Evening devotional

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

10.30 Evening:

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.―Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.―Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the Truth?

He which hath begun a Good Work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.―Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ.―The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. . . . The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.―Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt.

So 2:15 Ps 19:12 Heb 12:15 Ga 5:7 Php 1:6,27 Jas 3:5,6,8 Col 4:6

Here it is again with the full verses and references

10.30 Evening:

(Song of Solomon 2:15)Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

(Psalm 19:12)Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.--(Hebrews 12:15)Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;--(Galatians 5:7)Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the Truth?

(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:--(Philippians 1:27)Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in One Spirit, with One Mind striving together for the Faith of the gospel;--(James 3:5,6)Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. . . . (James 3:8)But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.--- (Colossians 4:6)Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

So 2:15 Ps 19:12 Heb 12:15 Ga 5:7 Php 1:6,27 Jas 3:5,6,8 Col 4:6




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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 89

Psalm 89
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: Thy faithfulness shalt Thou establish in the very Heavens. I have made a Covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant, Thy Seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

And the Heavens shall praise Thy wonders, O Lord: Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. For who in the Heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about Him. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto Thee? or to Thy faithfulness round about Thee? Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered Thine enemies with Thy Strong Arm. The Heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. The north and the south Thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy Name. Thou hast a Mighty Arm: strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy right hand. Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy Throne: mercy and truth shall go before Thy Face.  

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the Light of Thy countenance. In Thy Name shall they rejoice all the day: and in Thy Righteousness shall they be exalted. For Thou art the glory of their strength: and in Thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King. 

Then Thou spakest in vision to Thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon One that is mighty; I have exalted One chosen out of the people. I have found David My servant; with My Holy oil have I anointed Him: with Whom My hand shall be established: Mine Arm also shall strengthen Him. The enemy shall not exact upon Him; nor the son of wickedness afflict Him. And I will beat down His foes before His Face, and plague them that hate Him. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with Him: and in My Name shall His horn be exalted. I will set His hand also in the sea, and His right hand in the rivers. He shall cry unto Me, Thou art My Father, My God, and the Rock of My salvation. Also I will make Him My Firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for Him for evermore, and My Covenant shall stand fast with Him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and His throne as the days of Heaven. If His children forsake My Law, and walk not in My judgments; If they break My statutes, and keep not My commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from Him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail. My Covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips. Once have I sworn by My Holiness that I will not lie unto David. His Seed shall endure for ever, and His throne as the sun before Me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a Faithful Witness in Heaven. Selah.

But Thou hast cast off and abhorred, Thou hast been wroth with Thine Anointed. Thou hast made void the Covenant of Thy Servant: Thou hast profaned His crown by casting it to the ground. Thou hast broken down all His hedges; Thou hast brought His strong holds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil Him: He is a reproach to His neighbours. Thou hast set up the right hand of His adversaries; Thou hast made all His enemies to rejoice. Thou hast also turned the edge of His sword, and hast not made Him to stand in the battle. Thou hast made His glory to cease, and cast His throne down to the ground. The days of His youth hast Thou shortened: Thou hast covered Him with shame. Selah. How long, Lord? wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? shall Thy wrath burn like fire? Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Lord, where are Thy former lovingkindnesses, which Thou swarest unto David in Thy Truth? Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants; how I do bear in My bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; wherewith Thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of Thine Anointed. Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and 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.

The LORD is gracious

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 27:1 The Lord is my Light and my Salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the Strength of my Life; of whom shall I be afraid?


The Word for the day--
Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the Light of Thy countenance.

Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--

"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the Light of Thy countenance."


Luke 2:8-14 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth Peace, good will toward men.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


Romans 10:17,18 So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their Words unto the ends of the world.


II Corinthians 4:6 For God, Who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the Light of the Knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ.

John 17:3 And this is Life Eternal, that they might know Thee the only True God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.

II Corinthians 5:18-21 And all things are of God, Who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of Reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the Word of Reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him.

I John 1:7 But if we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.


Again, the Word for the day--Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the Light of Thy countenance.



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

10.30 Morning:

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the Salvation of the Lord.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies?―I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thine eyes: nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

Shall not God avenge His Own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.―Wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee.―Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the Salvation of the Lord.

Let us not be weary in well doing: . . . in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.―Behold, the Husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until He receive the early and latter rain.

La 3:26 Ps 77:9 Ps 31:22 Lu 18:7,8 Pr 20:22 Ps 37:7 2Ch 20:17 Ga 6:9 Jas 5:7


Here it is again with the full verses and references

10.30 Morning:

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

(Psalm 77:9)Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.--(Psalm 31:22)For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thine eyes: nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

(Luke 18:7,8)And shall not God avenge His Own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?--(Proverbs 20:22)Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee.--(Psalm 37:7)Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

(II Chronicles 20:17)Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the Salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

(Galatians 6:9)And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.--(James 5:7)Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the Husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until He receive the early and latter rain.


La 3:26 Ps 77:9 Ps 31:22 Lu 18:7,8 Pr 20:22 Ps 37:7 2Ch 20:17 Ga 6:9 Jas 5:7


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.