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--
I Peter 2:25
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Here is some immediate context--I Peter 2:20-25 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously: Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto Righteousness: by Whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--
"For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."
Isaiah 53
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. He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a Lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of My people was He stricken. And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall My Righteous Servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His Soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Again, the Word for the day--I Peter 2:25
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Hear this morning's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]
07.20 Morning:
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.―In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Such an High Priest became us,
Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.―That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation.
Jesus of Nazareth . . . Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.―As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
men, especially unto them who are of the household of Faith.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.―Ye are the light of the world. A City that is set on an hill cannot be hid. . . . Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.
Joh 17:16 Isa 53:3 Joh 16:33 Heb 7:26 Php 2:15 Ac 10:38 Ga 6:10 Joh 1:9 Mt 5:14,16
Here it is again with the full verses and references
07.20 Morning:
(John 17:16)They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
(Isaiah 53:3)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.--
(John 16:33)These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
(Hebrews 7:26)For such an High Priest became us,
Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the Heavens;--
(Philippians 2:15)That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
(Acts 10:38)How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.--
(Galatians 6:10)As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
men, especially unto them who are of the household of Faith.
(John 1:9)That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.--
(Matthew 5:14)Ye are the light of the world. A City that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
(Matthew 5:16)Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.
Joh 17:16 Isa 53:3 Joh 16:33 Heb 7:26 Php 2:15 Ac 10:38 Ga 6:10 Joh 1:9 Mt 5:14,16
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.
