - The Spirit ... helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
PHI. 4:6. Psa. 16:1,2. Matt 6:7. Rom. 8:26. I Tim. 2:8. Eph. 6:18. Matt. 18:19.
June 17 evening
All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. - I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. - Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
PSA. 145:10. Psa. 103:1,2. Psa. 34:1. -Psa 145:2. Psa. 63:3-5. Luke 1:46,47. Rev. 4:11.
June 18 morning
Thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and there I will meet with thee.
The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest. - Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Having ... brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; ... let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. - Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat] through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. - Through him we have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
EXO. 25:21,22. Heb. 9:8. Matt. 27:50,51. Heb. 10:19,20,22. Heb. 4:16. Rom. 3:24,25. -Eph. 2:18.
June 18 evening
Faith as a grain of mustard seed.
Barak said unto [Deborah], if thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan. - Gideon ... feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, ... did it by night. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said, ... let me prove, I pray thee. And God did so.
Thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. - Who hath despised the day of small things?
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly. - Lord, increase our faith. - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
MATT. 17:20. Judg. 4:8,23. Judg. 6:27,36,39,40. Rev. 3:8. Zech. 4:10. II Thes. 1:3. Luke 17:5. Hos. 14:5,6.
June 19 morning
Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth. - There is no spot in thee.
Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. - As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but 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. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. - Put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and ... put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. - He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should he holy and without blame before him in love.
HEB. 2:14. John 3:3. -Rev. 21:27. Song 4:7. Lev. 19:2. I Pet. 1:14-17. -Eph. 4:22-24. Eph. 1:4.
June 19 evening
Gold tried in the fire.
There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. - Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. - In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
REV. 3.18. Mark 10:29,30. I Pet. 4:l2. I Pet. 1:6,7. I Pet.5:10. -John 16:33.
June 20 morning
Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Go ye ... into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. - Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. - The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. - God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, ...in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, ... Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
EXO. 2:9. Matt. 20:4. -Mark 9:41. -Prov. 11:25. -Heb. 6:10. I Cor. 3:8. Matt. 25:37,38,40,34.
June 20 evening
Thou compassest my path and my lying down.
Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
The eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only, makest me dwell in safety.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. - When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. - So he giveth his beloved sleep.
PSA. 139:3. Gen. 28:16,17. II Chr. 16:9. Psa. 4:8. Psa. 91:9-11. -Prov. 3:24. -Psa. 127:2.
June 21 morning
Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps.
Even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. - Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Jesus of Nazareth ... went about doing good. - Bear ye one another's bur-dens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
The meekness and gentleness of Christ. - In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. - Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. - Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I PET. 2:21. Mark 10:45. Mark 10:44. Acts 10:38. Gal. 6:2. II Cor. 10:1. Phi. 2:3. Luke 23:34. Eph. 4:32. I John 2:6. Heb. 12:2.
June 21 evening
I sought him, but I could not find him: I called him, but he gave me no answer.
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! and the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, for they have even taken of the accursed thing ... and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his command-ments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Song 5:6. Josh. 7:8,10,11. Isa. 59:1,2. Psa. 66:18. I John 3:21,22.
June 22 morning
Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? - I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - He died for all, that they which live should not live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again. - If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
We are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. - As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us. - Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. - Because I live, ye shall live also.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and wilt give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
COL. 3:3. Rom. 6:2. -Gal. 2:20. II Cor. 5:15. II Cor. 5:17. I John 5:20. John 17:21. I Cor. 12:27. -John 14:19. Rev. 2:17.
June 22 evening
Behold how he loved.
He died for all. - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
He ... liveth to make intercession for them. - I go to prepare a place for you.
I will come again, and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. - Father, I will that they whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. - Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
We love him, because he first loved loved us. - The love of Christ con-straineth 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 to him which died for them, and rose again.
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.
JOHN 11:36. II Cor. 5:15. -John 15:13. Heb. 7:25. -John 14:2. John 14:3. John 17:24. -John 13:1. I John 4:19. II Cor. 5:14,15. John 15:10.
June 23 morning
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, even the Spirit of truth.
It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if l depart, I will send him unto you.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. - Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. - The Spirit ... helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. - Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
JOHN 14:16,17. John 16:7. Rom. 8:16. -Rom. 8:15. -Rom. 8:26. Rom. 15:13. -Rom. 5:5. I John 4:13.
June 23 evening
Shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
There remaineth ... a rest to the people of God. - My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. - They ... rest from their labours.
The forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavv 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. - In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
RUTH 3:1. Heb. 4:9. Isa. 32:18. -Job 3:17. -Rev. 14:13. Heb. 6:20. Matt. 11:28-30. -Isa. 30:15. Psa. 23:1,2.
June 24 morning
The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them to search out a resting place for them.
My times are in thy hand. - He shall choose our inheritance for us. - Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness; ... make thy way straight before my face.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shalt bring it to pass. - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - 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.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. - Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
NUM. 10:33. Psa. 31:15. -Psa. 47:4. -Psa. 5:8. Psa. 37:5. -Prov. 3:6. -Isa. 30:21. Psa. 23:1,2. Psa. 103:13,14. Matt. 6:32. -I Pet. 5:7.
June 24 evening
Master, where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne.
Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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.
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
JOHN 1:38,39. John 14:2,3. Rev. 3:21. Isa. 57:15. Rev. 3:20. Matt. 28:20. -Psa. 36:7.
June 25 morning
When he shall appear, we shall be like him; we shall see him as he is.
As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, that he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Now we see through a glass. darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. - Christ ... shall change our vile body ... that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
I JOHN 3:2. John 1:12. -II Pet. 1:4. Isa. 64:4. I Cor. 13:12. Phi. 3:20,21. -Psa. 17:15.
June 25 evening
The man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts.
In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. - I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. - I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me.
Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. - 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.
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. - Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
Let all the angels of God worship him.
Kings of kings, and Lord of lords.
ZECH. 13:7. Col. 2:9. -Psa. 89:19. -Isa. 63:3. I Tim. 3:16. Isa. 9:6. Heb. 1:3. -Heb. 1:8. Heb. 1:6. Rev. 19:16.
June 26 morning
Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil! And God granted him that which he requested.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. - How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men. - I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. - The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
I CHR. 4:10. Prov. l0:22. -Job 34:29. Psa. 3:8. -Psa. 31:19. -John 17:15. Matt. 7:7,8. -Psa. 34.22.
June 26 evening
It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt.
The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
He ... kneeled down, and prayed. 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.
It was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: ... they took Jesus, and led him away, ... into a place called ... Golgotha: where they cruci-fied him.
Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast.
EXO. 12:42. I Cor. 11:23-25. Luke 22:41,44. John 19:14,16-18. I Cor. 5:7,8.
June 27 morning
Who shall be able to stand?
Who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he ap-peareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap.
I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more: neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. - Stand fast therefore in the liberty where-with Christ hath made us free.
REV. 6:17. Mal.3:2. Rev. 7:9,14-17. Rom. 8:1. -Gal. 5:1.
June 27 evening
Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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.
Let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. - Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace.
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. - A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. - By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight.
By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
PSA. 143:2. Isa. 1:18. Isa. 27:5. -Job. 22:21. Rom. 5:1. Gal. 2:16. -Rom. 3:20. Acts 13:39. I Cor. 15:57.
June 28 morning
I know that my Redeemer liveth.
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. - This man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Because I live, ye shall live also. - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans-gression in Jacob, saith the LORD. - We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. - 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.
JOB 19:25. Rom. 5:10. -Heb. 7:24,25. John 14:19. -I Cor. 15:19,20. Isa. 59:20. -Eph. 1:7. -I Pet. 1:15,19.
June 28 evening
The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits.
Take heed therefore how ye hear. - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. - Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. 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.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. - I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Satan himself is transformed into an angel ot light. - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
I TIM. 4:1. Luke 8:18. -Co1. 3:16. -Eph. 6:16. Psa. 119:165,103,104. Psa. 119:105. -Psa. 119:99. II Cor. 11:14. Gal. 1:8.
June 29 morning
His commandments are not grievous.
This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life. - Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. - If ye love me, keep my com-mandments. - He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth under-standing. - Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. - Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them. - I delight in the law of God after the inward man.
This is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. - Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
I JOHN 5:3. John 6:40. I John 3:22. Matt. 11:30. John 14:15,21. Prov. 3:13. -Prov. 3:17. Psa. 119:165. -Rom. 7:22. I John 3:23. Rom. 13:10.
June 29 evening
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins. - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. - 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. - I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. - Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity? ... he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he de-lighteth in mercy. - Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
PSA. 25:7. Isa. 44:22. -Isa. 43:25. -Isa. 1:18. Jer. 31:34. Mic. 7:19. Isa. 38:17. -Mic. 7:18. -Rev. 1:5.
June 30 morning
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. - Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. - He maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. - I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. - 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. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
REV. 3:19. Heb. 12:5,6. Prov. 3:12. Job 5:18. I Pet. 5:6. Isa. 48:10. Lam. 3:33. Psa. 103:10-14.
June 30 evening
God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
They ... called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.
Lord, teach us to pray.
ECCL. 5:2. Matt. 6:7,8. I Kgs. 18:26. Luke 18:10,11,13,14. Luke 11:1.
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