December 16-31 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

How Then Shall We Live?

December 16 – Whoever Believes in Me, Though He Die

December 17 – I Go to Prepare a Place For You

December 18 – What Will I Be Like in Eternity

December 19 – Till All These Things Be Fulfilled

December 20 – Today is the Day of Salvation

December 21 – We Love Because He First Loved Us

CAPRICORNUS (The fish-goat). The goat of Atonement slain for the Redeemed.

Dec. 22–Jan. 19

1. SAGITTA (The Arrow). The arrow of God sent forth.

2. AQUILA (The Eagle). The smitten One falling.

3. DELPHINUS (The Dolphin). The dead One rising again.

December 22 – The Revelation of Jesus Christ

December 23 – Not Every One That Saith Unto Me, Lord, Lord

December 24 – Herald Oh People Nations and Languages – Last Call

December 25 – Preach the Gospel When it's Convenient or Inconvenient

December 26 – I Am the Alpha and Omega

December 27 – From Everlasting to Everlasting You are God

December 28 – We Shall Be Like Him

December 29 – You Will Be Saved—You And Your Household

December 30 – Citizens of Heaven

December 31 – The Lord Bestows His Blessing, Even life Forevermore

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Words to Think About...

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

- 2 Timothy 3:16-17

DECEMBER 16

Whoever Believes in Me, Though He Die

"Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live." - John 11:25

WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON

"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

- John 3:36

WHOEVER BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."

- Mark 16:16

THE LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER

""Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer."

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

WHICH IS AT WORK IN YOU BELIEVERS

"And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers."

- 1 Thessalonians 2:13

THE LESSON FOR EACH BELIEVER

"The lesson for each believer is to humble himself, not to wait for the Lord to humble him."

- Theodore Epp (1907-1985) American Clergyman and Radio Evangelist

WHO THROUGH HIM ARE BELIEVERS IN GOD

"Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God."

- 1 Peter 1:21

SET BELIEVERS AN EXMAPLE IN SPEECH

"Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."

- 1 Timothy 4:12

THE BELIEVER HAS EVERLASTING LIFE

"In addition to saying that the believer has everlasting life the moment he believes, Jesus adds the promise that he shall not come into condemnation; that is, the sentence of sin will never be put on the believer again."

- Curtis Hutson (1934 –1995) Baptist Pastor and Editor

HOW SWEET THE NAME OF JESUS SOUNDS

"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

NOTHING CAN HAPPEN TO A BELIEVER WITHOUT GOD'S ORDERING PERMISSION

"Nothing whatever, whether great or small, can happen to a believer, without God's ordering and permission. There is no such thing as 'chance,' 'luck' or 'accident' in the Christian's journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God. And all things are "working together" for the believer's good."

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

FOR THE DELIVERENCE OF THE BELIEVER

"The work of redemption was accomplished by Christ in His death on the cross and has in view the payment of the price demanded by a holy God for the deliverance of the believer from the bondage and burden of sin. In redemption the sinner is set free from his condemnation and slavery to sin."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

A BELIEVER LONGS AFTER GOD

"A believer longs after God: to come into His presence, to feel His love, to feel near to Him in secret, to feel in the crowd that he is nearer than all the creatures. Ah! dear brethren, have you ever tasted this blessedness? There is greater rest and solace to be found in the presence of God for one hour, than in an eternity of the presence of man."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

AND MORE BELIEVERS WERE ADDED TO THE LORD

"And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women."

- Acts 5:14

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Words to Think About...

WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM

"For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

- Romans 10:11

THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES

"That whoever believes in Him may have eternal life."

- John 3:15

THE TASK OF EACH BELIEVER

"To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer."

- Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Catholic Italian Theologian

THE RELIGION OF THE TRUE BELIEVER

"The religion of some people is constrained, like the cold bath when used, not for pleasure, but from necessity for health, into which one goes with reluctance, and is glad when able to get out.--But religion to the true believer is like water to a fish; it is his element; he lives in it, and could not live out of it."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

AN EXAMPLE TO ALL BELIEVERS

"So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia."

- 1 Thessalonians 1:7

TO THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER

"To the individual believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit there is granted the direct impression of the Spirit of God on the spirit of man, imparting the knowledge of His will in matters of the smallest and greatest importance. This has to be sought and waited for."

- G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) British Evangelist, Preacher, Bible Teacher

DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED

"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?"

- 2 Corinthians 6:14

EVERY BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER

"Every born-again believer is a member of that body and lives the common life of every other member by the one thing which unites them and makes them relatives and brothers, even the blood of Christ."

- M. R. DeHaan (1891–1965) American Bible Teacher, Founder of Radio Bible Class

FILL THE HEART OF THE BELIEVER

"A beam of God's countenance is enough to fill the heart of a believer to overflowing. It is enough to light up the pale cheek of a dying saint with seraphic brightness, and make the heart of the lone widow sing for joy."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

YOU WILL BE HATED

"You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved."

- Matthew 10:22

DECEMBER 17

I Go to Prepare a Place For You

"In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you." - John 14:2

IF I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also."

- John 14:3

WHO WILL PREPARE A WAY BEFORE YOU

"This is he of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you."

- James 1:3

UNPREPARED ON THE LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE

"Whomsoever the last day of his own life finds unprepared, this last day will find unprepared also."

- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Bishop, Theologian and Philosopher

AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE PREPARED

"But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?"

- Luke 12:20

ALWAYS BEING PREPARED TO MAKE A DEFENSE

"But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect."

- 1 Peter 3:15

THE WINTER PREPARES THE EARTH FOR THE SPRING

"The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory."

- Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) Anglican Theologian and Minister

WHICH HE HAS PREPARED BEFOREHAND

"In order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory."

- Romans 9:23

WITHOUT HOLINESS WE SHALL NEVER PREPARED

"Without holiness on earth we shall never be prepared to enjoy heaven. Heaven is a holy place. The Lord of heaven is a holy Being. The angels are holy creatures. Holiness is written on everything in heaven... How shall we ever be at home and happy in heaven if we die unholy?"

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

ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI

"So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated."

- Esther 7:10

I AM PREPARED TO GO ANYWHERE

"I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward. I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose."

- David Livingstone (1813-1873) British Physician and Missionary

ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL

"Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

- Matthew 25:41

BE PREPARED, AND PREPARE YOURSELF

"Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them."

- Ezekiel 38:7

A MESSENGER WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY

"This is he of whom it is written, behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you."

- Luke 7:27

WHOM IT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY MY FATHER

He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

- Matthew 20:23

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Words to Think About...

WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

- Ephesians 2:10

PREPARE YOUR WORK OUTSIDE

"Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house."

- Proverbs 24:27

GOD PREPARES THE HEART TO PRAY

"God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear. So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

PREPARED AS BRIDE ADORNED FOR

"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

- Revelation 21:2

UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED

"Depend on it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to worship Jesus Christ as God."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

PREPARED TO BLOW THEM

"Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them."

- Revelation 8:6

PREPARE YOU PROVISIONS

“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’

- Joshua 1:11

HE WILL GO BEFORE HIM

"And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

- Luke 1:17

WISDOM PREPARES FOR THE WORST

"Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."

- Psalm 23:5

HE HAS PREPARED THEM A CITY

"But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city."

- Hebrews 11:16

DECEMBER 18

He Has Put Eternity in Their Hearts

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end." - Ecclesiastes 3:11

BOTH NOW AND TO THE DAY OF ETERNITY

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen."

- 2 Peter 3:18

HE ALSO SET ETERNITY IN THEIR HEARTS

"He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end."

- John 12:25

BY THE PRICE THEY SHALL GAIN IN ETERNITY

"I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

BOTH NOW AND TO THE DAY OF ETERNITY

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

- 2 Peter 3:18

THAT WE HOPE TO BE WITH IN ETERNITY

"It the best to be with those in time, that we hope to be within eternity."

- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English Churchman, Historian

FROM THE DAYS OF ETERNITY

“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”

- Micah 5:2

GOD HAS SET ETERNITY IN OUR HEART

"God has set Eternity in our heart, and man's infinite capacity cannot be filled or satisfied with the things of time and sense."

- F. B. Meyer (1847-1929) Baptist Pastor and Evangelist

OUR TRIALS SHOULD BE VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY

"We are so easily entangled in earthly affairs and so easily consumed with the desire for those things that do not last. We will not live on this earth forever, so even our trials should be viewed in the light of eternity."

- Theodore Epp (1907-1985) American Clergyman and Radio Evangelist

LIFE IS THE CRADLE OF ETERNITY

"Life is the cradle of eternity. As the man is to the animal in the slowness of his evolution, so is the spiritual man to the natural man. Foundations which have to bear the weight of an eternal life must be surely laid. Character is to wear forever; who will wonder or grudge that it cannot be developed in a day?"

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

ENOUGH TO VENTURE AN ETERNITY ON THEM

"I believe the promises of God enough to venture an eternity on them."

- Isaac Watts (1674-1728) English Congregational Minister

ETERNITY TO THE GODLY IS A DAY THAT HAS NO SUNSET

"Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

THE POSSESSION OF HIM TO ALL ETERNITY

"Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!"

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

THE ONE WHO IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP, WHO INHABITS ETERNITY

"For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite."

- Isaiah 57:15

UPON THIS SHORT TIME ETERNITY DEPENDS

"God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends."

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

YOU WERE PLACED HERE TO TRAIN FOR ETERNITY

"You were placed here to train for eternity. Your body was only intended to be a house for your immortal spirit. It is flying in the face of God's purposes to do as many do - to make the soul a servant to the body, and not the body a servant to the soul."

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

WHICH HE SHALL SING TO ALL ETERNITY

"The best moment of a Christian's life is his last one, because it is the one that is nearest heaven. And then it is that he begins to strike the keynote of the song which he shall sing to all eternity."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

FOR NOW WE SEE ONLY A REFLECTION AS IN A MIRROR

"For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."

- 1 Corinthians 13:12

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Words to Think About...

EVEN FROM ETERNITY, I AM HE

“Even from eternity I am He, and there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?”

- Ecclesiastes 3:11

I KNOW WHAT ETERNITY IS

"I know what Eternity is, though I cannot define the word to satisfy a metaphysician. The little child taught by some grandmother Lois, in a cottage, knows what she means when she tells him 'you will live forever,' though both scholar and teacher would be puzzled to put it into other words."

- Alexander MacLaren (1826-1919) President Baptist World Congress

AND DROP INTO ETERNITY

"Strength of my failing flesh and heart; Oh, could I catch a smile from thee, And drop into eternity!"

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter

TO ALL ETERNITY

"Israel has been saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated to all eternity."

- Isaiah 45:17

THE BRINK OF ETERNITY

"I love to live on the brink of eternity."

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians

RIGHT NOW COUNTS FOREVER

"Right now counts forever."

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

WHEN WE THINK OF ETERNITY

"And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?"

- William Wilberforce (1759-1833) British Politician and Philanthropist

IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY

"In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

IN VIEW OF ETERNITY

"Time is given us to use in view of eternity."

- Harry Ironside (1876-1951) American Bible Teacher, Theologian

THROUGH THE LONG FUTURE ETERNITY

"Influence never dies; every act, emotion, look and word makes influence tell for good or evil, happiness or woe, through the long future of eternity."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

"So that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life."

- John 3:15

THIS LIFE DETERMINES ETERNITY

"The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity."

- William Barclay (1907-1978) Church of Scotland Minister, Author

DECEMBER 19

Till All These Things Be Fulfilled

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." - Matthew 24:24

UNTIL THE WORDS OF GOD ARE FULFILLED

"For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."

- Revelation 17:17

THAT THEY MAY HAVE MY JOY FULFILLED IN THEMSELVES

"But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."

- John 17:13

WE ARE CALL TO FULFILL A DIVINELY APPOINTED PURPOSE

"How easy it is to live more or less in the enjoyment of God's free grace, and yet not realize that we are called to fulfill a divinely appointed purpose."

- Duncan Campbell (1898-1972) Scottish Evangelist

TODAY THE SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN FULFILLED IN YOUR HEARING

And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

- Luke 4:21

UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED

"They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."

- Luke 21:24

NEVER TRY TO HELP GOD FULFILL HIS WORD

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

THIS SCRIPTURE MUST BE FULFILLED IN ME

"For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: And he was numbered with the transgressors. For what is written about me has its fulfillment.”

- Luke 22:37

WHO LOVES ONE ANOTHER HAS FULFILLED THE LAW

"Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."

- Romans 13:8

FOR THE WHOLE LAW WAS FULFILLED IN ONE WORD

"For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

- Galatians 5:13-14

THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED THAT SAYS

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God."

- James 2:23

THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED

"While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled."

- John 17:12

THE MYSTERY OF GOD WOULD BE FULFILLED

"But that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets."

- Revelation 10:7

FULFILLED HIS PROMISE TO BE WITH US

"When Christ returned to heaven, He withdrew His physical presence from our sight. He didn't stop being with the disciples but by the ascension fulfilled His promise to be with us to the end of the world. As His body was raised to heaven, so His power and reign have spread to the uttermost parts."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

THE LORD FULFILLED HIS PROMISE THAT HE MADE

"Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel."

- 1 Kings 8:20

THEN WAS FULFILLED WHAT HAD BEEN SPOKEN

Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel."

- Matthew 27:9

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Words to Think About...

BUT THE SCRIPTURES WIL BE FULLED

"I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me."

- John 13:18

THE SCRIPTURE HAD TO BE FULFILLED

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus."

- Acts 1:16

MUST BE FULFILLED

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

- Luke 24:44

HE DOES FULFILL HIS PROMISES

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis

WHAT GOD FORETOLD

"But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled."

- Acts 3:18

THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS WILL

"Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer, rather is coming to God for the fulfillment of His will, coming to a God who delights to answer prayer."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theolgian, Pastor

THE TIME IS FULFILLED

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

- Mark 1:15

WILL BE FULFILLED IN THEIR TIME

"And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”

- Luke 1:20

WHEN YOUR DAYS ARE FULFILLED

"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom."

- 2 Samuel 7:12

BUT LET THE SCRIPTURES BE FULFILLED

"Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.”

- Mark 14:49

SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED THAT SAYS

"And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God."

- James 2:23

A DESIRE FULFILLED IS SWEET

"A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools."

- Proverbs 13:19

DECEMBER 20

For Salvation is Nearer to Us Now

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed." - Romans 13:11

JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

- Hebrews 13:8

HE IS A LIVING CHRIST FOR TODAY

"Christ's yesterday was the accomplishment of redemption,--His tomorrow is the having His Church with Himself in glory. But He is a living Christ for today."

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

TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

- Luke 23:43

TELL ME WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING TODAY

"Tell me what the world is saying today, and I'll tell you what the church will be saying in seven years."

- Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984) American Evangelical Theologian, Pastor

THE GATE OF SALVATION IS OPEN TO ALL

"Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO THIS HOUSE

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham."

- Luke 19:9

GO FORTH TODAY

"Go forth today, by the help of God's Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life - come poverty, come wealth, in death - come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord's. For this is written on your heart, we love Him because He first loved us."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION IN FEAR AND TREMBLING

"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."

- Philippians 2:12

EACH MAN, IMUST WORK OUT SALVATION FOR HIMSELF

"Each man, in the silence of his own soul, must work out this salvation for himself with fear and trembling--with fear, realizing the momentous issues of his task; with trembling, lest, before the tardy work be done, the voice of Death should summon him to stop."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, TODAY

"Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice."

- Hebrews 3:7

CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY

"Christ the Lord is risen today, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply."

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter

FOR I MUST STAY AT YOUR HOUSE TODAY

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”

- Luke 19:5

THE THINGS WE DO TODAY

"The things we do today - sowing seeds, or sharing simple truths of Christ - people will someday refer to as the first things that prompted them to think of Him."

- George Matheson (1842-1906) Blind Scottish Minister, Theologian, Hymn Writer

WORRY EMPTIES TODAY OF IT'S STRENGTH

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor and Christian Writer

WE WALK IN THE WILDERNESS TODAY

"Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

SALVATION IS NOT IN THESE STONE STRUCTURES

"So many today are worshiping in the mountains, big churches, stone and frame buildings. But Jesus teaches that salvation is not in these stone structures--not in the mountains--not in the hills, but in God."

- William J. Seymour (1870–1922) African-American Holiness Preacher

THERE IS A GOSPEL BEING PROCLAIMED TODAY

"There is a kind of gospel being proclaimed today which conveniently accommodates itself to the spirit of the age, and makes no demand for godliness."

- Duncan Campbell (1898-1972) Scottish Evangelist

FOR IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast."

- Ephesians 2:8-9

YOUR JOB TODAY IS TO BE A WITNESS

"Yes, let God be the Judge. Your job today is to be a witness."

- Warren Wiersbe (1929-2019) American Christian Clergyman

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Words to Think About...

TODAY, IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE

As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

- Hebrews 3:15

THE CHARCTER OF GOD IS TODAY

"The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times. God is forever what at that moment, three thousand years ago, He told Moses that He was."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

OBEY GOD IN ALL THINGS TODAY!

"Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy! Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow."

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD

And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again."

- Exodus 14:13

DO TODAY'S DUTY

"Do today's duty, fight today's temptation; do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them."

- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) Church Priest of the Church of England, Historian

ALIVE IN THE FIELD TODAY

"But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!"

- Luke 12:28

BUT TODAY IS GOD'S

"Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow."

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

MAY GOD SO FILL US TODAY

"May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire."

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

WHICH WE ARE TO CARRY TODAY

"I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of fagots, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”

- Romans 10:9-10

ROSE FROM THE GRAVE TODAY

"Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow."

- Theodore Epp (1907-1985) American Clergyman and Radio Evangelist

SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

- Acts 4:12

HE IS ABLE TO SAVE COMPLETELY

"Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."

- Hebrews 7:25

DECEMBER 21

We Love Because He First Loved Us

"We love because He first loved us." - 1 John 4:19

NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE

"He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time."

- 2 Timothy 1:9

BECAUSE HE TURNED HIS EAR TO ME

"I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

- Psalm 116:1-2

BECAUSE CHRIST SUFFERED FOR YOU

"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps."

- 1 Peter 2:21

BECAUSE WE TRUST TOO MUCH IN OUR OWN WITS

"The cause why our oppressors prevail oft against us is, because we trust too much in our own wits, and lean too much upon our own inventions opposing subtility to subtility, one evil device to another, matching and maintaining policy by policy, and not committing our cause to God."

- Abraham Wright (1611–1690) English Theological Writer

BECAUSE THE SPIRIT INTERCEDES

"And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God."

- Romans 8:27

BECAUSE DEATH CANNOT SEPERATE YOU

"When the time comes for you to die, you need not be afraid, because death cannot separate you from God's love."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BECAUSE OF THE WORD I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU

"You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you."

- John 15:3

BECAUSE WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

"How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven."

- George MacDonald (1824-1905 Scottish Christian Minister, Author

BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN YOU

"You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you."

- Isaiah 26:3

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT WILLING TO FORGIVE

"I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS

"Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness."

- Psalm 115:1

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW

"What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!"

- Romans 6:15

I LIVE BECAUSE OF THE FATHER

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me."

- 1 John 4:19

BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL

"Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."

- Ephesians 5:15-16

BECAUSE GOD'S LOVE HAS BEEN POURED INTO OUR HEARTS

"And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."

- Romans 5:5

YOU DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK GOD

"You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God."

- James 4:2

BECAUSE THE LORD WALKS IN THE MIDST

"Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you."

- Deuteronomy 23:14

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Words to Think About...

BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

- 1 Peter 5:7

BUT BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY

"He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit."

- Titus 3:5

PERFECT BECAUSE HE WAS GOD

"God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form. The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man."

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

BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN ME

"Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

- John 20:29

BECAUSE HE ALONE KNOWS

"God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis

BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

- 1 John 4:8

BE HOLY, BECAUSE I AM HOLY

"But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

- 1 Peter 1:15-16

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BLESS US

"Let us beware of rebellion against the Lord. Circumstances are of his choosing, because He wants to bless us, to lead us (even through the wilderness) out of Egypt, that is, out of ourselves. Settle the complaint with God, and it will settle other things. Be offended with God, and you will be offended with everyone who crosses your path."

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

BECAUSE YOU KNOW

"Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."

- James 1:3

BECAUSE I CAN PRAY

"Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray."

- G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) British Evangelist, Preacher, Bible Teacher

BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE

"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."

- 1 John 4:8

BECAUSE THE LORD HAS ANNOINTED

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound."

- Isaiah 61:1

DECEMBER 22

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

"The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John." - Revelation 1:1

DO NOT TAKE AWAY OR ADD TO THE WORD OF GOD

"I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book."

- Revelation 22:18

BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

"Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

- 1 Peter 1:13

THE BIBLE IS GOD'S DECLARATORY REVELATION

"The Bible is God's declaratory revelation to man containing the great truths about God, about man, about history, about salvation, and about prophecy that God wanted us to know. The Bible could be trusted just as much as if God had taken the pen and written the words Himself."

- John F. Walvoord (1910–2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

MOST BLESSED TRUTHS IN THE WHOLE REVELATION

"Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it. To me, it is one of the sweetest and most blessed truths in the whole of revelation, and those who are afraid of it are so because they do not understand it. If they could but know that the Lord had chosen them, it would make their hearts dance for joy."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY

"Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith."

- Romans 16:25-26

THE BIBLE AS A REVELATION FROM GOD

"The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest."

- Albert Barnes (1798-1870) American Presbyterian Clergyman and Writer

I RECEIVED IT THROUGH A REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

"For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ."

- Galatians 1:12

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INQUIRY AND A REVEALTION

"After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates, or Aristotle, we feel that the specific difference between their words and Christ's is the difference between an inquiry and a revelation."

- Joseph Parker (1830–1902) English Congregational Minister.

THE MYSTERY WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME BY REVEALTION

"How the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly."

- Ephesians 3:3

REVEALTION DOES NOT MEAN MAN FINDING GOD

"Revelation does not mean man finding God, but God finding man, God sharing His secrets with us, God showing us Himself. In revelation, God is the agent as well as the object."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

TREMENDOUS AND GLORIOUS REVELATION

"The core and essence of the Gospel is its tremendous and glorious revelation of how deadly is God's hatred of sin, so that He cannot stand having it in the same universe as Himself, and will go any length, and will pay any price, and will make any sacrifice, to master and abolish it, is set upon so doing in our hearts, thank God, as elsewhere."

- A.J. Gossip (1873-1954) Professor of Christian Ethics

REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him."

- Ephesians 1:17

WHEN A BELIEVER HAS RECEIVED REVELATION FROM GOD

"When however a believer has received revelation from God concerning His holiness, he sees himself corrupted to the core and void of any cleanliness before the light of God's dwelling in unapproachable light where no sinful, natural man can draw nigh."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

MADE THIS REVELATION TO YOUR SERVANT

"For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you."

- 2 Samuel 7:27

SO MUST THE SPENDID REVELATIONS

"If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to them the symbols of the sacred mysteries of religion."

- Origen (c. 185–c. 253) Early Christian Scholar and Theologian

PRAISE AND GLORY AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

"So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

- 1 Peter 1:7

THE ULTIMATE REVELATION CAME BY INCARNATION

“Disguise is central to God’s way of dealing with us human beings. Not because God is playing games with us but because the God who is beyond our knowing makes himself known in the disguise of what we can know. The Christian word for this is revelation, and the ultimate revelation came by incarnation. … God is the master of disguises, in order that we might see.”

- Richard John Neuhaus (1936–2009) Prominent Christian Cleric Lutheran Church

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Words to Think About...

THE REVELATION OF GOD

"Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

BECAUSE OF A REVELATION

"I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain."

- Galatians 2:2

GOD'S SPECIAL REVELATION

"The 'book of nature' must always be read in light of God's special revelation, the Bible."

- Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) Prime Minister Netherlands, Theologian, Journalist

VISIONS AND REVELATIONS

"I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord."

- 2 Corinthians 12:1

REVELATION OF GOD'S PRESENCE

"Closet communion needs time for the revelation of God's presence. It is vain to say, "I have too much work to do to find time." You must find time or forfeit blessing. God knows how to save for you the time you sacredly keep for communion with Him."

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

A LIGHT FOR REVELATION

"A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

- Luke 2:32

WHAT IS REVELATION?

"What is Science but what the Natural World has said to natural men? What is Revelation but what the Spiritual World has said to Spiritual men?"

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

I BRING YOU SOME REVELATION

"Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?"

- 1 Corinthians 14:6

REVEALATION OF BOUNDLESS CHARITY

"The gospel is the proclamation of free love; the revelation of the boundless charity of God. Nothing less than this will suit our world; nothing else is so likely to touch the heart, to go down to the lowest depths of depraved humanity, as the assurance that the sinner has been loved - loved by God, loved with a righteous love, loved with a free love that makes no bargain as to merit, or fitness, or goodness."

- Horatius Bonar (1808- 1889) Scottish Minister and Hymn Writer

HE GREAT TRUTHS OF REVELATION

"The great truths of revelation are neither able to preach nor defend themselves. They must have soldier preachers who proclaim and defend them. They have never conquered as silent force, they have never won as a reserve corps."

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

REVELATION IS THE FIRST STEP

"Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

GREATNESS OF THE REVELATION

"So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited."

- 2 Corinthians 12:7

DECEMBER 23

Not Every One That Saith Unto Me, Lord, Lord

"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" - Matthew 7:21

HE SHALL SEPERATE THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER

"All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats."

- Matthew 25:32

LET THEM GROW TOGETHER

"Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

- Matthew 13:30

KNOW THAT THE LORD HIMSELF IS GOD

"Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture."

- Psalm 100:3

WHOSE NAME IS THE LORD

"That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth."

- Psalm 83:18

THE WORD OF THE LORD IS RIGHT AND TRUE

"The word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love."

- Psalm 33:4-5

EITHER BE LORD OF ALL OR WILL NOT BE LORD AT ALL

"It is either all of Christ or none of Christ! I believe we need to preach again a whole Christ to the world - a Christ who does not need our apologies, a Christ who will not be divided, a Christ who will either be Lord of all or will not be Lord at all!"

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

FOR THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD'S

"For the kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules over the nations."

- Psalm 22:28

PRIVILEDGE AND DUTY TO REJOICE IN THE LORD

"Though poor in this world's goods, though grieving the loss of loved ones, though suffering pain of body, though harassed by sin and Satan, though hated and persecuted by worldlings, whatever be the case and lot of the Christian, it is both his privilege and duty to rejoice in the Lord."

- A. W. Pink (1886-1952) English Bible Teacher

THE LORD IS NEAR THE BROKEN HEARTED

"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all."

- Psalm 34:18

WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

- Romans 10:13

THEN THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WILL BE WITH YOU

"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts."

- Amos 5:14-15

TRUSTING IN THE LIMITLESS RESOURCES OF OUR RISEN LORD

"Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and insufficient human resources which so foolishly we had taken into the battle, but now trusting in the limitless resources of our risen Lord."

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."

- James 4:10

YOU ARE FORGIVING AND GOOD, O LORD

"You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on you."

- Psalm 86:5

WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU?

"He [God] has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. "

- Micah 6:8

CAST YOURSELF AT THE FEET OF THE LORD

"Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart-so will you be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE

"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

- Psalm 118:24

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Words to Think About...

FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

"For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth."

- Leviticus 11:44

THE LORD SHOWS COMPASSION

"As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust."

- Psalm 103:13

YOUR WORDS ARE TRUTH

"Now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant."

- 2 Samuel 7:28

CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD

"Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved."

- Psalm 55:22

THE LORD IS MY HELPER

"So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

- Hebrews 13:6

REJOICE IN THE LORD

"Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power."

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

STRENGTH OF MY LIFE

"Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

- Alexander MacLaren (1826-1919) President Baptist World Congress

THE LORD GOES BEFORE YOU

"It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."

- Deuteronomy 31:8

THE LORD GOD IS MY STRENGTH

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

- Isaiah 12:2

FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9

DECLARES THE LORD

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord."

- Isaiah 55:8

I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, SAYS

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

- Revelation 1:8

HUMBLE YOURSELVES

"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."

- James 4:10

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"

- Philippians 4:4

DECEMBER 24

Herald Oh People Nations and Languages – Last Call

ALL NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM

"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left."

- Matthew 25:31-33

HE WHO DISCIPLINES NATIONS

"He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge."

- Psalm 94:10

BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance."

- Psalm 33:12

DECLARE HIS GLORY AMONG THE NATION

"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!"

- Psalm 96:3

THE IDEA OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO ALL NATIONS

"The idea of preaching the gospel to all nations alike, regardless of nationality, of internal divisions as to rank and color, complexion and religion, constituted the beginning of a new era in history. You cannot preach the gospel in its purity over the world, without proclaiming the doctrine of civil and religious liberty,--without overthrowing the barriers reared between nations and clans and classes of men,--without ultimately undermining the thrones of despots, and breaking off the shackles of slavery,--without making men everywhere free."

- Albert Barnes (1798–1870) American Theologian, Clergyman, Abolitionist

I WILL TEACH YOU CONCERNING THE HAND OF GOD

"I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal."

- Job 27:11

AND WILL COME OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS

"And will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore."

- Revelation 20:8

GOD ACCEPTS FROM EVERY NATION THE ONE WHO FEARS HIM

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”

Acts 10:34-35

MEN OF NINEVAH WILL STAND UP WITH THIS GENERATION

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here."

- Matthew 12:41

WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE?

"Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?"

- Psalm 2:1-2

HE MADE ONE MAN FROM EVERY NATION OF MANKIND

"And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation."

- Acts 17:26

LET THE NATIONS BE JUDGES BEFORE YOU

"Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!"

- Psalm 9:19

MY DECISION TO GATHER ALL NATIONS

“Therefore wait for Me, declares the Lord, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them My indignation, all My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured by the fire of My zeal."

- Zephaniah 3:8

FOR HE COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH

"Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth."

- 1 Chronicles 16:33

I WILL MAGNIFY MYSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE NATIONS

"I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.”

- Ezekiel 38:23

THE GOSPEL WILL PREACHED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

- Matthew 24:14

A GREAT MULTITUDE FROM EVERY NATION

"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands."

- Revelation 7:9

THEY MIXED WITH NATIONS

But they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did."

- Psalm 106:35

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Words to Think About...

HE SHALL JUDGE THE NATIONS

"He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore."

- Isaiah 2:4

RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people."

- Proverbs 14:34

LET THE NATIONS KNOW

"Put them in fear, O Lord; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah."

- Psalm 9:20

HE RULES OVER THE NATIONS

"For the kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules over the nations."

- Psalm 22:28

HE WILL JUDGE BETWEEN THE NATIONS

"And He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples; and they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war."

- Isaiah 2:4

FOR ALL THE NATIONS

"For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

- Revelation 18:3

THE NATIONS DRANK OF HER WINE

"Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad."

- Jeremiah 51:7

AND THE NATIONS WERE ENRAGED

"And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

- Revelation 11:18

THE SAINTS WILL JUDGE THE WORLD

"Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?"

- 1 Corinthians 6:2

THE NATIONS RAGED, BUT WRATH CAME

"The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

- Revelation 11:18

JUDGEMENT AMONG THE NATIONS

"He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth."

- Psalm 110:6

WHO KEEPS WATCH ON THE NATIONS

"Who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah"

- Psalm 66:7

SHALL NOT LEARN

“When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations."

- Deuteronomy 18:9

DECEMBER 25

Preach the Gospel When it's Convenient or Inconvenient

SERMON TO ONE HEARER

Dr. Beecher once engaged to preach for a country minister on exchange, and the Sabbath proved to be one excessively stormy, cold and uncomfortable. It was in mid-winter, and the snow was piled all along in the roads, so as to make the passage very difficult. Still the minister urged his horse through the drifts, put the animal into a shed, and went into the church; but no hearers had arrived. After looking about, the old gentleman, then young, took his seat in the pulpit. Soon the door opened, and a single individual walked up the aisle, looked about, and took a seat. The hour came for commencing service, but there was only one hearer.

Whether to preach to such an audience was a question, and it was one that Lyman Beecher was not long in deciding. He felt that he had a duty to perform, and he had no right to refuse to do it, because only one man could reap the benefit of it; and accordingly he went through all the serves, praying, singing, preaching and the benediction, with only one hearer. When all was over, he hastened down from the desk to speak to his congregation, but he had departed.

A circumstance so rare was referred to occasionally; but twenty years afterwards it was brought to the doctor's mind quite strangely. Travelling, somewhere in Ohio, the doctor alighted from his stage one day in a pleasant village, when a gentleman stepped up and spoke to him, familiarly calling him by name.

"I do not remember you," said the doctor.

"I suppose not, said the stranger; but we once spent two hours together in a house alone in a storm."

"I do not recall it, sir." added the old man; "pray, when was it?"

"Do you remember preaching, twenty years ago, in such a place, to a single person."

"Yes, yes," said the doctor, grasping his hand, "I do, indeed; and if you are the man, I have been wishing to see you ever since."

"I am the man sir; and that sermon saved my soul, made a minister of me, and yonder is my church! The converts of that sermon, sir are all over Ohio."

- Moral and Religious Anecdotes by Norman Islay Macleod C. 1850s

A CALL TO STAY HOME

"It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to China. With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home."

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China

UNDERSTANDING THE GOSPEL

"Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

THE GOSPEL DOES NOT DEFENDING

"The Gospel does not need defending. If Jesus Christ is not alive and cannot fight His own battles, then Christianity is in a bad state. But He is alive and we have only to preach His gospel in all its simplicity, and the power that goes with it will be evidence of its divinity."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

GIVE ONE HUNDRED PREACHERS

"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

THE GOSPEL COMES TO THE SINNER

"The gospel comes to the sinner at once with nothing short of complete forgiveness as the starting-point of all his efforts to be holy. It does not say, "Go and sin no more, and I will not condemn thee." It says at once, "Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more."

- Horatius Bonar (1808- 1889) Scottish Minister and Hymn Writer

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Words to Think About...

PREACH WITH CONVICTION

Goethe once said, after hearing a young minister, "When I go to hear a preacher preach, I may not agree with what he says, but I want him to believe it. Even a vacillating unbeliever has no respect for the man who lacks the courage to preach what he believes."

THE GOSPEL IS SO SIMPLE

"The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."

- Charles Hodge (1797-1878) Presbyterian Theologian

THE GOSPEL IS OPEN TO ALL

"The gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst."

- Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) Welsh Protestant Minister

REACHES YOUR CONSCIENCE

"A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Minister

I TREMBLE IN THE PULPIT

"I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit."

- John Knox (1514-1572) Scottish Minister, Theologian

AS DYING MEN TO DYING

"I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying."

- Richard Baxter (1615-1691) Puritan Minister

THE WORLD IS MY PARISH

"The world is my parish."

- John Wesley (1703-1791) Anglican Clergyman, Minister

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD

“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.”

- John 3:16

DECEMBER 26

I Am the Alpha and Omega

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” - Revelation 1:8

IT IS DONE, I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA

Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son."

I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST

"When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades."

- Revelation 1:17-18

I AM HE, I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST

“Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last."

- Isaiah 48:12

THE BEGINNING AND THE END

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

- Revelation 22:13

THE LORD OF HOSTS, I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me."

- Isaiah 44:6

GOD SAID TO MOSES, "I AM WHO I AM"

"God said to Moses, I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I am has sent me to you.”

- Exodus 3:14

IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?

"Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

- Genesis 18:14

BEFORE ME NO GO WAS FORMED

"You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me."

- Isaiah 43:10

THE LORD GOD MADE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS

"This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens."

- Genesis 2:4

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. "

- John 14:6

I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

- John 11:25-26

I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

I MAKE KNOWN THE END FROM THE BEGINNING

"I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please."

- Isaiah 46:9

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Words to Think About...

IN THE BEGINNING

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

- Genesis 1:1

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

- John 1:1

THE LORD IS ONE

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."

- Deuteronomy 6:4

THERE IS BUT ONE GOD

"Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."

- 1 Corinthians 8:6

THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD

"The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

- Psalm 110:1

GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE

"So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them."

- Genesis 1:27

NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOOD

- John 1:18

WHERE TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

- Matthew 18:20

THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDES ME

"Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me."

- Hosea 13:4

YOU SAY WELL, FOR SO I AM

"You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am."

- John 13:13

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."

- Psalm 46:10

DECEMBER 27

From Everlasting to Everlasting You are God

"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God." - Psalm 90:02

YOUR KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM

"Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works."

- Psalm 145:13

HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION

"And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed."

- Daniel 7:14

I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE

"The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."

- Jeremiah 31:3

SHALL NOT PERISH, SHALL EVERLASTING LIFE

"But, a man said to me, no one has come back, and we don't know what is in the future. It is all dark, and how can we be sure? Thank God! Christ came down from heaven, and I would rather have Him coming as he does right from the bosom of the Father, than any one else. We can rely on what Christ says, and He says, He that believeth on Me shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Not that we are going to have it when we die, but right here to-day."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THAT EVERLASTING GIFT

"'God, the Eternal God, is Love. Covet therefore that everlasting gift, that one thing which it is certain is going to stand, that one coinage which will be current in the universe when all other coinages of all the nations of the world shall be useless and unhonored."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

EVERLASTING THANKFULNESS

"Ow divinely full of glory and pleasure shall that hour be when all the millions of mankind that have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God shall meet together and stand around Him, with every tongue and every heart full of joy and praise! How astonishing will be the glory and the joy of that day when all the saints shall join together in one common song of gratitude and love, and of everlasting thankfulness to this Redeemer! With that unknown delight, and inexpressible satisfaction, shall all that are saved from the ruins of sin and hell address the Lamb that was slain, and rejoice in His presence!"

- Isaac Watts (1674-1728) English Congregational Minister

THE INCARNATION WAS EVERLASTING

"To achieve the divine purpose of becoming the Savior, the divine glory needed to be veiled. Christ voluntarily, moment by moment, submitted to human limitations apart from sin. The humiliation was temporary. The incarnation was everlasting."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

DESIGNED TO WORK FOR HIS EVERLASTING GOOD

"Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of His love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him, according to his need."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian

SALVATION WITH EVERLASTING GLORY

"Your Lord is a God of mercy and bountifulness: be a source of mercy and bountifulness to your neighbours. If you will be such, you will find salvation yourself with everlasting glory."

- John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) Russian Orthodox Archpriest

THE RIGHT HAND OF THE EVERLASTING FATHER

"In the midst of the awesomeness, a touch comes, and you know it is the right hand of Jesus Christ. You know it is not the hand of restraint, correction, nor chastisement, but the right hand of the Everlasting Father. Whenever His hand is laid upon you, it gives inexpressible peace and comfort, and the sense that underneath are the everlasting arms,(Deuteronomy 33:27) full of support, provision, comfort and strength."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

FOR THE LORD GOD IS AN EVERLASTING ROCK

"Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock."

- Isaiah 26:4

INTO EVERLASTING FORGIVENESS

"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

ARE YOU NOT FROM EVERLASTING?

"Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof."

- Habakkuk 1:12

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Words to Think About...

THE FINAL REVELATION OF TRUTH

"Failure to see Jesus Christ as the final revelation of truth is a major error that will open the door of the church to a multitude of heresies, taught in the name of truth. Every true movement initiated by the Spirit of God leads men back to the words of Christ which were inscripturated by His own inspiration."

- Walter J. Chantry (1938-2022) Presbyterian Church Minister

YOU ARE FROM EVERLASTING

"Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting."

- Psalm 93:2

FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING

"Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen."

- Psalm 41:13

BUT WITH EVERLASTING LOVE

"In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the LORD, your Redeemer."

- Isaiah 54:8

EVERLASTING FATHER

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

- Isaiah 9:6

GRACE IS EVERLASTING

"Grace, then, is grace,--that is to say, it is sovereign, it is free, it is sure, it is unconditional, and it is everlasting."

- Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) Scottish Minister., Church of Scotland

EVERLASTING ARMS UNDERNEATH

"Do you find a single occasion in which Christ ever acted independently of God? If you walk in the same path it will be sweet to you to feel your entire dependency, finding in all difficulties the everlasting arms underneath."

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

LIFE EVERLASTING

"To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet go forward."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS

"What can this world offer comparable with that insight into spiritual things, that keen faith, that heavenly peace, that high sanctity, that everlasting righteousness, that hope of glory, which they have, who in sincerity love and follow our Lord Jesus Christ?"

- John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English Theologian and Scholar

HE CONSIDERS OUR EVELASTING REST

"We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

THE EVERLASTING COVENANT

"When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

- Genesis 9:16

DECEMBER 28

We Shall Be Like Him

"Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." - 1 John 3:2-3

FOR I HAVE NO ONE LIKE HIM

"For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare."

- Philippians 2:20

I SHALL BE SATISIFED BY THY LIKENESS

"I shall be satisfied with Thy likeness-satisfied, satisfied."

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter

I WILL BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIKENESS

"As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake."

- Psalm 17:15

WHOEVER GOD ADOPTS FOR HIS CHILD IS LIKE HIM

"A man adopts one for his son and heir that does not at all resemble him; but whosoever God adopts for His child is like Him; he not only bears His heavenly Father's name, but His image (Col. 3:10)."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686) Puritan Preacher

OTHERS SAID, BUY WHO IS LIKE HIM

Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”

- John 9:9

BEING LIKE HIM AND WITH HIM FOR EVERMORE

"Do you want comfort? Nothing can give it so much as the thought of His coming. There may be sorrow in the night, but joy enough--fulness of joy--in that morning when we shall see Him as He is: fulness of joy in being like Him and with Him for evermore."

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

LET YOU BE LIKE HIM YOURSELF

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself."

- Proverbs 26:4

LIKE HIM YOU WILL BE DRAWN UNTO ALL MEN

"Remain side by side with Him who loved us, and gave Himself for us, and you too will become a permanent magnet, a permanently attractive force; and like Him you will draw all men unto you, like Him you will be drawn unto all men. That is the inevitable effect of Love. Any man who fulfils that cause must have that effect produced in him."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE

"Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him."

- 2 Kings 23:25

A MARBLE CUTTER, WITH CHISEL AND HAMMER

"A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts." The workman answered: "Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees."

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

HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers."

- Romans 8:28-29

HE WILL TRANSFORM YOU INTO HIS LIKENESS

"Give up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus; look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him, He will transform you into His likeness. You do the beholding--He does the transforming. There is no short-cut to holiness."

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

- Romans 12:1-2

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Words to Think About...

BECOMING LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH

"That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death."

- Philippians 3:10

THAT I SHOULD BE LIKE HIM

"To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One."

- Isaiah 40:25

WHEN WE ARE MOST LIKE HIM

"The best worship that we ever render to God is far from perfect. Our praises, how faint and feeble they are! Our prayers, how wandering, how wavering they are! When we get nearest to God, how far off we are! When we are most like Him, how greatly unlike Him we are!"

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

HAVE THIS MIND IN YOURSELF

"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus."

- Philippians 2:5

YOU MUST BE A MAN LIKE HIM

"You cannot escape Christ, do what You will. You reject His divinity, but, so doing, you have not evaded Him. If He is a man just like us, then obviously you must be a man like Him."

- A.J. Gossip (1873-1954) Professor of Christian Ethics

WHO IS A TEACHER LIKE HIM?

"Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?"

- Job 36:22

MEN BECOMING LIKE HIM

"The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him."

- Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Minister, Pastor

LIKE GOD

"I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love."

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

HAVE PUT ON CHRIST

"For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ."

- Galatians 3:27

HE IS A NEW CREATION

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

I AM SURE OF THIS

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."

- Philippians 1:6

DECEMBER 29

You Will Be Saved—You And Your Household

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” - Acts 16:31

TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO THIS HOUSE

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham."

- Luke 19:9

I AM GOING HOME A LITTLE SOONER THAN I THOUGHT

"You will tell the others that I am going home a little sooner than I thought. Then tell them not to talk about the servant but to talk about the Savior."

- F. B. Meyer (1847-1929) Baptist Pastor and Evangelist

WE SHALL FOR THAT REASON LOVE HOME

"If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights; and our family-worship the most valuable of our family-comforts... A church in the house will be a good legacy, nay, it will be a good inheritance, to be left to your children after you."

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

HAND THIS QUESTION IN YOUR HOMES

"Hang this question up in your homes - "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another - "How would Jesus do it?" For what Jesus would do, and how He would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

I WILL BUILD HIM A SURE HOUSE

"And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever."

- 1 Samuel 2:35

ESPECIALLY FOR MEMBERS OF HIS OWN HOUSHOLD

"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

- 1 Timothy 5:8

SAINTS ARE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

"Saints are planted in the house of God; they have a kind of rooting there: but though the tabernacle be a good rooting place, yet we cannot root firmly there, unless we are rooted in Jesus Christ."

- Abraham Wright (1611–1690) English Theological Writer

HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND WORSHIPPED

"Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate."

- 2 Samuel 12:20

IN THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD

"And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered."

- 2 Chronicles 31:21

THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE HOUSE OF GOD

"So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God."

- 2 Chronicles 5:14

THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE

"Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need."

- Malachi 3:10

JUDGEMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

"For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?"

- 1 Peter 4:17

SATISFIED WITH THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HOUSE

"Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!"

- Psalm 65:4

IF OUR EARTHLY TENT IS DESTORYED

"For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

- 2 Corinthians 5:1

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. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

- John 14:2

SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

- Acts 2:38

FOR BY GRACE YOU ARE SAVED

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast."

- Ephesians 2:8-9

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PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

- Abraham Wright (1611–1690) English Theological Writer

THE BUILDER OF ALL THINGS

"For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God."

- Hebrews 3:4

WHATEVER HOUSE YOU ENTER

"Whatever house you enter, first say, peace be to this house!"

- Luke 10:5

I HAVE CONSECRATED THIS HOUSE

"And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time."

- 1 Kings 9:3

TRUELY, TRUELY, I SAY UNTO YOU

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."

- John 5:24

IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER

"These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

- Isaiah 56:7

UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE

"Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain."

- Psalm 127:1

MY HOME IS IN HEAVEN

"My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.”

- Billy Graham (1918-2018) American Evangelist

FOR THE HOUSE I AM TO BUILD

"To prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful."

- 2 Chronicles 2:9

MUSIC IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

"They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king."

- 1 Chronicles 25:6

WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR HOME

"You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

- Deuteronomy 6:7

PEACE BE TO YOUR HOUSE

"And thus you shall greet him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have."

- 1 Samuel 25:6

IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

"If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth."

- 1 Timothy 3:15

IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART

"If you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."

- Romans: 10:9-10

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Our Citizenship is in Heaven

"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." - Philippians 3:20-21

FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God."

- Ephesians 2:19

WE SEEK THE CITY WHICH IS TO COME

"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come."

- Hebrews 13:14

IT MAKES THEM CITIZENS OF ANOTHER WORLD

"Christianity removes the attraction of the earth; and this is one way in which it diminishes men's burden. It makes them citizens of another world."

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OF THIS WORLD

"If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

TRANSFERRED US TO THE KINGDOM

"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son."

- Colossians 1:13

THEREFORE, WE ARE AMASSADORS FOR CHRIST

"Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."

- 2 Corinthians 5:20

MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

- John 18:36

WE ARE WAITING FOR A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH

"But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells."

- 2 Peter 3:13

DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

- Romans 12:2

RENDER TO CAESER THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESER'S

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

- Matthew 22:21

YOU ARE NOT OF THE WORLD

"If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

- John 15:19

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IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE

"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

MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN

"But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."

- Acts 5:29

UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

- John 3:3

AT HOME WITH THE LORD

"Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord."

- 2 Corinthians 5:8

LET EVERY PERSON BE SUBJECT

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."

- Romans 13:1

MAKES THEM GOOD CITIZENS

"Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens."

- Daniel Webster (1782-1852) American Orator and Politician

BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

- John 3:16

AFTER THAT COMES THE JUDGEMENT

"And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment."

- Hebrews 9:27

IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

-- Genesis 1:1

INHERITANCE THAT IS UNPERISHABLE

"To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you."

- 1 Peter 1:4

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The Lord Bestows His Blessing, Even life Forevermore

"For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore." - Psalm 133:3

HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever."

- 1 Chronicles 16:34

HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER

"He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor."

- Psalm 112:9

WHO RULES BY HIS MIGHT FOREVER

"Who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah"

- Psalm 66:7

HE WILL SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER

"He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken."

- Isaiah 25:8

HE WILL GIVE YOU A HELPER TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."

- John 14:15-16:13

BE HONOR AND GLORY FOREVER AND EVER

"To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

- 1 Timothy 1:17

BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOREVER

"But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you."

- 1 Peter 1:25

WHOEVER DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”

- 1 John 2:15-17

AND FOREVER THEY HAVE NO MORE SHARE IN

"Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun."

- Ecclesiastes 9:6

BE HONOR AND GLORY FOREVER

"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen."

- 1 Timothy 5:3

THE LOVINGKINDNESS OF GOD FOREVER

"But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever."

- Psalm 52:8

IF GOD HATH LOVED ME ONCE, HE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER

"If one dear saint of God had perished, so might all; if one of the covenant ones be lost, so may all be; and then there is no gospel promise true, but the Bible is a lie, and there is nothing in it worth my acceptance. I will be an infidel at once when I can believe that a saint of God can ever fall finally. If God hath loved me once, then He will love me forever."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

MY FLESH AND MY HEART MAY FAIL

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

- Psalm 73:26

GOD THE FATHER WHO IS BLESSED FOREVER

"The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying."

- 2 Corinthians 11:31

WHOEVER EATS THIS BREAD WILL LIVE FOREVER

"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

- John 6:51

PLANS OF THE LORD STAND FIRM FOREVER

“The plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”

- 1 Chronicles 16:34

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

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HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER

"For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!"

- Psalm 117:2

BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOREVEMORE

"And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades."

- Revelation 1:18

GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER

- Hebrews 13:20-21

ENTHRONED FOREVER BEFORE GOD

"May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!"

- Psalm 61:7

ESTABLISHED FOREVER AND EVER

"They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness."

- Psalm 111:8

WHO KEEPS FAITH FOREVER

"Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever."

- Psalm 146:6

POSSESS THE KINGDOM FOREVER

"But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever."

- Daniel 7:18

TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER

“Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock."

- Isaiah 26:4

HIS WORD STANDS FOREVER

"Do you believe the Lord will call a poor sinner, and then cast him out? No! his word stands forever, "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THERE ARE PLEASURES FOREVER

"You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever."

- Psalm 16:11

CHARACTER IS WEAR FOREVER

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist

TRUTH WILL FOREVER BE WITH US

"Because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever."

- 2 John 1:2

ESTABLISHED FOREVER AND EVER

"They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness."

- Psalm 111:8

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

- Hebrews 13:8

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It was once determined in a court of law that a pardon is only a pardon when it is accepted. There is a true story about a man that refused his pardon. A judge ruled that a pardon is only a pardon when it is accepted. When you prayed that prayer and accepted God’s pardon for your sins, you became a new creation in Christ.

The Bible teaches that you are saved by faith through Jesus. Grow in the Grace that was just given to you, seek God in His word (The Bible) and go out tell somebody!

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