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
5:1-5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ: by Whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
And not only so, but we glory
in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and
patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
The Word for the month--
Hebrews
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
The Word for the day--
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Hear the entire chapter--
Hebrews 11
Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we
understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. By faith
Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and
by it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated that he
should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated
him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased
God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of
promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is
God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive
seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of
one, and him as good as dead, so many
as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the
sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For
they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And
truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country,
that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God: for he hath prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, when he was
tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered
up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him
up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By
faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and
worshipped, leaning upon the
top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his
bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was
a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. By
faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people
of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he
had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook
Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him
who is invisible. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling
of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By
faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land:
which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. By faith the walls of
Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith
the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had
received the spies with peace. And what shall I more say? for the time
would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of
the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched
the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of
the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others
were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a
better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel
mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they
were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the
sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute,
afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and in
dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good
report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some
better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
