Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach
Books Quotes
"There is no such thing in anyone's life
as an unimportant day."
Alexander Woollcott
American Author
Books Print-A-Card
"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long
course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet
they pass by themselves without wondering."
St. Augustine, 354 430
Early Christian Priest, Author
Books
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant
blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in
magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not
to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
Jack London
American Author
Books
Meditate.
Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out
from behind the clouds!
Shine
Buddha
"The Enlightened One:
Books Quotes Print-A-Card
"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or
catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid,
more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk
my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that
which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."
Dawna Markova
Author of Open Mind.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the
world cries and you rejoice.
Cherokee Expression
Books Quotes
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it
and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'
The Talmud
Books Print-A-Card
"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall
harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the
world, we shall have discovered fire."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Paleontologist and Philosopher
Books
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
"Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at
the stars."
Henry Van Dyke
American Educator
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."
David Carradine
Actor, Director
"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather
than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all
cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and
unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony."
William Henry Channing
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go
and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Harold Whitman
"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you
before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me
hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or
bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more
than all the world, your return."
Mary Jean Iron
O, with what freshness,
what solemnity and beauty,
is each new day born;
as if to say to insensate man,
'Behold!
thou hast one more chance!
Strive for immortal glory!'
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Other Books
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Mother Teresa
Catholic Nun, Missionary
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is."
Albert Einstein
German-born Theoretical Physicist
To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you
everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never
stop fighting.
e. e. cummings
American Poet
Books Quotes
“All my life I've wanted to be somebody.
But I see now I should have been more specific.”
Jane Wagner
From The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply
because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found
written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your
teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many
generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Buddha
The "Enlightened One"
Books Quotes
“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ”
Luciano de Crescenzo
Books
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
American Author
Books Quotes
Carpe Diem! Rejoice while you are alive;
enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think.
Horace
Latin Poet
To have striven, to have made an effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth
the struggle. We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from, life.
Sir William Osler
Canadian Physician and Teacher
Books
"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the
moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."
Henry Drummond
Scottish Author and Clergyman
Books
We are more than what we do...
much more than what we accomplish...
far more than what we possess.
William Arthur Ward
Books
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else.
But what you are will be yours forever.
Henry Van Dyke
American Author and Clergyman
Books Quotes
Life is not a 'brief candle'. It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible
before handing on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright and Critic
Books Quotes
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is
as...to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
Og Mandino
Author of Greatest Salesman In The World
Other Books Quotes
Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love,
time is eternity.
Henry Van Dyke
American Author and Clergyman
Books Quotes
Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like
yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.
Phillips Brooks
American Episcopal Bishop
Books
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole
experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a
daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller
American Author and Lecturer
(Blind and deaf since age 2)
Books Quotes
Nothing should be prized more highly
than the value of each day.
Goethe
German Poet
Books Quotes
One SONG can spark a moment
One FLOWER can wake the dream
One TREE can start a forest
One BIRD can herald spring
One SMILE begins a friendship
One HANDCLASP lifts a soul
One STAR can guide a ship at sea
One WORD can frame the goal
One VOTE can change a nation
One SUNBEAM lights a room
One CANDLE wipes out darkness
One LAUGH will conquer gloom
One STEP must start each journey
One WORD must start a prayer
One HOPE will raise our spirits
One TOUCH can show you care
One VOICE can speak with wisdom
One HEART can know what is true
One LIFE can make a difference.
Author Unknown
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can
do something about its width and depth.
Shira Tehrani
“May you live all the days of your life.”
Jonathan Swift
English Author
Books Quotes
After awhile you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn't mean possession
and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept
your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build your roads today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.
After awhile you learn that even sunshine
burns if you get too much so you plant your
own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn...
Veronica A. Shoffstall
© Copyright 1971
Spanish Version
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
Books Quotes
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you never walk alone.
We leave you a tradition of the future. The tender loving care of human beings will never become
obsolete.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, redeemed and
redeemed and redeemed. Never throw anyone away.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you'll discover that you have two hands: One for helping yourself, the second
for helping others.
You have great days still ahead of you. May there be many of them.
Beauty Secrets
As published in a recent "Dear Abby" column
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life
that count. It's the life in your years.”
Abraham Lincoln
16th American President
Books Quotes
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Ron Wild
Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on
earth will be filled with glory.
Betty Smith
Author of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Other Books
“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.
We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
Stephen Covey
Author of 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
Other Books Quotes
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the
future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha
The "Enlightened One"
Books Quotes
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
tomorrow will be dying.
Robert Herrick
American Novelist
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. -Nelson
Henderson
When the oak is felled the forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown silently by an
unnoticed breeze. -Thomas Carlyle
Beauty is truth, truth beauty' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. - John Keats
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. -Tagore
Thou must be like a promontory of the sea, against which, though the waves beat continually, yet
it both itself stands, and about it are those swelling waves stilled and quieted. - Marcus Aurelius
Without haste, but without rest. - Goethe
To die for the revolution is a one-shot deal; to live for the revolution means taking on the more
difficult commitment of changing our day-to-day life patterns.
-Frances M. Beal
Our greatest battles are that with our own minds. - Jameson Frank
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Thomas Carlyle
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese
Proverb
That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but
our ability to do has increased. - Emerson
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by
conscious endeavor. - Thoreau
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested. - William
Dean Howells
Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children. - Walt Disney
We must never cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we
began and to know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot
Every moment in planning saves 3 or 4 in execution. - Crawford Greenwalt
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge. - Winston Churchill
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. - Goethe
Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many
generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it,
honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children. - Albert Einstein
People who laugh actually live longer than those who don’t laugh. Few persons realize that health
actually varies according to the amount of laughter. - James J. Walsh
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the
aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in
your life you will have been all of these. - George Washington Carver
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the
ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds
in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring
man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your
destiny. - Carl Schurz
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than
yourself. - William Faulkner
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. - David Starr Jordan
The first and most important step toward...success is the feeling that we can succeed. - Nelson
Boswell
Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day affairs of life, qualities of practical
intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal. -
Theodore Roosevelt
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth
listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk
curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. - e.e.
cummings
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. - William Yeats
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. - Stephen Covey
You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' -
George Bernard Shaw
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of
companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone
else believes in him and is willing to trust him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. -
Luciano de Crescenzo
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly
give. - Kahlil Gibran
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has
come. - Victor Hugo
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him
the image of a cathedral. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, happiness, which is everything in
the world. - Blaise Pascal
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. - Abraham
Lincoln
When you get to be a certain age, you come to realize that the real Santa Claus is not the guy who
comes down the chimney on Christmas Eve. The real spirit of Santa becomes what you can give
rather than what you get. The magic comes from you when Santa lives in your heart. - Patty
Hansen
Christmas is the family time, the good time of the year. - Samuel Johnson
The most vivid memories of Christmases past are usually not of gifts given or received, but of the
spirit of love, the special warmth of Christmas worship, the cherished little habits of home. - Lois
Rand
God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith, the warmth of Christmas, which is love; the
radiance of Christmas, which is purity. - Wilda English
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given... his name will be called Wonderful Counselor;
Mighty God, Everlasting Father; Prince of Peace. - The Bible, Isaiah 9:6 NIV
Let this Christmas season be a renewing of the mind and a cleansing of our lives by God's pure
presence. Let His joy come to our weary world through us. - Gerald Kennedy
I am wishing for you this day a happy Christmas. I wish you all laughter; and pure joy, a merry
heart and a clear conscience, and love. - Bishop Remington
Three Kings came riding from far away: Melchior and Gaspar and Balthazar. Three Wise Men
out of the East were they, And they travelled by night and they slept by day; For their guide was a
beautiful, wonderful star. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Keeping Christmas is good, but sharing it is better. - Arnold Glasow
God grant you... the belief in Christmas, which is truth; the all of Christmas, which is Christ. -
Wilda English
I stopped believing in Santa Clause when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department
store and he asked for my autograph. - Shirley Temple
It's smart to do your holiday hinting early. - Arnold Glasgow
I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the
Present and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the
lessons that they teach. - Charles Dickens
O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the
silent stars go by. - Phillips Brooks from "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia,
nay, ten times then thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of
childhood. - Francis P. Church from "Is There a Santa Claus?"
I heard the bells of Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and will and sweet, the words
repeat, of peace on earth, good-will to men! - Longfellow from "Christmas Bells"
Let's dance and sing and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. - G. MacFarren
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring - not
even a mouse: The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas
soon would be there. - Clement C. Moore from "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Hark the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born king." Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God
and sinners reconciled! - Charles Wesley from "Christmas Hymn"
Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace; East, west, north, and south let the long quarrel
cease; Sing the song of great joy that the angels began; Sing the glory of God and of good-will to
man! - Whittier from "Christmas Carmen"
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory
breaks, Christmas comes once more. - Phillips Brooks
In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do
for themselves that will make them successful human beings. - Ann Landers
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our
eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. - - Garrison Keillor
Pretty much all the honest truthtelling there is in the world is done by children. - Oliver Wendell
Holmes
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
became a man, I put away childish things. - I Corinthians 13:11
Upon our children - how they are taught - rests the fate - or fortune - of tomorrow's world. - B.C.
Forbes
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. - Robert A. Heinlein
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops
snowing. - Phyllis Diller
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to
imitate them. - James Baldwin
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good
and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. - Jean Paul Richter
If you wish to study men you must not neglect to mix with the society of children. - Jesse Torrey
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they
forgive them. - Oscar Wilde
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark. - Chinese proverb
I wish she was smart enough to teach second grade, too, next year. - William Goumas - first-
grade pupil
Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children. - Walt Disney
The suspicious parent makes an artful child. - Thomas G. Halliburton
A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. - Eda J
Leshan
Moments in Life
There are moments in life when you miss someone
so much that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real!
When the door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often times we look so long at the
closed door that we don't see the one,
which has been opened for us.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
because it takes only a smile to
make a dark day seem bright.
Find the one that makes your heart smile.
Dream what you want to dream;
go where you want to go;
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life until
you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
The Greatest Gift of All is Our Love and Our Heart...
When you have given those things you have given all that is humanly
or for that matter divinely possible...
I believe God's Love for us is the greatest gift He could give and He did,
one bright, shiney, cold December morn in Bethlehem...
And you shall call His name Immanuel, for He shall save His people...
Perhaps that's why God's greatest command to us is to love one another...
He loved us enough to create us in His own image. Then to redeem fallen
man He came to earth and died for our sins. He also sustains our every breath.
And He has prepared a new home to live forever with Him. You just cannot
outgive or outlove the Lord. God is Love. He is also Truth and Beauty. He
deserves out total devotion, our total attention, our total love...
Love in Jesus,
May God Touch Each of Your Lives
and meet each of your special needs,
Bill King (b.1948 - )
Would I be better off if the whole world loved me and Jesus passed me by?
- Bill King, March 13th, 2004
I can't create happiness or joy or beauty or innocence but I can recognize them when they come
my way.
Bill King (b.1948 - )
Some people give off a warm glow just like an old-fashioned pot-bellied stove on a frosty winter
morning.
Bill King (b.1948 - )
When I walk and talk with Jesus I feel as though I'm in Heaven already.
Babies coo and babies cry and they seem to get attention either way. I've tried both, neither
seems to work for me at all.
Bill King (b.1948 - )
And to think it all started with a mouse, Chris Mouse, that is...
- Bill King paraphrasing Walt Disney...
Chris Mouse, Emperor, FairyTail Kingdom [sic]...
Bill King, Court Jester and Royal Historian of Childhood - The Dream King...
Crystal Mouse, The Real Power Behind The Tail...
"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by Chris Mouse."
- Walter Elias Disney
"Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end."
- Walter Elias Disney
"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his
popularity."
- Walter Elias Disney
"He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to
Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and
disaster seemed right around the corner."
- Walter Elias Disney
"Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means
for expanding our organization to its present dimensions and for extending the medium cartoon
animation towards new entertainment levels. He spelled production liberation for us."
- Walter Elias Disney
"We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think
we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we
thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin- a little
fellow trying to do the best he could."
- Walter Elias Disney
"The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and
professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little
personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily
accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me
and I still speak for him."
- Walter Elias Disney
With the rush and flutter of angel wings
My prayers float silently up to God.
- Bill King
A dream is woven from thin air and nothing,
Embroidered with wishes and everything,
then filled with the padding of hope and delight.
- Bill King
I will believe what
I believe until death,
Then living once more
I will know what
I believe to be sure.
- Bill King
Choose your beliefs as carefully as you
choose your earthly treasures
and then you can never be poor.
- Bill King
Daily I compose
a symphony in my mind
that changes with each playing,
But God has written
the melody, harmony and
lyrics in my heart,
Here they are still,
constantly at rest and
cannot be changed.
- Bill King
A memory is a wish
cast adrift on a sea of dreams,
It’s the silky wings of hope
traveling aloft on the breeze of possibilities.
A memory is the world as
you want it to be,
A vision of some cherished moment
no one else can see.
- Bill King
Stars are the gleam, glitter and glimmer
in God’s eyes.
- Bill King
A sunbeam bouncing off a drop of dew,
The gleam in a child’s eye
The twinkle of a particularly bright star,
The tear stained cheek of a mother praying for her children,
And the ripple formed by a droplet of rain in a puddle,
All of these combine to form the Glitter in the Eyes of God.
- Bill King
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To Everything There Is A Season
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a
time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: ...
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 66
1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the
house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? ...
3 ...Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called,
none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose
that in which I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that
cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy,
and they shall be ashamed. ...
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all
ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out,
and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, ...
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in
Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, ...
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, ...
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD
shall be many. ...
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and
tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. ...
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith
the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against
me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an
abhorring unto all flesh.
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Isaiah 58:11,13,14
11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
...
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call
the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine
own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high
places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD
hath spoken it.
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the
nations.
Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable
works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 53:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable
iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalm 18:2
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.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 145:1-3,8-13,17-21
1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
...
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all
generations.
...
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever
and ever.
Psalm 147:3-5
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Psalm 147:11
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land.
Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalm 138:1
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether
the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Exodus 3
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock
to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush:
and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of
the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and
have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up
out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the
place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen
the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my
people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent
thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this
mountain.
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto
them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
[Note: I AM THAT I AM is the Tetragammetron. In Old Hebrew it is YHWH. A name so sacred
it was never spoken and when transcribed the Scribes would bathe before and after that single
word, it was considered that holy.]
Isaiah 11:6-9
The Peaceable Kingdom of God
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand
on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
John 3:16
The Good News of Jesus Christ - The Golden Text
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Isaiah 9:6-7a
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David,
and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from
henceforth even for ever. ...
Luke 2:1-20
The Nativity of Jesus Christ
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all
the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be
delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their
flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said
one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them.
Luke 2:8-14
THE ANGELS SING THE GLORIA
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their
flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
John 8:36
If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an
helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Romans 8:16-17
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:31b
... If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:37b,38,39
37 ... we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 23
The 23rd Psalm
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house
of the LORD for ever.
Matthew 6:9b-13
The Lord's Prayer
9 ... Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 5:2-11
The Beatitudes
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil
against you falsely, for my sake.
Ephesians 6:10-18
The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of
righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord.
Matthew 19:13-15
Jesus Gathers the Little Children
13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and
pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
Matthew 19:26c-d
All Things are Possible with God
... ... With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me...
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Mark 10:21
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell
whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
take up the cross, and follow me.
Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the
heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 18:22
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that
thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow
me.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Matthew 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell
down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him
gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 12:35
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is
like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and
old.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Mark 10:21
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell
whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
take up the cross, and follow me.
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil
man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of
the heart his mouth speaketh.
Luke 12:21
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the
heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 12:34
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 18:22
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that
thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow
me.
Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and
not of us.
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Hebrews 11:26
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect
unto the recompence of the reward.
James 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat
your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with
vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Malachi 3:6a
For I am the LORD, I change not. ...
Romans 11:32-36
HIS WAYS PAST FINDING OUT
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are
his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Psalm 139:14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my
soul knoweth right well.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:14,16-17
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ...
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 12:19d
... Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Daniel 12
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to
that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many
to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of
the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long
shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up
his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be
for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the
holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these
things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none
of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that
maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the
days.
Revelation 12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven
heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon
as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child
was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they
should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and
they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that
he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the
face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause
her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the
flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her
seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall
teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Psalm 139
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the
light are both alike to thee.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
1 Corinthians 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,
and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when
I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then
shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Psalm 121:1-8
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for
evermore.
Numbers 6:24-26
Pastoral Blessing
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
Matthew 6:28-29
CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE VALLEY
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matthew 6:19-21
LAY UP YOUR TREASURE IN HEAVEN
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 7:7
ASK, SEEK, KNOCK
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:9-12
THE GOLDEN RULE
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:
for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:13-23
GOOD TREES BEAR GOOD FRUIT
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 7:24-27
THE WISE MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 8:27
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are
the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:31
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:35, 37-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
...
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote
upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 22:14-20
The Lord's Communion
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I
suffer:
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall
come.
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my
body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which
is shed for you.
Matthew 25:34-40
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto
me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Mark 8
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have
nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of
them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in
the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and
gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before
the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven
baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Matthew 7:1-5,12
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam
that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a
beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to
cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
[THE GOLDEN RULE]
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:
for this is the law and the prophets.
Luke 6:27,28,31,32,33,35
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love
them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even
the same.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward
shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and
to the evil.
Matthew 7:6-29
Knowing a Man by His Works
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:
for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
[THE WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDER]
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his
doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Romans 1:25
WORSHIP THE CREATOR AND NOT THE CREATOR
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Phil 3:15
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Ps 27:14
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the
LORD.
2 Thess 2:16-17
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath
given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Ps 37:39-40
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and
save them, because they trust in him.
John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall
have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Isa 40:29-31
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Mark 4:37-39
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto
him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind
ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mark 4:41
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey him?
Ps 94:22
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
John 14:2
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but
by me.
John 14:14
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 14:15
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2 Tim 2:15
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.
Ps 119:105
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Ps 119:114
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
1 John 2:1-2
2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole
world.
Nah 1:7
7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Mal 3:6
6 For I am the LORD, I change not;
1 Peter 5:7
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour:
1 Peter 5:10-11
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye
have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 1:2
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Ps 91:15
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him,
and honour him.
Ps 91:2
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Ps 91:11
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Col 3:5
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate
affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Col 3:15
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be
ye thankful.
Col 3:17
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God and the Father by him.
Col 3:18-21
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col 3:23
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Ps 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Ps 139:17
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
Heb 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Ezek 3:10-14
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in
thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them,
and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed
be the glory of the LORD from his place.
13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the
noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit;
but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ps 25:4-5
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all
the day.
Eph 6:16-17
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:14-15
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of
righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:13
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:10-12
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
1 Cor 14:8
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1 Cor 14:40
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Cor 14:33
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Eph 6:12-13
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand.
1 Thess 5:16-18
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
1 Thess 5:21
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1 Thess 5:22
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Thess 5:23
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 5:24
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
1 Thess 5:25
25 Brethren, pray for us.
1 Thess 5:26
26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
1 John 2:17
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for
ever.
Matt 6:26
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matt 6:28-29
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matt 7:1-2
7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again.
Matt 6:33
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
Matt 6:34
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Isa 26:3
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Ps 93:1
93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength,
wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Ps 94:22
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Ps 95:3
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Ps 95:6
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Ps 96:11-12
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Ps 96:4
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Ps 96:1-2
96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Ps 96:3
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
Ps 97:1-6
97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his
throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole
earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Ps 98:4
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing
praise.
Ps 98:6
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
Ps 99:1
99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be
moved.
Ps 99:3
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Ps 100:1-2
100:1 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Ps 100:3
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ps 100:4-5
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Ps 101:6
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in
a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Isa 32:13-18
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in
the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and
towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the
fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and
assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting
places;
Isa 33:2
2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our
salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isa 33:6
6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear
of the LORD is his treasure.
Isa 33:17
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Isa 33:22
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Isa 34:12
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes
shall be nothing.
Isa 34:13
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it
shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Isa 34:16
16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her
mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Isa 35:1-2
35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and
blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be
given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the
excellency of our God.
Isa 35:4-10
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with
vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness
shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the
habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean
shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err
therein.
9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there;
but the redeemed shall walk there:
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy
upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Prov 23:11
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Prov 23:19
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Prov 2:6
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Prov 2:8
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Isa 9:6
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace.
Mark 11:22
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
2 Chron 7:14
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their land.
Ps 33:12
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chosen for his
own inheritance.
Acts 2:39
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as
the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:46-47
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to
house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily
such as should be saved.
Acts 3:2-10
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate
of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones
received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and
leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they
were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Ps 24:1
24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein
Ps 24:3-10
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall
come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory
shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Ps 25:2
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Ps 25:4
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Ps 25:6
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of
old.
Ps 25:8
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Ps 25:14
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
1 John 4:10
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:11
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:12
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is
perfected in us.
1 John 4:15
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:19
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 5:2
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his
commandments.
1 John 5:4
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the
world, even our faith.
1 John 5:5
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:12
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 John 5:19
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1 John 5:21
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
2 John 3
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Son of the Father, in truth and love.
2 John 4
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth,
3 John 2
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth.
3 John 4
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Jude 2
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Jude 6
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 24-25
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the
presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and
ever. Amen.
Deut 7:13
13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb,
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Ps 139:17
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Ps 139:9-10
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Ps 139:4
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Ps 139:17-18
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with
thee.
Ps 119:11
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:16
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:2
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:33
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Ps 119:41
41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Ps 119:44
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Ps 119:34
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:35
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Ps 119:46
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Ps 119:51
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Ps 119:45
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Ps 119:54
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 119:57
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Phil 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Matt 6:6
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Rev 21:4
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev 7:17
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Rev 7:12
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and
might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Gal 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:25
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 6:7
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:2
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Gal 6:10
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of
the household of faith.
Gal 6:16
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel
of God.
John 14:26
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall
teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 8:31
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed;
Ps 103:1-2
103:1 A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy
name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Ps 103:8
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Ps 103:12
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Ps 103:13-17
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his
righteousness unto children's children;
1 John 5:11
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:12
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 John 5:19
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Col 2:13
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened
together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Heb 12:2
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 5:14
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
2 Peter 1:2
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter 1:5-7
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Peter 2:9
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto
the day of judgment to be punished:
Prov 3:5
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Prov 3:6
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Prov 3:7
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Prov 3:13
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Prov 3:13-18
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine
gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared
unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Romans 1:25
WORSHIP THE CREATOR AND NOT THE CREATOR
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
We should put on the whole armor of God including the Sword of the Lord, His WORD, with it's
ability to pierce the human heart and then like The Great Physician, to heal it and make it new...
Me and Jesus make the WORLD's BIGGEST ARMY. Do not be afraid. Be confident. We are
victorious. We lost many battles but General Jesus has single-handedly won the war for us.
Rejoice, give thanks, say hallelujah and Amen! God has redeemed His people to live with Him
forever in a place with no more pain and no tears...
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TWAIN, Mark
Mark Twain, became morose and weary of life. Shortly before his death, he wrote, "A myriad of
men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle;...they squabble and scold and fight; they
scramble for little mean advantages over each other; age creeps upon them; infirmities follow;
...those they love are taken from them, and the joy of life is turned to aching grief. It (the release)
comes at last--the only unpoisoned gift earth ever had for them--and they vanish from a world
where they were of no consequence,...a world which will lament them a day and forget them
forever."
Mark Twain.
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Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song:
Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
How do I love thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
11. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
12. With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
13. Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
14. I shall but love thee better after death.
Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 2, sc. 2, l. 156-7.
On leaving Juliet.
Little Eyes Upon You
There are little eyes upon you and they're watching night and day.
There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say.
There are little hands all eager to do anything you do;
And a little boy who's dreaming of the day he'll be like you.
You're the little fellow's idol, you're the wisest of the wise.
In his little mind about you no suspicions ever rise.
He believes in you devoutly, holds all you say and do;
He will say and do, in your way when he's grown up just like you.
There's a wide-eyed little fellow who believes you're always right;
And his eyes are always opened, and he watches day and night.
You are setting an example every day in all you do;
For the little boy who's waiting to grow up to be like you.
Author Unknown
For Ever
with the Lord!
"For ever with the Lord!"
Amen, so let it be;
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality.
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent,
A day's march nearer home.
My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul; how near
At times to faith's foreseeing eye
Thy golden gates appear!
Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love;
The bright inheritance of saints
Jerusalem above.
I hear at morn and even,
At noon and midnight hour--
The choral harmonies of heaven
Earth's Babel-tongues o'erpower--
That resurrection word,
That shout of victory,
Once more: For ever with the Lord!
Amen, so let it be!
James Montgomery
No. 917 in Sacred Songs and Solos
1Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
That Will Be Heaven for Me
J. McGranahan
I know not the hour when my Lord will come
To take me away to His own dear home;
But I know that His presence will lighten the gloom,
And that will be glory for me.
I know not the song that the angels sing,
I know not the sound of the harps' glad ring;
But I know there'll be mention of Jesus our King,
And that will be music for me.
I know not the form of my mansion fair,
I know not the name that I then shall bear;
But I know that my Saviour will welcome me there,
And that will be heaven for me.
Jesus Loves Me!
For old kids...
Jesus loves me this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow;
Though my sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
Though my steps are oh, so slow;
With my hand in His I'll go,
On through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
Though I am no longer young,
I have much which He's begun;
Let me serve Christ with a smile,
Go with others the extra mile.
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song;
Telling me in words so clear,
"Have no fear, for I am near."
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
When my work on earth is done,
And life's vict'ries have been won;
He will take me home above,
Then I'll understand His love.
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
I love Jesus, does He know?
Have I ever told Him so?
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I love Him every day.
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
Psalm 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalm 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy
wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have
shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. 19 Thy
righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring
me up again from the depths of the earth.
"Continue in prayer." --Colossians 4:2
It's interesting to note how much of The Holy Bible is occupied with the subject of prayer, either
in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible
before we read, "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;" and just as we are about to
close the volume, we hear the "Amen" of an earnest cry to God...
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
"Continue in prayer." --Colossians 4:2
If God has said a lot about prayer, it's because He knows how much we need it. So deep are our
needs that until we reach heaven we cannot cease to pray. Do you want nothing? Then I'm afraid
you don't know your own poverty. Don't you have any mercy to ask of God? Then may the Lord's
mercy show you your misery! A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the initial whisper of
the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep
in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian. If you
are a child of God you will seek your Father's face and live in your Father's love. Pray that this
year you may be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; that you may have a closer communion with
Christ, and enter more often into the banquet-house of His love. Pray that you may be an example
and a blessing to others and that you may live more to the glory of your Master. The motto for
this new year must be "Continue in prayer."
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
"Let the people renew their strength." --Isaiah 41:1
Saints who live without a disciplined reading of the Word of God and secret prayer are nothing
more than poor waifs starving for a meal! If we can live without God it is not a divine creation but
a fairy tale dream. If God had created their spiritual life they would wait for Him in prayer like the
flowers wait upon the dew.
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
"Let the people renew their strength." --Isaiah 41:1
Everything on earth needs to be renewed. No created thing continues by itself. Even the trees,
which don't weary themselves with care or shorten their lives with labor must drink of the rain of
heaven and suck from the hidden treasures of the soil. The trees that God has planted only survive
day by day because they fill themselves with a fresh drink of water daily from the ground. In much
the same way a man's life cannot be sustained without renewal from God. Just like it's necessary
to repair the waste of the body by the frequent meals we must repair the waste of the soul by
feeding upon the Word of God or by listening to the preached Word or by the soul-enriching table
of the Lord's Supper. Our graces are so depressed when His sustaining means are neglected!
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
Without constant restoration we are not ready for the perpetual assaults of Satan or the solemn
corrections of heaven or for the strifes within ourselves. When the whirlwind is loosened woe to
the tree that has not sucked up fresh sap and grasped the rock with many intertwisted roots.When
tempests rise in the sea woe to the mariners that have not strengthened their mast or cast their
anchor or sought the safe harbor. If we allow the good part of us to grow weaker the evil part will
surely gather strength and struggle desperately for the mastery over us. Let us draw near to the
feet of divine mercy in humble prayer and we will find fulfillment of the promise, "They that wait
on the Lord shall renew their strength."
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
Jesus Christ is the sum and substance of the new testament. As one of its gifts He is the property
of every believer. Can you estimate what you have received as a gift in Christ? "In Him dwells all
the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Consider the singular word "God" and all of its infinity and
then think upon "perfect man" and all his beauty. For all that Christ as God and man ever had is
yours --out of pure free goodness given to you to be your deeded property forever. Our blessed
Jesus, as God the Son, is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. Doesn't it comfort you to know
that all of these great and glorious attributes of God are completely yours? Does Jesus have the
power? Then that power is yours to support and strengthen you, to overcome your enemies, and
to preserve you even to the end.
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
Our blessed Jesus, as God, is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. Doesn't it comfort you to
know that all of these great and glorious attributes are completely yours? Does Jesus have power?
Then that power is yours to support and strengthen you, to overcome your enemies, and to
preserve you even to the end. Does Jesus have love? Well, there is not a drop of love in His heart
which is not yours. You can dive into the immense ocean of His love and you may say about it all,
"It is mine." Does Jesus have justice? It may seem a stern attribute, but even that is yours, for He
will by His justice see to it that all which is promised to you in the covenant of grace will be given
to you. And all that He has as perfect man is yours. As a perfect man the Father's delight was
upon Him. He was accepted by the Most High. Child of God, God's acceptance of Christ is your
acceptance. Don't you know that the love which the Father set on a perfect Christ He now sets on
you? For all that Christ did is yours. That perfect righteousness which Jesus worked out, when
through His stainless life He kept the law and made it honorable, is yours and is imputed to you.
Yes, Christ is the new covenant.
"My God, I am yours -- what a comfort divine! What a blessing to know that the Savior is mine!
In the heavenly Lamb three times happy I am and my heart dances at the sound of His name."
C. H. Spurgeon adapted by Bill King
Note: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was a great man of God. In 1865, Spurgeon's
sermons sold 25,000 copies every week. They were translated into more than 20 languages. During
his lifetime, Spurgeon is estimated to have preached to 10,000,000 people "(Christian History,
Issue 29, Volume X, No. 1)"
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