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--
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.
The Word for the month--
Romans 16:27 To God only wise,
be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
The Word for the day--
Isaiah 49:1-3
Listen, O isles, unto Me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord
hath called Me from the womb; from the bowels of My mother hath He made
mention of My Name. And He hath made My mouth like a sharp Sword; in
the shadow of His hand hath He hid Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in
His quiver hath He hid Me; and said unto Me, Thou art My Servant, O Israel, in Whom I will be glorified.
Hear the entire chapter--
Isaiah 49
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord
hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made
mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in
the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in
his quiver hath he hid me; And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain:
yet surely my judgment
is with the
Lord, and my work with my God.
And now, saith the
Lord that formed me from the womb
to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the
Lord,
and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that
thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to
the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the
earth.
Thus saith the
Lord, the Redeemer of Israel,
and
his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation
abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes
also shall worship, because of the
Lord that is faithful,
and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Thus saith the
Lord,
In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have
I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant
of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages; that thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that
are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures
shall be
in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the
heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make
all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these
shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west;
and these from the land of Sinim.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the
Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion said, The
Lord
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her
sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her
womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have
graven thee upon the palms of
my hands; thy walls
are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together,
and come to thee.
As I live, saith the
Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them
on thee, as a bride
doeth.
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction,
shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they
that swallowed thee up shall be far away. The children which thou shalt
have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The
place
is too strait for me:
give place to me that I may dwell. Then shalt thou say in thine heart,
Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am
desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up
these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where
had they
been? Thus saith the Lord
God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in
their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon
their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with
their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
am the
Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the
Lord,
Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of
the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that
contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them
that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with
their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the
Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
--
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.
