The LORD is gracious

For all flesh is as grass,
and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the Word,
that ye may grow thereby:
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
(I Peter 1:24-2:3)

The Word for the YEAR--
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.


The Word for the month--
Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my Light and my Salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the Strength of my Life; of whom shall I be afraid?


The Word for the day--
I John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--

"This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all."

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the Light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.

John 1:4.5 In Him was Life; and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

I Timothy 6:14-16 . . .our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in His times He shall shew, Who is 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.

Psalm 36:5-9 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the Heavens; and Thy Faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy Righteousness is like the great mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast. How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy House; and Thou shalt make them drink of the River of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the Fountain of Life: in Thy Light shall we see Light.

II Corinthians 4:6 For God, Who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ.


Again, the Word for the day--I John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all.



Hear this morning's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]

10.04 Morning:


Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory.―Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink?―In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.―Be clothed with humility.

[Jesus] was transfigured before them: and His Face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the Light.―All that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him [Stephen], saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.―The glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them.―We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same Image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Ye are the Light of the world. A City that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth Light unto all that are in the House.

Ex 34:29 Ps 115:1 Mt 25:37 Php 2:3 1Pe 5:5 Mt 17:2 Ac 6:15 Joh 17:22 2Co 3:18 Mt 5:14,15

Here it is again with the full verses and references

10.04 Morning:


(Exodus 34:29)And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of Testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the Mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

(Psalm 115:1)Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth's sake.--(Matthew 25:37)Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink?--(Philippians 2:3)Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.--(I Peter 5:5)Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

(Matthew 17:2)And [Jesus] was transfigured before them: and His Face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the Light.--(Acts 6:15)And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him [Stephen], saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.--(John 17:22)And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be One, even as we are One:--(II Corinthians 3:18)But 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.

(Matthew 5:14,15)Ye are the Light of the world. A City that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth Light unto all that are in the House.


Ex 34:29 Ps 115:1 Mt 25:37 Php 2:3 1Pe 5:5 Mt 17:2 Ac 6:15 Joh 17:22 2Co 3:18 Mt 5:14,15


I Timothy 4:15,16 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.



Psalm 72:17-19 His Name shall endure for ever: His Name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be His Glorious Name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and Amen.

Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.


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Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
I Peter 5:11 To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.