September 1-15 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

DEVOTIONALS ON THIS PAGE

September 01 – Lead Me in Your Truth and Teach Me

September 02 – 30 Minutes of Silence

September 03 – Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ?

September 04 – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

September 05 – Eternal Pleasures at His Right Hand

September 06 – The Last Enemy to Be Destroyed

September 07 – God's Deity

September 08 – You Have Not Forgotten Me.

September 09 – Who Had An Easy Life in the Bible?

September 10 – Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant

September 11 – Come Like You Promised

September 12 – The Great Apostacy

September 13 – For Men Will Be Covetous, Unthankful, Unholy

September 14 –The God of This World Has Blinded Their Minds

September 15 – And My God Will Supply Every Need of Yours

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

SEPTEMBER 01

Lead Me in Your Truth and Teach Me

"Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long." - Psalm 25:5

YOU DO NOT NEED ANYONE TO TEACH YOU

"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."

- 1 John 2:27

ALL SCRIPTURE IS PROFITABLE FOR TEACHING

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness."

- 2 Timothy 3:16

HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you."

- John 14:26

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TEACH US TO PRAY

"Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts."

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

IN THE LAST DAYS, PEOPLE WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND TEACHING

"For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions."

- 2 Timothy 4:3

YOU SHALL TEACH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN

"You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

- Deuteronomy 11:19

THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US THE BEST WAY OF LIVING

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering and the most comfortable way of dying."

- John Flavel (c1627-1691) English Puritan Minister

TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO YOUR CHILDREN

"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

YOU MUST LET GOD TEACH YOU

"You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

FORESAKE NOT YOUR MOTHER'S TEACHING

"My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching."

- Proverbs 6:20

TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED

"Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

- Matthew 28:20

TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

- Colossians 3:16

I WILL TEACH YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD SPEAK

"Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

- Exodus 4:12

THERE WILL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU

"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction."

- 2 Peter 2:1

WARNING EVERYONE AND TEACHING WITH ALL WISDOM

"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ."

- Colossians 1:28

THERE WILL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU

- 2 Peter 2:1

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Words to Think About...

TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS

"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."

- Psalm 90:12

LORD TEACH US WHAT WE ARE

"Lord, teach us more what we are by nature, and what we are by grace."

- William Tiptaft (1803-1864) Church of England Cleric

IN THE LATER TIMES

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons."

- 1 Timothy 4:1

TEACH US TO GIVE

"Teach us to give and not to count the cost."

- Ignatius of Antioch (Unknown-108 AD) Bishop of Antioch, Early Christian Writer

I WILL INSTRUCT AND TEACH YOU

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you."

- Psalm 32:8

TRIALS TEACH US WHAT WE ARE

"Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

TEACH ME YOUR STATUTES

"You are good and do good; teach me your statutes."

- Psalm 119:68

GIVE INSTRUCTION TO A WISE MAN

"Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."

- Proverbs 9:9

TEACH ME TO PRAY

"I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

WHO IS A TEACHER LIKE HIM?

"Behold, God is exalted in His power; who is a teacher like Him?"

- Job 36:22

TEACH US TO PRAY OFTEN

"Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener."

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

COMPLETE PATIENCE AND TEACHING

"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching."

- 2 Timothy 4:2

TEACH US O LORD

"Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work."

- Peter Marshall (1902–1949) Scottish American Preacher, Pastor

NOT MANY SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS

"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness."

- James 3:1

SEPTEMBER 02

30 Minutes of Silence

"When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour." - Revelation 8:1

LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE BEFORE HIM

"But the LORD is in his Holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”

- Habakkuk 2:20

WAIT IN SILENCE FOR GOD ONLY

"My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken."

- Psalm 62:5-6

STAND IN SILENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD

"Stand in silence in the presence of the Sovereign LORD, for the awesome day of the LORD’s judgment is near. The LORD has prepared his people for a great slaughter and has chosen their executioners."

- Zephaniah 1:7

BE SILENT IN THE LORD'S PRESENCE

"Be silent in the LORD’s presence and wait patiently for him. Don’t be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes."

- Psalm 37:7

FROM THESE SILENCES I COME FORTH REFRESHED

"In the silences I make in the midst of the turmoil of life I have appointments with God. From these silences I come forth with spirit refreshed, and with a renewed sense of power. I hear a voice in the silences, and become increasingly aware that it is the voice of God."

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

LET ME HAVE SILENCE AND I WILL SPEAK

“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may."

- Job 13:13

IN THE SILENCE OF PRAYER

"The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the Father; the heart is always going out to Him in loving communion, and the moment the mind is released from the task upon which it is engaged, it returns as naturally to God as the bird does to its nest."

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

THE LORD IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM

"The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who searches for Him. It is good to hope and wait patiently for the LORD’s salvation."

- Lamentations 3:25-26

ANYONE WHO HOLDS HIS TONGUE IS PRUDENT

"Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent."

- Proverbs 10:19

WE MUST NOT BE SILENT IN THIS GENERATION

"If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life."

- Ezekiel 3:18-19

LISTEN TO ADVICE AND ACCEPT INSTRUCTION

"Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

- Proverbs 19:20-21

NOR DO ANY GO DOWN INTO SILEnnnnnnn NCE

"The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence."

- Psalm 115:17

FOR GOD ALONE MY SOUL WAITS IN SILENCE

"For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation."

- Psalm 62:1

SOME PRAYERS ARE FOLLOWED BY SILENCE

"Some prayers are followed by silence (from God) because they are wrong, others because they are bigger than one can understand. It will be a wonderful moment for some of us when we stand before God and find that the prayers we clamored for in early days and imagined were never answered, have been answered in the most amazing way, and that God's silence has been the sign of the answer."

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

EACH MAN, IN THE SILENCE OF HIS OWN SOUL

"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

LET HIM SIT ALONE IN SILENCE

"Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him."
- Lamentations 3:28

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Words to Think About...

QUIET WORDS OF THE WISE

"The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools."

- Ecclesiastes 9:17

GOD'S SILENCES ARE HIS ANSWERS

"God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace."

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

A TIME TO BE SILENT

"A time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace."

- Ecclesiastes 3:7-8

WAIT ON THE LORD

"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

- Psalm 27:14

POWER IN HIS SILENCE

"A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words."

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

WAITED AND KEPT SILENCE

“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel."

- Job 29:21

FOOLS WHEN THEY KEEP SILENT

"Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent."

- Proverbs 17:28

LET HIM KNOW

"Let him know, that He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."

- James 5:20

KEEP SILENCE AND HEAR

"Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God."

- Deuteronomy 27:9

A SEASON OF SILENCE

"A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

LISTEN TO ME IN SILENCE

"Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment."

- Isaiah 41:1

THE LAND OF SILENCE

"If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence."

- Psalm 94:17

SILENCE, AS SOMEONE SAID

"Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion."

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

SEPTEMBER 03

Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ?

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"

- Romans 8:35

NOTHING SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

"Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8:39

WHEN HE SEPARATES ANYONE TO HIMSELF

"When He separates any one to Himself, He plants the blood of Christ right behind them."

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

HE SHALL SEPARATE THE NATIONS

"And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth His sheep from the goats."

- Matthew 25:32

NOTHING WILL SEPERATE US FROM HIM ANYMORE

"But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus, and where nothing will separate us from Him any more."

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

WHEN THEY SEPARATE YOU FROM THEIR COMPANY

"Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake."

- Luke 6:22

HE SEPARATES THE SIN WHICH HE HATES

"The wisdom of God appears in afflictions. By these He separates the sin which He hates, from the son whom He loves. By these thorns He keeps him from breaking over into Satan's pleasant pastures, which would fatten him indeed, but only to the slaughter."

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

TO SEPARATE US FROM HIM

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

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

NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD'S LOVE

"Nothing can separate you from God's love, absolutely nothing. God is enough for time, God is enough for eternity. God is enough!"

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer

SEPARATE ME BARNABAS AND PAUL

"As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them."

- Acts 13:2

YOU AND YOUR SINS MUST SEPARATE

"You and your sins must separate or you and your God will never come together. No one sin may you keep; they must all be given up, they must be brought out like Canaanite kings from the cave and be hanged up in the sun."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THE PEOPLE

"Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives."

- Ezra 10:11

NO SEPARATE LIFE THEY CAN EVER KNOW

"If faith produces no works, I see that faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, what God hath joined, let no man part."

- Hannah More (1745-1833) English Religious Writer

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Words to Think About...

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DIE

"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

AND BE YE SEPARATE, SAITH THE LORD

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."

- 2 Corinthians 6:17

SEPARATE FROM SINNERS

"For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens."

- Hebrews 7:26

THEY WHO SEPARATE THEMSELVES

"These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit."

- Jude 1:19

ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THESE TWO

"The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs in us by his Spirit. Most errors arise from an attempt to separate these two."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

THOU DIDST SEPARATE THEM

"For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD."

- 1 Kings 8:53

HE SHALL SEPARATE HIMSELF

"He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried."

- Numbers 6:3

GOD IS SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD

"You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will."

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

SEPERATE IN SPIRIT FROM IT

"Make us more dead to the world, and separate in spirit from it."

- William Tiptaft (1803-1864) Church of England Cleric

HE WANTS A SEPARATED PEOPLE

"The Holy Spirit cannot conquer the world with unbelief, nor can He save the world with a worldly Church. He calls for a crusade, a campaign, and an adventure of saving passion. For this enterprise He wants a separated, sanctified and sacrificial people."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

SEPTEMBER 04

He Made Us Kings and Priests Unto God

"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." - Revelation 1:6

HE GAVE ME THE PRIVILEDGE OF MINISTERING

I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to a praying people. We had prayer meetings that moved our very souls, each one appeared determined to storm the Celestial City by the might of intercession."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

- Mark 16:15-16

I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO FISH FOR PEOPLE

Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”

- Matthew 4:19

THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW

"Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

- Matthew 9:37-38

NO MAN IS GREATER THAN HIS PRAYER LIFE

"No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off."

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

HOLDS HIS PRIESTHOOD PERMANENTLY

"But Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently."

- Hebrews 7:24

I BECAME A MINISTER ACCORDING TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF GOD

"Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known."

- Colossians 1:25

THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF ANNOINTING AND SENDING MEN

"The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord's work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

THE LIPS OF A PRIEST SHOULD PRESERVE KNOWLEDGE

"For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts."

- Malachi 2:7

THE HOLY GHOST CALLS FOR CRUSADERS

"God the Holy Ghost calls for crusaders. How many ministers would be in church if it were not their job? The answer will be found in the number who never go to the job that is outside."

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

THEREFORE MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

- Matthew 28:18-19

FAR BE IT FROM ANY OF HIS MINISTERS TO EXPECT BETTER TREATMENT

"Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment."

- George Whitefield (1714-1770) Church of England Evangelist

WILL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE WORLD

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

- Matthew 24:14

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Words to Think About...

A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."

- 1 Peter 2:9

THE LIVES OF MINSTERS

"The lives of ministers oftentimes convince more strongly than their words; their tongues may persuade, but their lives command."

- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) Puritan Preacher and Writer

YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER

"For it is attested of Him, "You are a priest forever. According to the order of Melchizedek.”

- Hebrews 7:17

WHATEVER YOU DO

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

- 1 Corinthians 10:31

AND ABOVE ALL THE MINSTER

"The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however admirable the sermon may be, however attractive the service, however faithful the pastoral visitation, none of these things can damage him or his kingdom if prayer is neglected."

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

COMPEL PEOPLE TO COME IN

“And the master said to the servant, “Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.”

- Luke 14:23

IT IS THE VOICE OF CHRIST

"It is the voice of Christ that wakens the dead soul. Jesus speaks through the Bible, through ministers, through providences. His voice can reach the dead. He quickeneth whom He will. They that hear, live."

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

HE REMAINS A PRIEST PERPETUALLY

"Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, He remains a priest perpetually."

- Hebrews 7:3

I WILL FILL THE SOUL OF PRIESTS

“I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness, declares the Lord."

- Jeremiah 31:14

AND MINISTERED TO HIM

"When He was in Galilee, they followed Him and ministered to Him, and there were also many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem."

- Mark 15:41

SEPTEMBER 05

The Hand of The Lord Eternal Pleasures at His Right Hand

"You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." - Psalm 16:11

UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.""

- Isaiah 41:10

MY RIGHT HAND SPREAD OUT THE HEAVENS

"My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together."

- Isaiah 48:13

THE RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD

"The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly."

- Psalm 118:15-16

BECAUSE HE IS MY RIGHT HAND

"I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken."

- Psalm 16:8

SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER

"Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

- Matthew 26:64

CHRIST SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."

- Psalm 31:15

EXHALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

"God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear."

- Acts 2:32-33

THE HUNGER FOR ETRNITY INOUR SOULS

"Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do you mean that they shall be for you?"

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

CONCERNING THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

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

- Job 27:11

IN YOUR HAND IS POWER AND MIGHT

"Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all."

- 1 Chronicles 29:12

THE RIGHT HAND OF JESUS CHRIST

"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."

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

THE PLACE OF HONOR AT MY RIGHT HAND

"The LORD said to my Lord, sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet. The LORD will extend your powerful kingdom from Jerusalem; you will rule over your enemies."

- Psalm 110:1-2

HE SAT AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

"After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and He sat at the right hand of God."

- Mark 16:19

WHO IS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

"Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us."

-Romans 8:33-34

IN HIS RIGHT HAND HELD SEVEN STARS

"In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength."

- Revelation 1:16

JESUS STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

"But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

- Acts 7:55-56

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Words to Think About...

YOUR RIGHT HAND DELIVERS ME

"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me."

- Psalm 138:7

AND I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE

"And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one."

- John 10:28-30

MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND

"My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me."

- Colossians 3:1

YOUR RIGHT HAND IS EXALTED

"You have a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted."

- Psalm 89:13

YOUR RIGHT HAND IS MAJESTIC

“Your right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy."

- Exodus 15:6

YOUR RIGHT HAND UPHOLDS ME

"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand upholds me; and Your gentleness makes me great."

- Psalm 18:35

UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you."

- 1 Peter 5:6

OFFERED ONE SACRAFICE FOR SIN

"But He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God."

- Hebrews 10:12

TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US

"We may be sure God will not be hard to be intreated of us, who himself hath appointed us such an intercessor, to whom he can deny nothing; and to that end hath appointed him to sit at his right hand to make intercession for us."

- Abraham Wright (1611–1690) English Theological Writer

THE HAND OF GOD HAS TOUCHED ME

"Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!"

- Job 19:21

SAVING STRENGTH OF HIS RIGHT HAND

"Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand."

- Psalm 20:6

WHY DO YOU PLANT TREES?

A very poor and aged man, busied in planting and grafting an apple-tree, was rudely interrupted by the interrogation, ""Why do you plant trees, who cannot hope to eat the fruit of them?" He raised himself up, and, leaning on his spade, replied, "Someone planted trees before I was born, and I have eaten the fruit; I now plant for others, that the memorial of my gratitude may exist when I am dead and gone."

- The anecdote book; moral and religious 1870

SEPTEMBER 06

The Last Enemy to Be Destroyed is Death

"The last enemy that will be destroyed is death." - 1 Corinthians 15:26

TAKE NOTICE OF THE SAYINGS OF A DYING MAN

"You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men. This is mine: that a life spent in the service of God, and communion with Him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that anyone can live in this world."

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

THE ENEMY OF OUR SALVATION

"The enemy of our salvation especially strives to draw our heart and mind away from God when we are about to serve Him, and endeavours to adulterously attach our heart to something irrelevant. Be always, every moment, with God, especially when you pray to Him. If you are inconstant, you will fall away from life, and will cast yourself into sorrow and straitness."

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

THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY DEATH

"And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

- Revelation 21:4

AND WILL DO SO UNTIL OUR DYING DAY

"When a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe in Jesus Christ all our sins are pardoned; yet the power of sin, albeit that it is weakened and kept under by the dominion of the new-born nature which God doth infuse into our souls, doth not cease, but still tarrieth in us, and will do so to our dying day."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE WAY IS EASY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

- Matthew 7:13-14

DAILY DEATHS WILL DESTROY THE POWER OF THE FINAL DYING

"The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

IF OUR EARTHLY TENT IS DESTROYED

"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

WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE ON THE HEAVENLY SIDE

"We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death."

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

THE CORDS OF DEATH ENCOMPASSED ME

"The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me."

- Psalm 18:4-5

AT OUR BEDSIDE IN A DYING HOUR

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

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

AS YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU ARE DYING

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

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

SECURELY LAY DOWN HIS HEAD AND CLOSE HIS EYES

"Duties are ours, events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only can he securely lay down his head and close his eyes."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

NEVER FEAR DYING, BELOVED

"Never fear dying, beloved. Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about. Fear living - that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to endure, a rough voyage to undergo."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

WHICH ARE TO BE DISIRED WHEN DYING

"The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living which are to be desired when dying."

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

I AM STILL IN THE LAND OF THE DYING

"I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon." (his last words)

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

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

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Words to Think About...

CHRIST DIED TO SAVE US

"Christ died to save us, not from suffering, but from ourselves; not from injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that we might live--but live as He lives, by dying as He died who died to himself that he might live unto God. If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, and he that does not live to God, is dead."

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

YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID

"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

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT

"Beloved, have you ever thought that someday you will not have anything to try you, or anyone to vex you again? There will be no opportunity in heaven to learn or to show the spirit of patience, forbearance, and longsuffering. If you are to practice these things, it must be now."

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

EVEN TO YOUR DYING DAY

"As white snowflakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day, answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step you take, even to your dying day. The story of your life will be the story of prayer and answers to prayer."

- Ole Hallesby (1879-1961) Norwegian Lutheran Theologian

THE HOPE OF DYING

"The hope of dying is the only thing that keeps me alive."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

YOUR DYING TESTIMONY

"Holy Mr. Whitefield, when someone observed, "I should like to hear your dying testimony, said, "No, I shall in all probability bear no dying testimony." "Why not?" said the other. "Because I am bearing testimony every day while I live, and there will be the less need of it when I die."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE SCIENCE OF DYING

"You ask for a practical direction to teach you to die well. Detach your souls from everything that you love, separate from God. This, in a few words, is the science of dying."

- Louis Bourdaloue (1632–1704) French Jesuit and Preacher.

WHEN YOU ARE DYING

"When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you, sinking sinner? This alone - I have a high priest in heaven, and he can support in the hour of affliction. This alone can give you peace - I have a high priest in heaven. When you are dying - when friends can do you no good - when sins rise up like spectres around your bed - what can give you peace? This - "I have a high priest in heaven"

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

MOST COMFORTABLE WAY OF DYING

"The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering and the most comfortable way of dying."

- John Flavel (c1627-1691) English Puritan Minister

IN A DYING MOMENT

"There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

- John Selden (1584–1654) English jurist, Scholar of England's Ancient Laws

THE SIMPLICITY OF THE GOSPEL

"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

SEPTEMBER 07

God's Deity

"For in Him the whole fullness of Deity dwells bodily." - Colossians 2:9

THIS IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE

"And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. "

- 1 John 5:20

FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER

“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘o me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance."

- Isaiah 45:22-23

I AM THE ALPHA AND THE 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

THE GLORY I HAD BEFORE THE WORLD EXISTED

"And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed."

- John 17:5

THE FATHER IS IN ME AND I AM IN THE FATHER

"But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

- John 10:38

MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE

"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

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

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

- Genesis 1:1

THE LORD FORMED MAN FROM DUST

"Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature."

- Genesis 2:7

ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM

"All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made."

- John 1:3

IN EVERYTHING HE MIGHT BE PREEMINENT

"And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent."

- Colossians 1:18

EMPTIED HIMSELF, TAKING ON THE FORM OF A SERVANT

"Who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

- Philippians 2:6-8

THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE DEITY

"Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity."

- Isaac Watts (1674-1728) English Congregational Minister

THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- John 1:14

WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

"Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written."

- Romans 14:10-11

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Words to Think About...

BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD

"Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god."

- Isaiah 44:6

AND THE WORD WAS GOD

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

- John 1:1

YOUR THRONE IS FOREVER

But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom."

- Hebrews 1:8

BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM

"Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

- John 8:58

WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN?

"And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

- Mark 2:5-10

THE SUFFERING DEITY

"'Out, damned spot!' That is the true cry of human nature. That stain cannot be removed without blood, and that which is infinitely more, and deeper, and profounder, and more terrible than blood, of which blood is but the symbol - the suffering of Deity."

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

MY LORD AND MY GOD

"Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

- John 20:28

HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation."

- Colossians 1:15

NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME

"Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth."

- Philippians 2:9-10

THE MYSTERY OF A SUFFERING DEITY

"There is no mystery in heaven or earth so great as this - a suffering Deity, an almighty Saviour nailed to a Cross."

- Samuel M. Zwemer (1867–1952) American Missionary Islam and Scholar.

BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED

"For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him."

- Colossians 1:16

SEPTEMBER 08

He Remembers That We Are Dust

"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

THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND

"And the LORD God formed man ‭of‭ the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

- Genesis 2:7

YOU ARE REMEMBERED THROUGOUT ALL GENERATIONS

"But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; You are remembered throughout all generations."

- Psalm 102:12

REMEMBER YOUR MERCY, O LORD

"Remember Your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old."

- Psalm 25:6

REMEMBER THE WONDROUS WORKS HE HAS DONE

"Remember the wondrous works that He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He uttered."

- Psalm 105:5

IT IS HE WHO REMEMBERED US IN OUR LOWLY STATE

"It is He who remembered us in our low estate, for His steadfast love endures forever."

- Psalm 136:23

HIDDEN STRENGTH IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIM

"Oh, when we are journeying through the murky night and the dark woods of affliction and sorrow, it is something to find here and there a spray broken, or a leafy stem bent down with the tread of His foot and the brush of His hand as He passed; and to remember that the path He trod He has hallowed, and thus to find lingering fragrance and hidden strength in the remembrance of Him as in all points tempted like as we are, bearing grief for us, bearing grief with us, bearing grief like us."

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

I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SIN NO MORE

"And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

- Jeremiah 31:34

REMEMBER NOT THE SINS OF MY YOUTH

"Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!"

- Psalm 25:7

HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER

"For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever."

- Psalm 112:6

O LORD GOD, PLEASE REMEMBER ME AND STRENGTHEN ME

"Then Samson called to the LORD and said, O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.”

- Judges 16:28

YOU SHALL REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR GOD

"You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers, as it is this day."

- Deuteronomy 8:18

REMEMBER THEREFORE FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN

"Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent."

- Revelation 2:5

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Words to Think About...

REMEMBER ME, O LORD

"Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them."

- Psalm 106:4

I WILL BE MERCIFUL

"For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

- Hebrews 8:12

REMEMBER THE WORD I SAID TO YOU

"Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours."

- John 15:20

REMEMBER THE POOR

"Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do."

- Galatians 2:10

REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old."

- Isaiah 43:18

I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT

"Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land."

- Leviticus 26:42

REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS

"To those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments."

- Psalm 103:18

REMEMBER THE GOODNESS OF GOD

"Christian, remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

REMEMBER THIS AND STAND STILL

“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors."

- Isaiah 46:8

REMEMBER THOSE IN PRISON

"Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body."

- Hebrews 13:3

REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JESUS

"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."

- Acts 20:35

SEPTEMBER 09

Living in Luxury and Self-Indulgence

"You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter." - James 5:5

STOPPING SELF-INDULGENCE OF THE FLESH

"These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh."

- Colossians 2:23

INDULGING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH

"Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."

- Ephesians 2:3

NOT INDULGE IN SEXUAL IMMORALITY

"We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day."

- 1 Corinthians 10:8

SHE WHO IS SELF-INDULGENT

"But she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives."

- 1 Timothy 5:6

INDULGED IN SEXUAL IMMORALITY

"Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire."

- Jude 1:7

GIVEN THEMSELVES OVER TO SENSUALITY

"And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness."

- Ephesians 4:19

FULL OF GREED AND SELF-INDULGENCE

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence."

- Matthew 23:25

NOT LICENSED TO INDULGE IN THE FLESH

"Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh."

- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Minister Writer

WHICH IDLE PEOPLE INDULGE THEMSELVES

"One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves."

- J. H. Newman (1801-1890) English Theologian

HOW VASTLY INDULGENT WE ARE

"One way to begin to see how vastly indulgent we usually are is to fast. It is a long day that is not broken by the usual three meals. One finds out what an astonishing amount of time is spent in the planning, purchasing, preparing, eating, and cleaning up of meals."

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

FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD

"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world."

- 1 John 2:16

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Words to Think About...

THOSE WHO INDULGE IN LUST

"And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones."

- 2 Peter 2:10

THE LESS WE INDULGE

"The more we accommodate ourselves to plain things, and the less we indulge in those artificial delights which gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to a state of innoceny."

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

INDULGENCE OF THE FLESH

"Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle, which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and [a] neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh."

- Colossians 2:21-23

TO INDULGE ON OURSELVES

"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."

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

ENSLAVED TO VARIOUS LUSTS

"For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another."

- James 1:14

GOD'S INDULGENCE OF US

"Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.

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

INDULGENCE BRINGS FOG

"Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog."

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

EARLY AND CONSTANTLY INDULGED IN

"Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.

- Isaac Watts (1674-1728) English Congregational Minister

SEPTEMBER 10

Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant

"His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." - Matthew 25:23

WHERE I AM, MY SERVANT ALSO WILL BE

"Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me."

- John 12:26

HE TOOK THE FORM OF A SERVANT

"When He took on Him the form of a servant in our nature, He became what He had never been before, but He did not cease to be what He always had been in His divine nature. He who is God cannot ever cease to be God."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

TAKING THE FORM OF A BOND-SERVANT

"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men."

- Philippians 2:5-8

GOD DOES NOTHING WITHOUT REVEALING HIS SECRET TO HIS SERVANTS

“For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets."

- Amos 3:7

THE SON OF MAN DID COME TO SERVE

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

- Mark 10:45

I AM SIMPLY HIS SERVANT

"God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit, go and complain to Him, not to me. I am simply his servant, and if His errand that I am to tell is objectionable, I cannot help it. Let me tell you, the reason why many of our churches are declining is just because this doctrine has not been preached."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

SERVANTS ENTRUSTED WITH THE MYSTERIES GOD HAS REVEALED

"This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed."

- 1 Corinthians 4:1

THE SERVANT OF GOD HAS BUT ONE MASTER

"A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised."

- George Mueller 1805-1898) English Evangelist and Helper of Orphans

SO THAT THE SERVANT OF GOD MAY BE EQUIPPED

"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

A GREAT THING TO THE SERVANT OF GOD

"No one can get above circumstances unless he knows that he has the ear of God. The power of intercession is a great thing to the servant of God."

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

YOU ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET

"So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet."

- John 13: 12-15

THE GREATEST AMONG YOU

"The greatest among you shall be your servant."

- Matthew 23:11

COMMAND THY SERVANT ADVISABLY

"Command thy servant advisably with few plain words, fully, freely, and positively, with a grave countenance, and settled carriage: These will procure obedience, gain respect, and maintain authority."

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

LET YOUR FACE SHINE ON YOUR SERVANT

"Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love."

- Psalm 31:16

WHOEVER WANTS TO BECOME GREAT AMONG YOU

"Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave."

- Matthew 20:26-27

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Words to Think About...

THE LORD'S FREEMAN

Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that. For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave. You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men."

- 1 Corinthians 4:1

SERVANTS PLACED IN GOD'S WORLD

"We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do His work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can."

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

WHEN GOD RAISED UP HIS SERVANT

"When God raised up His servant, He sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

- Acts 3:26

JUST AS THE SERVANT KNOWS

"Just as a servant knows that he must first obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicit and unquestionable obedience must become the essential characteristic of our lives."

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

SERVE WITH ALL YOUR

"But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

- Joshua 22:5

ALLOW HIS SERVANT TO SUCCEED

"God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it."

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

AND THE LEADER LIKE THE SERVANT

"And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest. And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant."

- Luke 22:24-30

SERVANT MUST NEVER BE SURPRISED

"The servant of Christ must never be surprised if he has to drink of the same cup with His Lord."

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

GOD'S SERVANT FOR YOUR GOOD

"For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer."

- Romans 13:4

SEPTEMBER 11

Come Like You Promised

"They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” - 2 Peter 3:4

WHEN CHRIST WHO IS YOUR LIFE APPEARS

"When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."

- Colossians 3:4

AND 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

UNTIL THE COMING OF OUR LORD

"Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains."

- James 5:7

BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS

"Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen."

- Revelation 1:7

WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN ALL HIS GLORY

"“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

- Matthew 25:31

HE WILL TELL YOU ALL THINGS

"The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.”

- John 4:25

BUT CONCERNING THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."

- Matthew 24:36

THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

"Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

THE END OF ALL THINGS IS AT HAND

"The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers."

- 1 Peter 4:7

THE LORD COMES WITH TEN THOUSANDS OF HIS SAINTS

"Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints."

- Jude 1:14

WILL GATHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS

"And He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."

- Matthew 24:31

WITHOUT BLAME AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

"Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:23

WHEN HE COMES IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER

"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

- Mark 8:38

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

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Words to Think About...

BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON

“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done."

- Revelation 22:12

WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME

"So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him."

- Hebrews 9:28

WE EAGERLY WAIT FOR A SAVIOR

"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ."

- Philippians 3:20

BUT STAY AWAKE AT ALL TIMES

"But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

- Luke 21:36

WAITING FOR OUR BLESSED HOPE

"Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ."

- Titus 2:13

TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR

"Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord."

- 1 Thessalonians 4:17

AND AFTER THESE THINGS

"And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

- Acts 1:9-11

THE LORD IS NEAR

"Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.

- Philippians 4:5

AWAITING EAGERLY

"So that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

- 1 Corinthians 1:7

IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."

- 1 Corinthians 15:52

AND WHEN HE COMES

"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment."

- John 16:8

SEPTEMBER 12

The Great Apostacy

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils." - 1 Timothy 4:1

PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL TO YOU

"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!"

- Galatians 1:8-9

SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils."

- 1 Timothy 4:1-3

EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY

"Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction."

- 2 Thessalonians 2:3

IF THEY HAVE FALLEN AWAY

"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned."

- Hebrews 6:4-8

BETTER FOR THEM TO HAVE NEVER KNOWN

"For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

- 2 Peter 2:20–22

DEPARTING FROM THE LIVING GOD

"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."

- Hebrews 3:12

YET HE HAS NO FIRM ROOT

"The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away."

- Matthew 13:20-21

IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEGDE

"For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins."

- Hebrews 10:26

HE HAS THROWN AWAY AS A BRANCH AND DRIES UP

"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned."

- John 15:6

BEWARE YE BE LED AWAY WITH ERROR

"Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness."

- 2 Peter 3:17

THEY PROFESS TO KNOW GOD

"They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed."

- Titus 1:16

FOR WHOEVER IS ASHAMED OF ME

"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

- 2 Timothy 4:3-4

I DO NOT KNOW YOU, DEPART FROM ME

"Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets; and He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers."

- Luke 13:26-27

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Words to Think About...

LET US GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS

"If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers."

- Deuteronomy 13:6-11

HE WHO DENIES ME BEFORE MEN

"But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God."

- Luke 12:9

AND THESE HAVE NO ROOT

"They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away."

- Luke 8:13

IN THE LAST DAYS

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

- 2 Timothy 3:1-7

FOR THE TIME WILL COME

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths."

- 2 Timothy 4:3-4

LOVE SHALL WAX COLD

"And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."

- Matthew 24:12

THEN SHALL MANY BE OFFENDED

"And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another."

- Matthew 24:10

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE ME

"Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him. From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus."

- Matthew 26:14-16

THEY WERE NOT REALLY OF US

"They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us."

- 1 John 2:19

IF WE DENY HIM

"If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us."

- 2 Timothy 2:12

SEPTEMBER 13

For Men Will Be Covetous, Unthankful, Unholy

GUARD AGAINST ALL COVETOUSNESS

"And he said to them, Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

- Luke 12:15

THE COVETOUSNESS MAN IS LIKE A CAMEL

"The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader, or he will hardly get in."

- Thomas Adams (1583–1652) English Clergyman and preacher

YOU SHALL NOT COVET

"For the commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

- Romans 13:9

COVETOUSENESS SWELLS TO NO PURPOSE

"Covetousness swells the principal to no purpose, and lessens the use to all purposes."

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

YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

- Exodus 20:17

NO COVETOUS MAN HAS AN INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM

"For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God."

- Ephesians 5:5

THE COVETOUS MAN

"There is nothing into which the heart of man so easily falls as pride, and yet there is no more vice which is more frequently, more emphatically, and more eloquently condemned in Scripture. Pride is a thing which should be unnatural to us, for we have nothing to be proud of. In almost every other sin, we gather us ashes when the fire is gone. But here, what is left? The covetous man has his shining gold, but what does the proud man have? He has less than he would have had without pride, and is no gainer whatever. Pride wins no crown."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE

- Exodus 20:17

COVETOUSNESS THEREFORE IS A SIN

"Covetousness is therefore, a sin with a very wide range. If it is the desire for money, it leads to theft. If it is the desire for prestige, it leads to evil ambition. If it is the desire for power, it leads to sadistic tyranny. If it is the desire for a person, it leads to sexual sin."

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

COVETOUSNESS MUST NOT BE NAMED AMONG YOU

"But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints."

- Ephesians 5:3

COVETOUSENESS SWELLS TO NO PURPOSE

"Covetousness swells the principal to no purpose, and lessens the use to all purposes."

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

IF SATAN CAN MAKE A COVETOUS MINISTER

"Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two: your life preaches all week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words, from God."

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

WHOEVER IS WICKED COVETS

"Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit."

- Proverbs 12:12

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Words to Think About...

BEWARE OF THE COVETOUSENESS

"Take heed and beware of covetousness. The Lord saw the need of doubly warning against that besetting sin."

- William Tiptaft (1803-1864) Church of England Cleric

COVET THE 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

COVET SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

"All regenerated ones should covet spiritual development."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

YOU COVET AND CANNOT OBTAIN

"You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask."

- James 4:2

SOME HE RULES BY COVETOUSNESS

"Satan rules all men that are in his kingdom. Some he rules through lust. Some he rules through covetousness. Some he rules through appetite. Some he rules by their temper, but he rules them. And none will ever seek to be delivered until they get their eyes open and see that they have been taken captive."

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

CAST A COVETOUS EYE

"Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of the soul; as physicians judge of the heart by the pulse, so we by the eye; a rolling eye, a roving heart. The good eye keeps minute time, and strikes when it should; the lustful, crochet-time, and so puts all out of tune."

- Thomas Adams (1583–1652) English clergyman and preacher

ALL KINDS OF COVETOUSNESS

"But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead."

- Romans 7:8

COVET SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

"All regenerated ones should covet spiritual development."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

YOU SHALL NOT COVET

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

- Romans 7:7

SEPTEMBER 14

The God of This World Has Blinded Their Minds

"For the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see." - 1 Corinthians" 4:4

AND I WILL LEAD THE BLIND

"And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them." - Isaiah 42:16

THE GOTTINGREN PROFESSOR

Two gentlemen from London, in the course of a tour German, came to Gottingen, where they visited several professors eminent for their meritorious exertions in the promotion of learning. They were received by all in the most friendly manner, but one in particular, who afforded them some of the most delightful hours they enjoyed on their tour.

With the greatest readiness, and in the most obliging manner, he showed his visitors everything interesting in his house, at the same time gratifying them by many entertaining relations. Having directed their attention to various objects, he left the room, but soon returned with a Bible under his arm and, with a countenance as grave as it had before been cheerful, he addressed them in nearly the following words:

"You must now allow me to relate an extraordinary occurrence: Some years ago I was in great danger of losing my sight, which had become so bad that I could scarcely distinguish anything. The prospect of passing the last days of my life in blindness made me so melancholy that I resolved to make a tour to Bremen to recover my spirits. On this tour I came to Hanover, where some friends took me into the Duke of Cambridge's library, and showed me some Bibles lately sent by the Bible Society in London as a present to the duke. Wishing to try whether, in my blindness, I could distinguish the paper and print of those from the common ones, I took one up merely for that purpose, without the least of selecting any particular passage; and now see what I read!"

He here opened the Bible, and read Isaiah xlii. 16, "And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will read them in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them and not forsake them."

I read this verse and received spiritual sight." At these words he was of much affected, that tears ran down his cheeks. With a cheerful and I now journeyed back to Gottingen, and my greatest desire was to possess a Bible, in which this verse stood on the same page and in the same place. Shortly afterwards I was visited by a friend from London, to whom I related the occurrence, and immediately received his promise to send me one as a soon as possible, which he did." The Bible he continued to esteem as his greatest earthly treasure.

- Moral and Religious Anecdotes by Norman Islay Macleod C. 1870s

DARKNESS HAS BLINDED HIS EYES

"But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes."

- 1 John 2:11

WHAT BLINDNESS IS TO THE EYE

"Sin is to a nature what blindness is to an eye. The blindness of an evil or defect which is a witness to the fact that the eye was created to see the light and, hence, the very lack of sight is the proof that the eye was meant... to be the one particularly capable of seeing the light. Were it not for this capacity, there would be no reason to think of blindness as a misfortune."

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

WOE TO YOU, BLIND GUIDES

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated. You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? And Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated."

- Matthew 23:16-26

THE LORD OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLIND

"The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous."

- Psalm 146:8

THE MUTE MAN SPOKE AND SAW

"Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw."

- Matthew 12:22

BLIND GUIDES OF THE BLIND

"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

- Matthew 15:14

IS IT NOT I, THE LORD?

"The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?"

- Exodus 4:11

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Words to Think About...

LORD OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLIND

"The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous."

- Psalm 146:8

JESUS CAME IN THE FLESH

"To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison."

- Isaiah 42:7

THOUGH I WAS BLIND, NOW I SEE

"He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

- John 9:25

DARKNESS HAS BLINDED HIS EYES

"But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes."

- 1 John 2:11

I WANT TO REGAIN MY SIGHT

"And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!”

- Mark 10:51

THE BLIND RECEIVED SIGHT

"And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them."

- Luke 7:22

INSCRIPTION ON A TOMBSTONE

"She Hath Done What She Could"

Inscription on the tombstone of the blind hymnist Fanny Crosby

"If I had a choice, I would still choose to remain blind...for when I die, the first face I will ever see will be the face of my blessed Saviour."

- Fanny Crosby (1844-1915) American Mission Worker

LAST DAYS OF IRA SANKEY

"I have only a little longer of earthly darkness, and then the sunshine of the Father's throne. God is love. Good night, good night."

- Ira Sankey 1840-1908) Gospel singer with D. L. Moody Crusades, lived in Brooklyn the last years of his life and after years of blindness died in 1908.

SEPTEMBER 15

And My God Will Supply Every Need of Yours

"And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

- Philippians 4:19

YOUR FATHER KNOWETH WHAT THINGS YE HAVE NEED OF

"Your father knoweth What things ye have need of."

- Matthew 6:8

TO HELP IN THE TIME OF NEED

"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

- Hebrews 4:16

GOD HAS SUPPLIED ALL MY NEEDS

"God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

THE LORD HEARS THE NEEDY

"For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners."

- Psalm 69:33

FEED ME WITH FOOD THAT IS NEEDFUL FOR ME

"Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me."

- Proverbs 30:8

A STRONGHOLD TO THE NEEDY IN HIS DISTRESS

"For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall."

- Isaiah 25:4

HE HAD NEED OF THIS

"While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God."

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

A BLESSING UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE NEED

"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

SECRET OF FACING PLENTY AND HUNGER, ABUNDANCE AND NEED

"I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need."

- Philippians 4:12

GIVE DELIVERENCE TO THE CHILDREN OF THE NEEDY

"May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!"

- Psalm 72:4

I AM POOR AND NEEDY; HASTEN TO ME, O GOD!

"But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!"

- Psalm 70:5

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDS OF THE SAINTS

"Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality."

- Romans 12:13

I HAVE A GREAT CHRIST FOR MY NEED

"I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

THE FLESH NEED NOT FEAR DEATH

"Live in Christ, live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death."

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

THEY WILL NEED NO LIGHT OF LAMP OR SUN

"And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever."

- Revelation 22:5

NINETY-NINE RIGHTEOUS PERSONS WHO NEED NO REPENTANCE

"Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance."

- Luke 15:7

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AND SEES HIS BROTHER IN NEED

"But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?"

- 1 John 3:17

WHAT WE NEED NOW

"What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others."

- A.C. Dixon (1854–1925) Baptist Pastor, Bible Expositor

HAS NO NEED TO BE ASHAMED

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

- 2 Timothy 2:15

YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID OF HIM

"When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."

- Deuteronomy 18:22

YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID

"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

WITH ANYONE IN NEED

"Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need."

- Ephesians 4:28

AND I NEED NOTHING

"For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked."

- Revelation 3:17

RESCUE THE POOR AND THE NEEDY

"Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

- Psalm 82:4

FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY

"For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me."

- Psalm 109:22

LEND HIM SUFFICIENT TO HIS NEED

"But you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be."

- Deuteronomy 15:8

THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE NEED

Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to Him of our sense of the need. In this, as in everything, God's thoughts are not as ours. God requires that His gifts should be sought for. He designs to be honoured by our asking, just as He is to be thanked by us after He has bestowed His blessing."

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

NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO WRITE

"Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another."

- 1 Thessalonians 4:9

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30 Minutes of Silence

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Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ?

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He Made Us Kings and Priests Unto God

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The Hand of The Lord Eternal Pleasures at His Right Hand

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