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--
Ephesians
3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, of Whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He
would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may
dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what
is
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God.
The Word for the day--
I Chronicles 29:11-13
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious Name.Hear the entire chapter--
I Chronicles 29
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen,
is yet young and tender, and the work
is great: for the palace
is not for man, but for the
Lord God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for
things to be made of gold, and the silver for
things of silver, and the brass for
things of brass, the iron for
things of iron, and wood for
things of wood; onyx stones, and
stones
to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of
precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I
have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper
good, of gold and silver,
which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Even
three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses
withal: the gold for
things of gold, and the silver for
things of silver, and for all manner of work
to be made by the hands of artificers. And who
then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the
Lord?
Then
the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the
captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's
work, offered willingly, and gave for the service of the house of God of
gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten
thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one
hundred thousand talents of iron. And they with whom
precious stones were found gave
them to the treasure of the house of the
Lord,
by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. Then the people rejoiced, for
that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered
willingly to the
Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
Wherefore David blessed the
Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed
be thou,
Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who
am I, and what
is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things
come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we
are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as
were all our fathers: our days on the earth
are as a shadow, and
there is none abiding. O
Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name
cometh of thine hand, and
is
all thine own. I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and
hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine
heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen
with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto
thee. O
Lord God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the
imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare
their heart unto thee: and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to
keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all
these things, and to build the palace,
for the which I have made provision.
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the
Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the
Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the
Lord, and the king. And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the
Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the
Lord, on the morrow after that day,
even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams,
and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: and did eat and drink before the
Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed
him unto the
Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok
to be priest.
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the
Lord
as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel
obeyed him. And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. And
the
Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him
such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. And the time that he reigned over Israel
was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three
years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And he died in a good old age, full of days,
riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. Now the
acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they
are
written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, with all his reign and his
might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all
the kingdoms of the countries.
--
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:
Revelation
1:5b,6 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to
him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
