August 16-31 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

August 16 – They Will Have Their Conscience Seared

August 17 – They Will Be Despisers of Good

August 18 – The Heavens Declare the Glory of God 

August 19 – People Cannot See The Whole Scope Of God’s Work From Beginning To End 

August 20 – Reconciliation to God Through Atonement

August 21 – Having Cleansed Their Hearts By Faith

August 22 – The Book of Wars 

August 23 – The Cross is Foolishness to Those Who are Perishing

VIRGO (The Virgin. A woman bearing a branch in her right hand and an ear of corn in her left). The Promised Seed of the woman.

Aug. 23–Sept. 22

1. COMA (The Desired. The woman and child). The Desired of all nations.

2. CENTAURUS (The Centaur with two natures, holding a spear piercing a victim). The despised sin offering.

3. BOOTES (a man walking bearing a branch called ARCTURUS, meaning the same). He cometh.

August 24 – The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse

August 25 – Every Morning, Great is Your Your Faithfulness

August 26 – The Lord Will Keep You From All Harm

August 27 – Fearful Sights and Great Signs Shall There be From Heaven.

August 28 – God's Providence 

August 29 – Seek the Lord While He Can Still Be Found 

August 30 – Store Up For Yourselves Treasures In Heaven 

August 31 – Kingdom Parables

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IN THE LATTER TIMES  

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared."  

- 1 Timothy 4:1-2  

BEING CONVICTED BY THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE  

"And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."

- John 8:9

THE CONSCIENCE IS ETERNAL  

"Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die." 

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian

GOD SPEAKS TO US IN OUR CONSCIENCE  

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."  

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar 

BELIEVERS SIMPLY DO NOT REALIZE  

"Believers simply do not realize how very significant their conscience is."    

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader  

BURDEN UPON HIS CONSCIENCE  

"Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience."  

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

WE MUST MAKE QUITE SURE 

"If you and I are to meet Christ with joy when He comes, we must make quite sure that our consciences are up to the mark with Him where He is in God's presence; able to be in identification with Him up there in the light: if not, you will not be able to meet His face with joy."  

- G. V. Wigram (1805-1879) English Biblical Scholar

TENDERNESS OF CONSCIENCE  

"Tenderness of conscience is always to be distinguished from scrupulousness. The conscience cannot be kept too sensitive and tender; but scrupulousness arises from bodily or mental infirmity, and discovers itself in a multitude of ridiculous, superstitious, and painful feelings."  

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Priest

THE TORTURE OF A BAD CONSCIENCE  

"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul." 

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

SPEAKS AGAINST HIS OWN CONSCIENCE  

"He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason."  

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

TERRRORS OF CONSCIENCE  

"We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience. It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again."  

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

A GOOD CONSCIENCE IN OUR DYING HOUR  

"A good conscience will save no man, wash away no sin, not lift us one hair's breadth towards heaven. Yet a good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour."  

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop 

FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CONSCIENCE  

"But if someone says to you, this has been offered in sacrifice” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience." 

 - 1 Corinthians 10:28 

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HE IS THE RADIENCE OF HIS GLORY  

"And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they." 

- Hebrews 1:3-4

ALSO THE GLORY OF ISRAEL

"Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.” 

- Samuel 15:29

HE IS THE KING OF GLORY

"Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah."

- Psalm 24:10 

 THE GLORY AND THE VICTORY   

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all." 

- 1 Chronicles 29:11

GLORY OF THE MAJESTY  

"To make known to the sons of men your mighty acts and the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom."  

- Psalm 145:12

THE GLORY OF HIS POWER   

"These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power."  

- 2 Thessalonians 1:9

HE RECEIVED HONOR AND GLORY FROM GOD  

"For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased.” 

- 2 Peter 1:17 

HIS GLORY IS GREAT THROUGH YOUR SALVATION   

"His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him."  

- Psalm 21:5

THE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY  

"In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.”  

 Isaiah 6:1-4

TO THE ONLY GOD, BE GLORY  

"To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."  

- Jude 1:25

THEY SHALL SEE THE GLORY OF THE LORD  

"It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God."  

- Isaiah 35:2

TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER 

"Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."    

- Hebrews 13:20-21

BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF GOD  

"And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory." 

- Ezekiel 43:2

OUT OF HIS GLORIOUS RICHES  

"I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love."  

- Ephesians 3:16-17

TO HIM BE GLORY FOREVER  

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen."  

- 2 Peter 3:18 

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"For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."  - Romans 5:10

REDEMPTION BY ATONEMENT  

"Who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time."

- 1 Timothy 2:6

ATONEMENT BY THE REMISSION OF SINS  

"The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"  

- John 1:29

ATONEMENT BY SANCTIFICATION  

"And He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf."  

- 2 Corinthians 5:15

FORORDAINED ATONEMENT     

"Whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed."      

- Romans 3:25

THE DIFFERNECE BETWEEN ATONEMENT    

"The difference between the atonement, as set forth in the Old Testament and as presented in the New, is that in the former case the sheep died for the shepherd, and in the latter the Shepherd died for the sheep."    

- C. I. Scofield (1843-1921) American Theologian, Minister

I REST IN HIS ATONEMENT  

"I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity."  

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian 

IN ATONEMENT HE RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF  

"In Christ and by Christ, God effects complete self-disclosure, although He shows Himself not to reason but to faith and love. Faith is an organ of knowledge, and love an organ of experience. God came to us in the incarnation; in atonement He reconciled us to Himself, and by faith and love we enter and lay hold on Him."  

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Missionary 

THE ATONEMENT FOR SIN ACCOMPLISHED  

"The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won."  

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

HIS DEATH AS ATONEMENT FOR SIN    

"Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as our Prophet. Let us work diligently after Him as our Example. Let us look anxiously for Him as our coming redeemer of body as well as soul. But above all let us prize Him as our Sacrifice, and rest our whole weight on His death as atonement for sin. Let His blood be more precious in our eyes every year we live. Whatever else we glory in about Christ, let us glory above all things in His cross."     

 - J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop

THE BLOOD OF THE LORD HAS ATONED FOR ALL SIN  

"What ground is left for accusation since sin's penalty has been fully paid? The blood of the Lord has atoned for all the sins of a believer; hence there is no more condemnation in the conscience."  

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader 

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"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." - Mathew 24:6

WHEREFORE IT IS SAID IN THE BOOK OF WARS

"Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, what he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon."  

- Numbers 21:14

THE FRUITS OF WAR 

At Durham, 1346,  

There fell 15,000; at Halidon-Hill and Agincourt, 

20,000 each; at Bautzen and Lepanto, 

25,000 each; at Austerlitz, Jena and Lutzen, 

30,000 each; at Eylau, 

60,000 at Waterloo and Quartre Bras, one engagement, 

70,000; at Borodino, 

80,000; at Fontenoy, 

100,000; at Yarmouth, 

150,000; at Chalons, no less than 

300,000 at Attila's army alone!  The Moors in Spain; about the year 800, lost in one battle 70,000; in another, four centuries later, 

180,000, besides 

50,0000 prisoners; and in a third 

200,000. Still greater was the carnage in ancient times. 

At Cannae, 70,000 fell. The Romans alone, in an engagement with the Cimbri and Teutones, lost 80,000. 

The Carthaginians attacked Hymera in Sicily with an army of 300,000 men, and a fleet of 2000 ships and 3000 transports; but not a ship nor a transport escaped destruction; and of the troops, only a few in a small boat reached Carthage with the melancholy tidings.  

Marius slew, in one battle, 140,000 Gauls, and in another 290,000, 

In the battle of Issus, between Alexander and Darius, 110,000 were slain; in that of Arebela, 300,000. 

Julius Caeser once annihilated an army of 363,000 Helvetians; in the battle with the Usipetes, he slew 400,00; and in another occasion. he massacred more than 430,000 Germans, who "had crossed the Rhine, with their herds, and flocks, and little ones, in the quest of new settlements."  

- Fruits of War, The Treasury of Anecdotes Moral and Religious, William P. Nimmo C.1840  

YOU CAN ADD...  

There were an estimated 1.5 million casualties reported during the Civil War. A "casualty" is a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness   

There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded in WW1. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians.    

An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished in WW2, or about 3% of the 1940 world population.  

When I'm reminded of this passage, I think; will the Lord's Book of Wars include the names of all the men that perished in them and how they perished? Will it record acts of valor, wins, losses, brutalities, and the future affects these wars had on countries, widows, orphans, and families of lost loved ones?" Will be there be lessons for us to learn from the Book of Wars throughout Eternity?  

I had a dream, and in this dream, I was alive watching a scene from a war movie where thousands of young men had just been killed trying to take a beachhead in WW2. After the watching the scenes from this horrible carnage, I said, "Lord, so many young men died on that day. Many were only 18-20 years old and only got to live on this earth for such a short time." My heart was saddened by what I had seen. In almost an instant in time, I found myself rushed to the future; in Heaven, talking to a young soldier that had actually died on the beach that day.  

We were both in our heavenly bodies conversing over the events in our lifetime. He told me of the circumstances of how he wound up on that beach that day and what had happened from his point of view.   

I told him about my life and that I had lived to be an old man; when his jaw dropped in astonishment, he looked at me with the same look I had looked at him, when I felt bad for him for living only such a short time on the earth, looked at me and said with amazement,  "You had to live on the earth HOW LONG?"  

From my earthly view, I had felt bad for him for only living 18 years. From his Heavenly view, he felt bad for me that I had to live so long on the earth. God's ways are truly not our ways, and His thoughts are truly higher than ours.  

FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. -

 Isaiah 5:8-9  

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"Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start! Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness." - Psalms 85:6

REVIVALS BEGIN WITH GOD'S OWN PEOPLE

"Revivals begin with God's own people; the Holy Spirit touches their heart anew, and gives them new fervor and compassion, and zeal, new light and life, and when He has thus come to you, He next goes forth to the valley of dry bones."

- Andrew Bonar (1810-1892) Church of Scotland Minister

YOU WHO SEEK GOD, LET YOUR HEART REVIVE

"The humble have seen it and are glad; you who seek God, let your heart revive."

- Psalm 69:32

IN TIMES OF GREAT REVIVAL

"The weakness of human nature has always appeared in times of great revivals of religion, by a disposition to run into extremes, especially in these three things: enthusiasm, superstition, and intemperate zeal."

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

REVIVE ME IN YOUR WAYS

"Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in Your ways."

- Psalm 119:37

REVIVAL COMES FROM HEAVEN 

"Revival comes from heaven when heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die-or if need be, to win and die! "The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."

- Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) American Presbyterian Minister

REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS

"Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, so that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth."

- Psalm 119:88

YOU NEVER HAVE TO ADVERTISE A FIRE

"You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist 

REVIVE US, AND WE WILL CALL UPON YOUR NAME

"Then we shall not turn back from You; revive us, and we will call upon Your name."

- Psalm 80:18

REVIVAL IS THE VISITATION OF GOD

"Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) Canadian Evangelical Theologian 

IF REVIVAL IS BEING WITHHELD FROM US

"If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that, It is not by might, but by My Spirit."

- Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936) Canadian Missionary to China

REVIVE ME THROUGH YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

"Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness."

- Psalm 119:40

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

"There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer."

- A. T. Pierson (1837–1911) American Presbyterian Pastor 

GO HOME AND PRAY FOR REVIVAL

"Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD

"Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word."

- Psalm 119:154

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"The LORD will keep you from all harm— He will watch over your life." - Psalm 121:7

YOU INTENDED TO HARM ME, BUT GOD INTENDED IT FOR GOOD

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

- Genesis 50:20

THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU FROM ALL HARM

The Lord will keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore."

- Psalm 121:7-8

IF WE DO WRONG AND NO HARM COMES OF IT

"If we do wrong and no harm comes of it, we are not thereby justified. If we did evil and good came of it, the evil would be just as evil. It is not the result of the action, but the action itself which God weighs."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

LOVE DOES NO HARM TO A NEIGHBOR

"Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."

- Romans 13:10

THEY HARM US ONLY WHEN WE RESIST

"What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them. We must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly."

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

WHO IS GOING TO HARM YOU?

"Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?"

- 1 Peter 3:13

IDLENESS GIVES THE DEVIL OPPORTUNITY TO DO HARM

"Idleness is the devil's best friend. It is the surest way to give him an opportunity of doing us some harm. An idle mind is like an open door, and if Satan does not come through it himself, it is certain he will throw something in to arouse bad thoughts in us."

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop 

MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL DESIRES

"Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."

- 1 Timothy 6:9

THERE IS NO HARM IN HAVING MONEY

"There is no harm whatever in having money, houses, lands, friends and children if you do not value these things or ones for themselves."

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

FOLLOW OTHER GODS TO YOUR OWN HARM

"If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever."

- Jeremiah 7:5-7

THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL SUFFER HARM

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."

- Proverbs 13:20

THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO DO HARM TO THE GRASS

"They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads."

- Revelation 9:4

AND DO NOT HARM TO THE OIL AND WINE  

"And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!”

- Revelation 6:6

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The special Providence of God means that God looks after the details of a person's life. A person's birth and purpose in this life are all under God's Providence. A person' s birth, death and place in this life is all part of God's appointed Providence. 

YOUR EYES SAW MY UNFORMED BODY  

"Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."  

- Psalm 139:16

BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB  

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."  

- Jeremiah 1:5

GOD WHO SET ME APART FROM BIRTH   

"But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man.  

- Galatians 1:15,16

WE BEGIN LIFE WITH THE NATURAL  

"We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of God and His righteousness, the natural is added to the spiritual, and we are able to receive the gifts of His providence and the blessings of life without becoming centered in them or allowing them to separate us from Him."  

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

PROVIDENCE IS WONDERFULLY INTRICATE      

"Providence is wonderfully intricate. Ah! You want always to see through Providence, do you not? You never will, I assure you. You have not eyes good enough. You want to see what good that affliction was to you; you must believe it. You want to see how it can bring good to the soul; you may be enabled in a little time; but you cannot see it now; you must believe it. Honor God by trusting Him."  

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

HE BRINGS ONE DOWN, HE EXALTS ANOTHER   

"No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. But it is God who judges: he brings one down, He exalts another.  "

- Psalm 75:6,7

HIS MERCIES ARE OVER ALL HIS WORKS  

"The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works."  

- Psalm 145:9

REFLECT UPON THE PERFORMANCES OF PROVIDENCE  

"It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives."  

- John Flavel (c1627-1691) English Puritan Minister 

GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER  

"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose."  

- Romans 8:28

MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEEDS 

"And my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus."  

- Philippians 4:19

THE LORD IS NOT SLOW IN KEEPING HIS PROMISE 

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."  

- 2 Peter 2:9

TRUST IN PROVIDENCE   

"Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence."  

- St. Augustine (354-430) Theologian and Philosopher

THE WISDOM OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE  

"As every mercy is a drop obtained from the ocean of God's goodness, so every affliction is a drachm weighed out in the wisdom of God's providence." 

 - James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister

OUR WISHES AND GOD'S PROVIDENCE 

"Inordinate desires commonly produce irregular endeavors. If our wishes be not kept in submission to God's providence, our pursuits will scarcely be kept under the restraints of his precepts."  

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer

HE ACTS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM  

"Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him."  

- Isaiah 64:4

YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD

“You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You." 

- Nehemiah 9:6

THE LORD DIRECTS THE STEPS    

"The human mind plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps."    

- Proverbs 16:9

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“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.” - Matthew 6:19-20

SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE 

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”

- Colossians 3:1-3

THUS STORING UP TREASURE FOR THEMSELVES 

"Thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life."

- 1 Timothy 6:19

AND YOU WILL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN

“Jesus answered, if you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

- Matthew 19:21 

EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 

-  1 Corinthians 2:9

AS FOR THE RICH IN THIS PRESENT AGE

“As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.”

- 1 Timothy 6:17-19

THOU FOOL, THIS NIGHT THY SOUL IS REQUIRED OF THEE

"And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 

-  Luke 12:19-20

TREASURE IN HEAVEN THAT WILL NEVER FAIL

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.” 

-  Luke 12:33 

WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY AND FEED YOU  

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

- Matthew 25:35-40

HE WILL REWARD THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.”

- Proverbs 19:17

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS

"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 14:2 

THERE WILL BE MORE JOY IN HEAVEN

"There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” 

- Luke 15:7

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