Tuesday, March 23, 2010
"labour in vain" . . . "God that giveth the increase"
"labour in vain"
Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the City, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Job 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Job 39:16-17 She [the ostrich] is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; because God hath deprived her of Wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her Understanding.
Jeremiah 51:58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Galatians 4:9-11 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
I Thessalonians 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your Faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
"God that giveth the increase."
Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the City, the watchman waketh but in vain.
I Corinthians 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Isaiah 65:22-24 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the Blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
I Corinthians 15:57-58 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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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.
Evening Devotional
Hear this evening's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]
03.23 Evening:
They constrained Him, saying, Abide with us.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My Voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.--Tell me, O Thou Whom my soul loveth, where Thou feedest, where Thou makest Thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of Thy companions?--I found Him Whom my soul loveth: I held Him, and would not let Him go.
Let my Beloved come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits.--I am come into My garden.--I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain.
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.--I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.--Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.--The world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me.
Here it is again with the full verses and references
03.23 Evening:
(Revelation 3:20)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.--(Song of Solomon 1:7)Tell me, O Thou Whom my soul loveth, where Thou feedest, where Thou makest Thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of Thy companions?--(Song of Solomon 3:4)It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found Him Whom my soul loveth: I held Him, and would not let Him go, until I had brought Him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
(Song of Solomon 4:16)Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits.--(Song of Solomon 5:1)I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse: I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.--(Isaiah 45:19)I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain: I the Lord speak Righteousness, I declare things that are right.
(Matthew 28:20)Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.--(Hebrews 13:5)Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.--(Matthew 18:20)For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.--(John 14:19)Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.
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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.
The LORD is gracious
The LORD is gracious,
and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
(Psalm 145:8)
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 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, Who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The Word for the day--
Revelation 5:11,12 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--
"many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders"
I Peter 1:3-12 ¶Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith [cp. Gal 2:16,20; Eph 2:8-10] unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith [cp. Gal 2:16,20; Eph 2:8-10], 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: whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith [cp. Gal 2:16,20; Eph 2:8-10], even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
Again, the Word for the day--Revelation 5:11,12 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Hear this morning's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]
03.23 Morning:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.
Thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.--Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. . . . I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.--To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.--I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.--I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no saviour.
As He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.--Know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?--Ye are the Temple of the Living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.--Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Here it is again with the full verses and references
03.23 Morning:
(Psalm 22:3)But Thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.--(Exodus 3:5,6)And He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover He said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.--(Isaiah 40:25)To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.--(Isaiah 43:3)For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.--(Isaiah 43:11)I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no saviour.
(I Peter 1:15,16)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.--(I Corinthians 6:19)What? know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?--(II Corinthians 6:16)And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the Living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.--(Amos 3:3)Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Philippians 4:8b " . . . think on these things"
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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