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--
Titus 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour
toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by His grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of Eternal Life.
The Word for the month--
I John 3:1-3 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. Beloved, now are we the sons of
God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He
is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as
He is pure.
The Word for the day--
Psalm 18:30
As for God, His Way is perfect: the Word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him.
Hear the entire Psalm--
Psalm 18
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David, the servant of the
Lord, who spake unto the
Lord the words of this song in the day
that the
Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,
I will love thee, O
Lord, my strength. The
Lord is
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in
whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
and my high tower. I will call upon the
Lord,
who is worthy
to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of
death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The
sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. In
my distress I called upon the
Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,
even
into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also
of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a
smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals
were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and
darkness
was under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings
of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about
him
were dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness
that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
stones and coals of fire. The
Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail
stones
and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and
he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Then the channels of
waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at
thy rebuke, O
Lord, at
the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me,
he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. They
prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the
Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The
Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands
hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the
Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments
were
before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also
upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath
the
Lord recompensed me
according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in
his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with
an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt
shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt light my candle: the
Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who
is God save the
Lord? or who
is a rock save our God?
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds'
feet,
and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so
that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Thou hast also given me the
shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy
gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
that my feet did not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken
them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. I have wounded
them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. For
thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued
under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. They
cried, but
there was none to save
them: even unto the
Lord,
but he answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust before
the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Thou hast
delivered me from the strivings of the people;
and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people
whom
I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall
obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The strangers
shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. The
Lord liveth; and blessed
be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
It is
God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. He delivereth
me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up
against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. Therefore will I
give thanks unto thee, O
Lord,
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. Great deliverance
giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and
to his seed for evermore.
--
I
Corinthians 15:3,4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures:
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.
