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--
Titus 3:7 That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the Hope of eternal Life.
The Word for the day--
Romans 15:4 For
whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have Hope.
Hear the entire chapter--
Romans 15
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his
good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is
written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to
be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: that ye may
with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore
receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the
truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his
mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among
the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye
Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles;
and laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a
root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him
shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of
the Holy Ghost. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that
ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to
admonish one another. Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more
boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the
grace that is given to me of God, that I should be the minister of Jesus
Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the
Holy Ghost. I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ
in those things which pertain to God. For I will not dare to speak of
any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the
Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, through mighty signs and wonders,
by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round
about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Yea,
so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest
I should build upon another man's foundation: but as it is written, To
whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard
shall understand. For which cause also I have been much hindered from
coming to you. But now having no more place in these parts, and having a
great desire these many years to come unto you; whensoever I take my
journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my
journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be
somewhat filled with your company.
But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath
pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for
the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. It hath pleased them verily; and
their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of
their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in
carnal things. When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to
them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. And I am sure that, when
I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the
gospel of Christ.
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together
with me in your prayers to God for me; that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have
for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; that I may come unto you
with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. Now the God
of peace be with you all. Amen.
