Monday, March 29, 2010

Evening Devotional


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


03.29 Evening:

Riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?



Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.--Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.--Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.--We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.--To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure Reward.--There is laid up for me a crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.--A crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Pr 27:24 Ps 39:6 Col 3:2 Mt 6:19-21 1Co 9:25 2Co 4:18 Pr 11:18 2Ti 4:8 1Pe 5:4



Here it is again with the full verses and references

03.29 Evening:

(Proverbs 27:24)For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?


(Psalm 39:6)Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.--(Colossians 3:2)Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.--(Matthew 6:19-21)Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(I Corinthians 9:25)And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.--(II Corinthians 4:18)While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are Eternal.--(Proverbs 11:18)The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure Reward.--(II Timothy 4:8)Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.--(I Peter 5:4)And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Pr 27:24 Ps 39:6 Col 3:2 Mt 6:19-21 1Co 9:25 2Co 4:18 Pr 11:18 2Ti 4:8 1Pe 5:4


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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.

II Corinthians 1:9,10




But 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;


II Corinthians 1:9,10




"But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,"

Luke 9:23,24 And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it.

Galatians 2:20 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.


Galatians 6:14 But 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.

I Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.


Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.


"but in God which raiseth the dead"


Acts 3:14,15 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of Life, Whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

I Corinthians 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ: Whom He raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Colossians 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your Life is hid with Christ in God.

John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will.


Ephesians 2:1 And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; . . . (Ephesians 2:4-7) 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: that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.


"Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: "

Hebrews 2:14,15 Forasmuch then 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.

Psalm 107:1-8 O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. And He led them forth by the right Way, that they might go to a City of Habitation. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for is wonderful works to the children of men!

Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved? I raised thee up under the apple Tree [Song 2:3]: there thy mother [Gal 4:26] brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.


I Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for His Son from Heaven, Whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.


II Timothy 4:17,18 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His Heavenly Kingdom: to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.


"in Whom we trust that He will yet deliver us; "

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

I Thessalonians 5:8-10 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, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

I Peter 1:3-5 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, o 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 unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.



Titus 2:13,14 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.


Hebrews 10:37 For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no saviour.





But 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;

II Corinthians 1:9,10





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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--
II Corinthians 1:9,10 But 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;

Here is the entire sentence--

II Corinthians 1:8-11 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: but 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; ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.



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

03.29 Morning:


Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the world.


Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.--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?--Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.

The Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me.--God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a City.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.--There is laid up for me a crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.--He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.

Mt 25:34 Lu 12:32 Jas 2:5 Ro 8:17 Joh 16:27 Heb 11:16 Re 21:7 2Ti 4:8 Php 1:6



Here it is again with the full verses and references

03.29 Morning:

(Matthew 25:34)Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the world:


(Luke 12:32)Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.--(James 2:5)Hearken, my beloved brethren, 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?--(Romans 8:17)And 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.

(John 16:27)For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God.--(Hebrews 11:16)But now they desire a better country, that is, an Heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a City.

(Revelation 21:7)He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.--(II Timothy 4:8)Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.--(Philippians 1:6)Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ:

Mt 25:34 Lu 12:32 Jas 2:5 Ro 8:17 Joh 16:27 Heb 11:16 Re 21:7 2Ti 4:8 Php 1:6



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.