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 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with Peace.
The Word for the day--
Psalm 46:1 God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble.
Hear the entire Psalm--
Psalm 46
To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a River, the streams whereof shall make glad the City of God, the Holy place of the Tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered His Voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah. Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the Fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah.
Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--
"God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble."
Numbers 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities...Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.--Joshua 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the Avenger of blood.
Hebrews 6:17-20 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of Promise the immutability 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: 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 entered, even Jesus, made an High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
I Thessalonians 5:8,9 But let us, who are of the Day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of Faith and Love; and for an Helmet, the Hope of Salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Psalm 77:14,15 Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast declared Thy Strength among the people. Thou hast with Thine Arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.--Isaiah 53:1-6 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But 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. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Psalm 77:14,15 Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast declared Thy Strength among the people. Thou hast with Thine Arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Again, the Word for the day--Psalm 46:1 God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble.
Hear this morning's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]
12.23 Morning:
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected End.―There is no Peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
In Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our Peace.
It pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; and, having made Peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself.―Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in His blood, to declare His Righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, . . . that He might be Just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.―If we confess our sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is Everlasting Strength.
Isa 27:5 Jer 29:11 Isa 48:22 Eph 2:13,14 Col 1:19,20 Ro 3:24-26 1Jo 1:9 Isa 26:4
Here it is again with the full verses and references
12.23 Morning:
(Jeremiah 29:11)For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected End.--(Isaiah 48:22)There is no Peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
(Ephesians 2:13,14)But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our Peace, Who hath made both One, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
(Colossians 1:19,20)For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; and, having made Peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in Heaven.--(Romans 3:24-26)Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in His blood, to declare His Righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His Righteousness: that He might be Just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.--(I John 1:9)If we confess our sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(Isaiah 26:4)Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is Everlasting Strength:
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.
II Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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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.
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