Evening devotional

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

07.03 Evening:

Things which are despised, hath God chosen.

Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?

Jesus, . . . saw two brethren, . . . casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, Follow Me.―Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your Faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.―I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.―We have this Treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

1Co 1:28 Ac 2:7 Mt 4:18,19 Ac 4:13 1Co 2:4,5 Joh 15:16,5 2Co 4:7

Here it is again with the full verses and references

07.03 Evening:

(I Corinthians 1:28)And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

(Acts 2:7)And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?

(Matthew 4:18,19)And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.--(Acts 4:13)Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

(I Corinthians 2:4,5)And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your Faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

(John 15:16)Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you.--(John 15:5)I am the Vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.--(II Corinthians 4:7)But we have this Treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

1Co 1:28 Ac 2:7 Mt 4:18,19 Ac 4:13 1Co 2:4,5 Joh 15:16,5 2Co 4:7



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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.

Psalm 23:4

Yea, 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.

Psalm 23:4

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death"

Job 10:20-22 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the Light is as darkness.

Job 38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Psalm 44:17-19 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we dealt falsely in Thy Covenant. Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy Way; though Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death....Psalm 44:22 Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.


"I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me"

John 17:15 I [the Lord Jesus Christ] pray not that Thou [the Father] shouldest take them [His disciples] out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Psalm 56:4 In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Psalm 118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Jeremiah 1:7-9 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Then the Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put My Words in thy mouth.

Hebrews 13:5,6 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. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Romans 8:38,39 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.



"Thy rod and Thy staff {H04938} they comfort me"

"Thy rod {H07626}"
Proverbs 29:15 The rod {H07626} and reproof give Wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre {H07626} of Thy Kingdom is a right sceptre {H07626}.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre {H07626} shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.


"and Thy staff {H04938}"
Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay{H4937} and the staff {H04938 fem. of H04937}, the whole stay{H4937} of bread, and the whole stay{H4937} of water,

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.

John 4:13,14 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life.


"they comfort me"
Isaiah 40:1,2 Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Isaiah 12:1-3 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise Thee: though Thou wast angry with Me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst Me. Behold, God is My salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is My strength and My song; He also is become My salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

John 14:15-20 If ye love Me, keep My commandments. 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; Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless ["fatherless" Jas 1:27]: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.

Yea, 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.

Psalm 23:4

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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.

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 23:1 The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.


The Word for the day--
Psalm 23:4 Yea, 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.




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

07.03 Morning:


If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.

If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.―Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.―Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.

Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My Glory, which Thou hast given Me.

He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.―To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.

Ro 8:17 Ga 3:29 1Jo 3:1 Ga 4:7 Eph 1:5 Joh 17:24 Re 2:26 3:21

Here it is again with the full verses and references

07.03 Morning:

(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.

(Galatians 3:29)And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

(I John 3:1)Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.--(Galatians 4:7)Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.--(Ephesians 1:5)Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

(John 17:24)Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My Glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world.

(Revelation 2:26)And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:--(Revelation 3:21)To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.


Ro 8:17 Ga 3:29 1Jo 3:1 Ga 4:7 Eph 1:5 Joh 17:24 Re 2:26 3:21


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.