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Saturday, December 8, 2007

By love serve one another. Gal. 5:13

By love serve one another. Gal. 5:13

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Gal. 6:1, 2

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. James 5:19, 20

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. I Pet. 1:22

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Rom. 13:8

Be kindly affectioned one to another in brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. Rom. 12:10

Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. I Pet. 5:5

We ... that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Rom. 15:1

Friday, December 7, 2007

He hath made him to be sin for us...II Cor. 5:21

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. II Cor. 5:21

The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa. 53:6

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Pet. 2:24

As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom. 5:19

After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8:1

The LORD our Righteousness. Jer. 23:6

Thursday, December 6, 2007

It is God which worketh in you. Phil. 2:13

It is God which worketh in you. Phil. 2:13

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. II Cor. 3:5

A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John 3:27

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever. Jer. 32:39

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James 1:16-18

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph. 2:10

LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. Isa. 26:12

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Psa. 119:71

REASONS WE EXPERIENCE SUFFERING


I. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Psa. 119:71

II. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Heb. 5:8

III. We suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Rom. 8:17, 18

IV. He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Job 23:10, 11

V. Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. Deut. 8:2, 5, 6

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Where shall wisdom be found? Job 28:12

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. James 1:5, 6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov. 3:5, 6

The only wise God. I Tim. 1:17

Be not wise in thine own eyes. Prov. 3:7

Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Jer. 1:6-8

Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23, 24

All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matt. 21:22

Monday, December 3, 2007

Our bodies washed with pure water. Heb. 10:22

Thou shalt ... make a laver of brass.... and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; ... they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not. Exo. 30:18-21

Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you. I Cor. 6:19

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. I Cor. 3:17

In my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job 19:26, 27

There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth. Rev. 21:27

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Hab. 1:13

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1


Saturday, December 1, 2007

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest. Isa. 32:2

Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. Heb. 2:14

The man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts. Zech. 13:7

I and my Father are one. John 10:30

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psa. 91:1

There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Isa. 4:6

The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Psa. 121:5, 6

When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psa. 61:2

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble. Psa. 32:7

Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isa. 25:4