September 16-30 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

How Then Shall We Live?

September 16 – The Generous Soul Will Be Made Rich

September 17 – You Will See It With Your Own Eyes And Say

September 18 – You Have Forgotten The God of Your Salvation

September 19 – Your Undivided Devotion to the Lord

September 20 – Ancient of Days

September 21 – The Surpassing Greatness of His Power

September 22 – Eternal Security In Christ

THE MAZZAROTH

LIBRA (The Scales). The price deficient balanced by the price which covers.

Sept. 23–Oct. 23

1. CRUX, The Cross endured.

2. LUPUS, or VICTIMA, The Victim slain.

3. CORONA, The Crown bestowed.

September 23 – He Sacrificed For Sin Once For All

September 24 – Be Watchful, Stand Firm in the Faith, Act Like Men

September 25 – The Incarnation

September 26 – I Will Give To Him A White Stone

September 27 – They Will Be Without Natural Affection

September 28 – Beware Lest You Forget The Lord

September 29 – You Are My Hiding Place

September 30 – For Then There Will Be Great Tribulation

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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

SEPTEMBER 16

The Generous Soul Will Be Made Rich

"The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself." - Proverbs 11:25

WHOEVER IS GENEROUS LENDS TO THE LORD

"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed."

- Proverbs 19:17

LET HIM ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."

- James 1:5

BLESSED IS HE WHO IS GENEROUS TO THE POOR

"Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor."

- Proverbs 14:21

GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

- Luke 6:38

THE GENEROUS SOUL WHICH ENVIETH NOT

"Only one thing truly need the Christian envy, the large, rich, generous soul which "envieth not."

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

THE RIGHTEOUS IS GENEROUS AND GIVES

"The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives."

- Psalm 37:21

MANY SEEK THE FAVOR OF A GENEROUS MAN

"Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts."

- Proverbs 19:6

FOR HIM WHO IS GENEROUS TO THE POOR

"Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor."

- Proverbs 28:8

THE TRUELY GENEROUS ARE MOST PLIANT AND COURTEOUS

"As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors."

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

IF ANYONE HAS MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

"If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?"

- 1 John 3:17

FOR WITH SUCH SACRAFICES GOD IS PLEASED

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."

- Hebrews 13:16

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Words to Think About...

HE WHO IS GENEROUS

"Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him."

- Proverbs 14:31

BE GENEROUS AND READY TO SHARE

"They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share."

- 1 Timothy 6:18

MOST GENEROUS AND MERCIFUL

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others, are always the most free from faults themselves."

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

WHOEVER IS OF A GENEROUS HEART

"Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze."

- Exodus 35:5

BE GENEROUS IN EVERY WAY

"You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God."

- 2 Corinthians 9:11

WITH GLAD AND GENEROUS HEART

"And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts."

- Acts 2:46

BUT THIS I SAY

"But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."

- 2 Corinthians 9:6

CARRY EACH OTHER'S BURDENS

"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ."

- Galatians 6:2

THE GENEROUS WILL BE BLESSED

"The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor."

- Proverbs 22:9

SEPTEMBER 17

You Will See It With Your Own Eyes And Say

"You will see it with your own eyes and say, Great is the LORD—even beyond the borders of Israel!" - Malachi 1:5

LEARN TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM ABOVE

"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 Evangelical Minister and Missionary

PRAISING GOD FOR ALL THEY HAVE SEEN

"And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them."

- Luke 2:20

AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM

"Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen."

- Revelation 1:7

SO THAT YOU MAY SEE

"I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see."

- Revelation 3:18

WE NEED A BAPTISM OF CLEAR SEEING

"We need a baptism of clear seeing. We desperately need seers who can see through the mist--Christian leaders with prophetic vision. Unless they come soon it will be too late for this generation. And if they do come we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our worldly orthodoxy."

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

BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES, BECAUSE THEY SEE

"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."

- Matthew 13:16-17

FAITH LOOKS TO GOD ALONE

"Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, and looks to God alone; laughs at impossibilities, and cries it shall be done."

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

IN THE TWINKING OF AN EYE

"1n 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

WHAT DO WE SEE IN JESUS

"What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position a little lower than the angels; and because he suffered death for us, he is now crowned with glory and honor. Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation."

- Hebrews 2:9-10

THE CHRISTIAN ON HIS KNEES SEES MORE THAN

"The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves."

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

HE SEES ALL THE TWISTED THINSG ABOUT ME

"He sees all the twisted things about me that my fellow-men do not see (and I am glad!), and that He sees more corruption in me than that which I see in myself (which, in all conscience, is enough)."

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

IN HOLINESS GOD IS MORE CLEARLY SEEN

"In holiness God is more clearly seen than in anything else, save in the Person of Christ Jesus the Lord, of whose life such holiness is but a repetition."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN

"Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony."

- John 3:11

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Words to Think About...

TO SEE HIS FACE FIRST

"I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else."

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

YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET

"So that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

- Matthew 6:4

HE SEES WHERE WE DO NOT

"It is in the deepest darkness of the starless midnight that men learn how to hold on to the hidden Hand most tightly and how that Hand holds them; that He sees where we do not, and knows the way He takes; and though the way be to us a roundabout way, it is the right way."

- A. T. Pierson (1837-1911) American Pastor, Bible Expositor

THAT YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN

"He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen."

- Deuteronomy 10:21

HE WHO HAS SEEN ME

"Until we know Jesus, God is merely a concept, and we can't have faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus say, He who has seen Me has seen the Father, (John 14:9) we immediately have something that is real, and our faith is limitless."

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

YOU HAVE SEEN MY AFFLICTION

"I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul."

- Psalm 31:7

GOD SEES HEARTS

"God sees hearts as we see faces."

- George Herbert (1592-1633) Church of England Priest

THE CONVICTION OF THINGS NOT SEEN

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

- Hebrews 11:1

MAN SEES YOUR ACTIONS

"Man sees your actions, but God your motives."

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

THOUGH THEY HAD SEEN MY WORK

"When your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work."

- Psalm 95:9

FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN

"For my eyes have seen your salvation."

- Luke 2:30

SEPTEMBER 18

You Have Forgotten The God of Your Salvation

"For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger." - Isaiah 17:10

NOT ONE OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD

"Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God."

- Luke 12:6

HAVING FORGOTTEN THE CLEANSING FROM OLD SINS

"For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins."

_ 2 Peter 1:9

YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH

"Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth."

- Deuteronomy 32:18

YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY ME

"Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me."

- Isaiah 44:21

THE FORMER TROUBLES ARE FORGOTTEN

"So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes."

- Isaiah 65:16

HAS GOD FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE GRACIOUS?

"Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His compassion?” Selah

- Psalm 77:9

HIS COURT FORGOT TO ASK FOR GOD'S BLESSING

There was once a good king in Spain called Alfonso XII. Now it came to the ears of this king that the pages at his court forgot to ask God’s blessing on their daily meals, and he determined to rebuke them. He invited them to a banquet, which they all attended. The table was spread with every kind of good food, and the boys ate with evident relish; but not one of them remembered to ask God’s blessing on the food.

During the feast a beggar entered, dirty and ill-clad. He seated himself at the royal table and ate and drank to his heart’s content. At first the pages were amazed, and they expected that the king would order him away. But Alfonso never said a word.

When the beggar had finished, he rose and left without a word of thanks. Then the boys could keep silence no longer. "What a despicably mean fellow!" they cried. But the king silenced them, and in clear, calm tones he said, "Boys, bolder and more audacious than this beggar have you all been. Every day you sit down to a table supplied by the bounty of your heavenly Father, yet you ask not His blessing nor express to Him your gratitude."

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THE NEEDY NOT SHALL ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN

"For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever."

- Psalm 9:18

JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM

"Jesus, remember me when you come into Your kingdom, the good thief said from His cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well."

- Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) American Minister and Writer

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Words to Think About...

MEN HAD FORGOTTEN GOD

"If I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible that main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: men had forgotten God; that is why all this has happened."

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian Novelist Soviet Dissident

BUT THE LORD WILL TAKE ME IN

"For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in."

-Psalm 27:10

I FEAR IT IS SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN

"I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question, but one is never found without the other. All justified people are sanctified, and all sanctified people are justified. ... Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you."

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

WHICH SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN

"And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.”

- Jeremiah 23:40

THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR FOLD

“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold."

- Jeremiah 50:6

WHY HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ME?

"I say to God, my rock: “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

- Psalm 42:9

CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE FORGOTTEN ME

"My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me."

- Job 19:14

HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOUR STATUTES

"For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes."

- Psalm 119:83

SEPTEMBER 19

Your Undivided Devotion to the Lord

"I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord." - 1 Corinthians 7:35

SINCERE AND PURE DEVOTION TO GOD

"But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ."

- 2 Corinthians 11:3

MY DEVOTION TO THE HOUSE OF GOD

"Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God."

- 1 Chronicles 29:3

TRUELY FERVANT DEVOTION TO OUR LORD JESUS

"There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change in the relation of the majority of our Christian people to mission work."

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

I WILL GIVE THEM ONE HEART

"And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh."

- Ezekiel 11:19

THE SECRET HEART IS DEVOTION'S TEMPLE

"The secret heart is devotion's temple; there the saint lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen but not unaccepted."

- Hannah More (1745-1833) English Religious Writer

SIMPLICITY AND PURITY OF DEVOTION TO CHRIST

"But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ."

- 2 Corinthians 11:3

OR PARTICULAR FORMS OF DEVOTION

"Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility."

- Brother Lawrence (1611-1691) Lay Monk in Paris

SECURE UNDISTRACTED DEVOTION TO THE LORD

"This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord."

- 1 Corinthians 7:35

A NEW CAPACITY FORDEVOTION TO GOD

"As is true of man who is born naturally and receives a human nature from his parents, so man born anew receives a new nature, a new capacity for service and devotion to God."

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

AT NIGHT MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU

"At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness."

- Isaiah 26:9

GOD REMEMBERS YOUR DEVOTIONS

“As for the smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them and did not all this come into His mind?"

- Jeremiah 44:21

IN THE MORNING, I WILL HEAR YOUR VOICE

"In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch."

- Psalm 5:3

FIND PREACHERS LIKE DAVID BRAINARD

"Find preacher's of David Brainerd's spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man."

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

THEY AROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WORSHIPED BEFORE THE LORD

"Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her."

- 1 Samuel 1:19

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Words to Think About...

I SHALL SEEK YOU EARNESTLY

"O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water."

- Psalm 63:1

YOU HAVE DELIVERED MY SOUL

"For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol."

- Psalm 86:13

IT IS DEVOTION

"To be assured of our salvation is no arrogant stoutness. It is faith. It is devotion. It is not presumption. It is God's promise."

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

HONOR THE LORD

"Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce."

- Proverbs 3:9

EXCESSIVE DEVOTION TO CHRIST

"No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ."

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

UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME

"Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name."

- Psalm 86:11

PASSIONATE DEVOTION TO THE LORD

"Every now and again, Our Lord lets us see what we would be like if it were not for Himself; it is a justification of what He said - "Without Me you can do nothing." That is why the bedrock of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus."

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

THE ACID TEST OF DEVOTION

"Prayer is the acid test of devotion."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

INCREASING THY DEVOTION

"Place not thy amendment only in increasing thy devotion, but in bettering thy life. It is the damning hypocrisy of this age that it slights all good morality, and spends its zeal in matters of ceremony, and a form of godliness without the power of it."

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

PIETY AND DEVOTION TO GOD

"This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God."

- William Law (1686-1761) Church of England Cleric

THE PRIVATE DEVOTIONS

"The private devotions and secret offices of religion are like the refreshing of a garden with the distilling and petty drops of a waterpot; but addressed from the temple, they are like ram from heaven."

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

SEPTEMBER 20

Ancient of Days

“I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him." - Daniel 7:13

YES, FROM ANCIENT DAYS I AM HE

"Yes, and from ancient days I am He. No one can deliver out of my hand."

- Isaiah 43:13

UNTIL THE ANCIENT OF DAYS CAME

"Until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom."

- Daniel 7:22

BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS

"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

- Psalm 90:2

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

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS TOOK HIS SEAT

“I kept looking until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire."

- Daniel 7:9

HE DID NOT SPARE THE ANCIENT WORLD

"If He did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly."

- 2 Peter 2:5

DO NOT MOVE ANCIENT LANDMARKS

"Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set."

- Proverbs 22:28

SUCH AS NEVER WAS IN ANCIENT TIMES

"A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come."

- Joel 2:2

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Words to Think About...

FROM ANCIENT DAYS

"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days."

- Micah 5:2

FROM ANCIENT TIMES

"Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose."

- Isaiah 46:10

ASK FOR THE ANCIENT PATHS

Thus says the LORD: Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it."

- Jeremiah 6:16

HE SEIZED THE ANCIENT SERPENT

"And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years."

- Revelation 20:2

HIS EYES WERE LIKE A FLAME OF FIRE

"His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters."

- Revelation 1:14-15

THE ANCIENT HEAVENS

"To Him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends out his voice, His mighty voice."

- Psalm 68:33

SEPTEMBER 21

The Surpassing Greatness of His Power

"And the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength." - Ephesians 1:19

PRAISE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS EXCELLENT GREATNESS!

"Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!"

- Psalm 150:2

HIS GREATNESS IS UNSEARCHABLE

"Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable."

- Psalm 145:3

AMAZED AT THE GREATNESS OF GOD

"And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples."

- Luke 9:43

THE NUMBER OF HIS YEARS IS UNSEARCHANBLE

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; the number of His years is unsearchable."

- Job 36:26

CONSIDER THE GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE FOR YOU

"Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you."

- 1 Samuel 12:24

SURPASSING GREATNESS OF THE POWER

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves."

- 2 Corinthians 4:7

BY THE GREATNESS OF HIS MIGHT

"Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing."

- Isaiah 40:26

YOUR GREATNESS AND YOUR STRONG HAND

"O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?"

- Deuteronomy 3:24

THE GREATNESS OF YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS

"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

- Numbers 14:19-21

THE IMMEASURABLE GREATNESS OF JEHOVAH

"There are no measures which can set forth the immeasurable greatness of Jehovah, who is goodness itself... Notes of exclamation suit us when words of explanation are of no avail. If we cannot measure we can marvel; and though we may not calculate with accuracy, we can adore with fervency."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

GOD HAS SHOWN US HIS GRETANESS

You said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives."

- Deuteronomy 5:24

GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS

"The LORD'S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness."

- Lamentations 3:22-23

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Words to Think About...

THE GREATNESS OF YOUR POWER

"Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die."

- Psalm 79:11

GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

- John 15:13

I WILL TELL OF YOUR GREATNESS

"Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, and I will tell of Your greatness."

- Psalm 145:6

GREATNESS AND POWER

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all."

- 1 Chronicles 29:11

THE LORD IS GREATER

"Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”

- Exodus 18:11

THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD

"For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods."

- Psalm 95:3

ASCRIBE GREATNESS TO OUR GOD

"For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!"

- Deuteronomy 32:3

YOU WILL INCREASE MY GREATNESS

"You will increase my greatness and comfort me again."

- Psalm 71:21

THE GREATNESS OF YOUR ARM

“Terror and dread fall upon them; by the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone; until Your people pass over, O Lord, until the people pass over whom You have purchased."

- Exodus 15:16

THE LORD HAS DONE GREAT THINGS

"Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done great things."

- Joel 2:21

WHO THEN IS GREATEST?

"At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

- Matthew 18:1

SEPTEMBER 22

Eternal Security In Christ

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." - John 3:16

NOTHING CAN SEPERATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8:38-39

WHERE DOES YOUR SECURITY LIE?

"Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your Saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security."

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

HE GIVES THEM SECURITY

"He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways."

- Job 24:23

AND I GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO THEM

"And I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will 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 the Father’s hand."

- John 10:28-29

THAT YOU MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."

- 1 John 5:13

YOU WERE SEALED IN HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE

"In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."

- Ephesians 1:13-14

I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR FORESAKE YOU

"Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.”

- Hebrews 13:5

NO ONE WILL SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND

"And I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand."

- John 10:28

ALL THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME I LOSE NOTHING

"This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day."

- John 6:39

HE IS ABLE TO SAVE FOREVER

"Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them."

- Hebrews 7:25

WHOEVER COMES TO ME I WILL NEVER CAST OUT

"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out."

- John 6:37

SEALED WITH THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT

"In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit."

- Ephesians 1:13

FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF MY FATHER

"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

- John 6:40

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Words to Think About...

THERE IS PEACE AND SECURITY

"While people are saying, “There is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:3

SLAIN IN SECURITY

"See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security."

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

IF GOD IS FOR US

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies."

- Romans 8:31-39

THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 6:23 ESV

THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST

"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

PRESERVES THE SOULS OF THE GODLY

"Hate evil, you who love the Lord, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked."

- Psalm 97:10

THEY WILL NEVER PERISH

"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand."

- John 10:28

TO PRESENT YOU BLAMELESS

"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy."

- Jude 1:24

GIVEN US HIS SPIRIT AS A GUARANTEE

"And who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."

- 2 Corinthians 1:22

IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."

- Ephesians 2:8

SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION

"And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

- Ephesians 4:30

SEPTEMBER 23

Go Therefore and Make Disciples of All Nations

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." - Matthew 28:19

A DISCIPLE IS NO GREATER THAN HIS TEACHER

“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.”

WHOEVER WANTS TO BE MY DISCIPLE

“Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”

- Luke 9:23

CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT DISCIPLESHIP

“Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.”

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

WHOVER DOES NOT TAKE UP HIS CROSS

“Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.”

- Matthew 10:38

TO HIS DISCIPLES HE LEFT HIS PEACE

"Christ died He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to follow Him, He left not silver or gold, but something far better - His PEACE!"

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

HE WHO WATERS WILL ALSO BE WATERED

"The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself."

- Proverbs 11:25

JESUS NEVER TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES HOW TO PREACH

"I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray."

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

BY THIS EVERYONE WILL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

- John 13:34-35

HE LIFTED HIS EYES UP TO HIS DISCIPLES AND SAID

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."

- Luke 6:20

OUR LORD SAID, FOLLOW ME

Our Lord said, 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. It is evident, then, that a true disciple is a soul-winner. It is possible to sit on the shore discussing the signs of the times when we ought to be driven by the signs of the times to launch out into the deep and let down our nets for a draught."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

FAITHFUL MEN ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS

“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

- 2 Timothy 2:2

JESUS PROMISED HIS DISCIPLES THREE THINGS

"Jesus promised the disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."

- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) English Writer, Theologian

THE LORD JESUS CALLED HIS DISCIPLES TO DENY

"On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING, YOU ARE REALLY MY DISCIPLES

“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

- John 8:31-32

BEWARE OF HALFHEARTED DISCIPLESHIP “

If you are Christians, be consistent. Be Christians out and out; Christians every hour, in every part. Beware of halfhearted discipleship, of compromise with evil, of conformity to the world, of trying to serve two masters – to walk in two ways, the narrow and the broad, at once. It will not do. Halfhearted Christianity will only dishonor God, while it makes you miserable.”

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

INSTRUMENTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES, MADE HOLY

“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.”

- 2 Timothy 2:20-21

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Words to Think About...

THE TEST OF REAL DISCIPLESHIP

"Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people."

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

LIVE THE LIFE OF A DISCIPLE

“It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place to enter in is in your business, as you walk along the streets, in the ordinary ways of life, when no one dreams you are praying, and the reward comes openly, a revival here, a blessing there.”

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

UNLESS THEY ARE BORN AGAIN

“Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

- John 3:3

I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN

“Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. They immediately left their nets and followed Him.”

- Matthew 4:19-20

TO BE A DISCIPLE

“To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.”

- Billy Graham (1918-2018) American Evangelist

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

OUR LORD TOLD HIS DICIPLES

"Our Lord told His disciples that love and obedience were organically united. The final test of love is obedience."

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

EXAMINE YOURSELVES

“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!”

- 2 Corinthians 13:5

THE DISCIPLES DECISION TO OBEY

"The disciples' decision to obey Jesus after the Ascension proved to be a pivot point in history. The word was never the same again."

- Chuck Colson (1931-2012) Founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries

OUR COMPANIONSHIP IS WITH HIM

"Our companionship with Him, like all true companionship, is a spiritual communion. All friendship, all love, human and Divine, is purely spiritual. It was after He was risen that He influenced even the disciples most."

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

DID NOT OUR HEARTS BURN WITHIN US

"Leave not off reading the Bible till you find your hearts warmed. Read the word, not only as a history, but labour to be affected with it. Let it not only inform you, but inflame you. "Is not my word like a fire? saith the Lord": Jer 23:29. Go not from the word till you can say as those disciples, "Did not our hearts burn within us?"

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

SEPTEMBER 24

Be Watchful, Stand Firm in the Faith, Act Like Men

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love."- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

NAPOLEON BONEPARTE AND THE GUARD SLEEPING ON DUTY

Napoleon Bonaparte made a lonely surprise visit one night to the outpost sentries on one of the vital positions of his battlefield. Stealthily he moved along in the gray light of the morning. One sentry after another immediately challenged him. Finally, the crafty warrior stole up to a strategic spot.

There was no sentry to challenge him. The wily Napoleon moved closer and saw a pair of boots protruding from under a shock of corn and a rifle propped beside them. He made no comment - just picked up the rifle and himself stood guard, waiting for the awakening of the snoozing soldier. Finally, the corn stirred, and up jumped the guilty defender and grabbed for the gun that was gone.

Can you imagine his confusion and chagrin? What a bitter and shattering experience - caught napping by Napoleon! When the Lord of Glory returns, will He find you sleeping?

WHO STANDS TO END WILL BE SAVED

"You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved."

- Matthew 10:22

STAND FIRM AGAINST SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL

"Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil."

- Ephesians 6:11

STANDING FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT

"Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel."

- Philippians 1:27

STAND FIRM IN THE LORD

"Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor’s crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, dear friends. I urge Euodia and Syntyche to have the same attitude in the Lord."

- Philippians 4:1-2

THE LORD'S PLAN STANDS FIRM FOREVER

"The Lord’s plan stands firm forever. His thoughts stand firm in every generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Blessed are the people he has chosen as his own."

- Psalm 33:11-12

YOUR WORD STANDS FIRM IN THE HEAVENS

"Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you."

- Psalm 119:89-91

SO THEN, STAND FIRM BRETHEREN

"So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us."

- 2 Thessalonians 2:15

STAND FIXED ON HIS PRINCIPLES

"No, the Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth."

- William Gurnall (1616-1679) English Anglican Clergyman

STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH

"Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm."

- 2 Corinthians 1:24

ALL MEN ALIKE STAND CONDEMNED

"All men alike stand condemned, not by alien codes of ethics, but by their own, and all men therefore are conscious of guilt."

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

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Words to Think About...

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

YOUR STATUTES LORD, STAND FIRM

"Your statutes, LORD, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days."

- Psalm 93:5

STAND FIRM THEN

"Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery."

- Galatians 5:1

STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH

"Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith."

- 2 Corinthians 1:24

STAND FIRM AND SEE

"Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again. The LORD will fight for you, and you can be still.”

- Exodus 14:13-14

THE RIGHTEOUS STAND FIRM FOREVER

"When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever."

- Proverbs 10:25

TO STAND PERFECT AND COMPLETE

"A readiness to believe every promise implicitly, to obey every command unhesitatingly, to stand perfect and complete in all the will of God, is the only true spirit of Bible study."

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

STAND AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

"If a sinner comes into your assembly or you otherwise come into contact with him, remember that he is a human being for whom Christ died. He stands at the foot of the cross, just as you stand at the foot of the cross."

- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) American Bible Teacher

STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL

"So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil, and he will run away from you."

- James 4:7

STAND FIRM AND SEE DELIVERENCE

"You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you."

- 2 Chronicles 20:17

SEPTEMBER 25

He Sacrificed For Sin Once For All

"Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself." - Hebrews 7:27

HE SACRIFICED ONCE AND FOR ALL

"Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."

- Hebrews 7:27

CHRIST WAS SACRIFICED ONCE TO TAKE AWAY SINS

"So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him."

- Hebrews 9:28

PUT AWAY SIN TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF

"For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."

- Hebrews 9:26

NO SACRIFICE CAN BE TOO GREAT FOR ME

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him."

- C. T. Studd (1860-1931) English Missionary

MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD THAN SACRAFICE

"To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice."

- Proverbs 21:3

WILING TO STOOP TO ANY SACRIFICE TO SAVE HIM

"Such was God's original love for man that He was willing to stoop to any sacrifice to save him; and the gift of a Saviour was the mere expression of that love."

- Albert Barnes (1798-1870) American Presbyterian clergyman and writer

TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS RANSOM FOR MANY

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

- Mark 10:45

HIS LIFE IS ONE OF SUPREME SACRIFICE

"When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one of supreme self-sacrifice and leads to Calvary."

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

THE SACRIFICES OF GOD ARE A BROKEN SPIRIT

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."

- Psalm 51:17

SACRIFICES OF THANKSGIVING

"And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!"

- Psalm 107:22

FOR WHOM WE WOULD MAKE THE GREATEST SACRIFICE

"Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate."

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

SACRIFICES WITH SHOUTS OF JOY

"And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD."

- Psalm 27:6

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Words to Think About...

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life."

- John 15:13

GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US

"And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

- Ephesians 5:2

WHAT SACRIFICE MEANS

"Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den or hanging on a wooden Cross. Faith is not inferred from the happy way things work. It is an act of will, a choice, based on the unbreakable Word of a God who cannot lie, and who showed us what love and obedience and sacrifice mean, in the person of Jesus Christ."

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

I DESIRE MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE

"But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

- Matthew 9:13

READY TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING

"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God."

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

WHO GAVE HIMSELF TO REDEEM US

"Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."

- Titus 2:14

PEOPLE TALK OF SACRIFICE

"People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege."

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

BUT GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US

"He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?"

- Romans 8:32

AS THE EVENING SACRIFICE

"Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!"

- Psalm 141:2

SEPTEMBER 26

The Lord is Near to the Brokenhearted

"The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. " - Psalm 34:18

HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

- Psalm 147:3

IT IS THE CRY OF A BROKEN HEART

"The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a stricken soul."

- Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) Wesleyan Methodist Minister

THE LORD BINDS UP THE BROKENNESS OF HIS PEOPLE

"Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the LORD binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow."

- Isaiah 30:26

HE MAY GIVE YOU A BROKEN HEART

"Learn this lesson: not to trust Christ because you repent, but trust Christ to make you repent; not to come to Christ because you have a broken heart, but to come to Him that He may give you a broken heart; not to come to Him because you are fit to come, but to come to Him because you are unfit to come. Your fitness is your unfitness. Your qualification is your lack of qualification."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

LET THE BONES YOU HAVE BROKEN REJOICE

Make me to hear joy and gladness, let the bones which You have broken rejoice."

- Psalm 51:8

GOD IS LOOKING FOR BROKEN MEN

"God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God."

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

THE LIFE OF MAN IS A BROKEN PILLAR

"The Christian life is the only life that will ever be completed. Apart from Christ the life of man is a broken pillar, the race of men an unfinished pyramid. One by one in sight of Eternity all human Ideals fall short, one by one before the open grave all human hopes dissolve."

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

LEAVE THE BROKEN, IRREVERSIBLE PAST IN GOD'S HAND

"Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him."

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

ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED

"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

WHEN OUTWARD STRENGTH IS BROKEN

"Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf, unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine, and a table in the wilderness. In the greatest danger, faith says, "I have a great God." When outward strength is broken, faith rests on the promises. In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

REVIVE HEARTS OF THE CONTRITE

For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, I dwell on a high and holy place, and also with the contrite and lowly of spirit in order to revive the spirit of the lowly. And to revive the heart of the contrite."

- Isaiah 57:15

A CHRISTIAN SHOULD HAVE A BROKEN SPIRIT

"Towards himself a Christian should have a broken spirit, but towards God it should be one of rejoicing always in Him. He rejoices not for its own sake nor because of any joyful experience, work, blessing or circumstance, but exclusively because God is his center."

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader

HE HAS SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners."

- Isaiah 61:1

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Words to Think About...

GOD USES BROKEN THINGS

"God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART

"For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."

- Psalm 51:16-17

THE FLESH MUST BE BROKEN

"The flesh must be broken. The Lord can use us then, not while it is unbroken. While Paul was writhing under Satan's thorn, he could get some estimate, though not a full one, of what the flesh is as God sees it. When it was broken, and Paul did not know what to do, the Lord came to pour sympathy into the writhing heart of Paul."

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

BROKEN ME A THOUSAND TIMES

"Before God could bring me to this place He has broken me a thousand times."

- Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) British Evangelist

REPROACH HAS BROKEN MY HEART

"Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none."

- Psalm 69:20

HEAL THE BROKEN HEART

"My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one."

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

WE WANT TO AVOID SUFFERING

"We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high privilege of suffering with Him, may then pour ourselves out for others."

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

THE SUREST WAY TO KNOW OUR GOLD

"The surest way to know our gold is to look upon it and examine it in God's furnace, where He tries it that we may see what it is. If we have a mind to know whether a building stands strong or no, we must look upon it when the wind blows. If we would know whether a staff be strong, or a rotten, broken reed, we must observe it when it is leaned on and weight is borne upon it. If we would weigh ourselves justly we must weigh ourselves in God's scales that he makes use of to weigh us."

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

GOD LOVES A BROKEN HEART

"God loves a broken heart, not a divided heart."

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

MY SPIRIT IS BROKEN

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,

The grave is ready for me."

- Job 17:1

SEPTEMBER 27

They Will Be Without Natural Affection

"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good." - 2 Timothy 3:3

CONCERNING HOMOSEXUALITY

"Concerning homosexuality: This once brought hell out of heaven on Sodom."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

NOR MEN WHO PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALITY

"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality."

- 1 Corinthians 6:9

FOR THEIR WOMEN EXCHANGED NATURAL RELATIONS

"For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error."

- Romans 1:26-27

THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL WHO PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALITY

"The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine."

- 1 Timothy 1:10

THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM UP IN THEIR HEARTS

"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves."

- Romans 1:24

BECAUSE THE OUTCRY AGAINST SODOM AND GOMORRAH IS GREAT

"Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”

- Genesis 18:20-21

YOU SHALL NOT LIE WITH A MAN AS WITH A WOMAN

"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion. “Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean."

- Leviticus 18:22-24

THAT EVENING THE TWO ANGELS CAME TO THE CITY

"That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground. My lords, he said, come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again. Oh no, they replied. We'll just spend the night out here in the city square. But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate. But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them! So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him. Please, my brothers, he begged, don't do such a wicked thing. Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection. Stand back! they shouted. This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he's acting like our judge! We'll treat you far worse than those other men!" And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door. But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door. Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside."

- Genesis 19:1-11

IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

"Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”

- Matthew 11:24

EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF TH ELORD

"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

- Acts 2:21

GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN IT

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

John 3:17

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Words to Think About...

DO NOT PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALITY

"Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin."

- Leviticus 18:22

THEREFORE 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

IF A MAN LIE WITH A MALE

"If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

- Leviticus 20:13

MALE CULT PROSTITUTES

"He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made."

2 Kings 23:7

WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH

"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

- Revelation 21:8

EXPELLED MALE SHRINE PROSTITUTES

"He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made."

- 1 Kings 15:12

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

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

WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MAN

"Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

- Luke 18:27

MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." The man and woman are not named and both are created at the same time out of the same red earth."

- Genesis 1:27

SEPTEMBER 28

Beware Lest You Forget The Lord

"Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage." - Deuteronomy 6:12

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."

- Matthew 7:15

BEWARE IN YOUR PRAYERS

"Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do."

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

BEWARE OF NO MAN MORE THAN YOURSELF

"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BEWARE OF PRACTICING YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven."

- Matthew 6:1

BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."

- Colossians 2:8

BEWARE OF REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD

"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

BEWARE THAT THOU FORGET NOT THE LORD THY GOD

"Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day."

Deuteronomy 8:11

BEWARE THAT YOU DO NOT LOSE HEART

“Now beware so that you do not lose heart, And so that you are not afraid at the rumor that will be heard in the land—For the rumor shall come one year, And after that another rumor in another year, And violence shall be in the land, Ruler against ruler."

- Jeremiah 51:46

BEWARE THAT THERE BE NOT A THOUGHT

"Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee."

- Deuteronomy 15:9

BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHRARISES

"How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?"

- Matthew 16:11

BEWARE LEST YOU SAY IN YOU HEART

"Beware lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth."

- Deuteronomy 8:17

BEWARE, OF PRESUMING THAT THOU ART SAVED

"Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BEWARE LEST THERE BE ANY AMONG YOU

"Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit."

- Deuteronomy 29:18

BEWARE LEST YE ALSO BEING LED AWAY

"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 stedfastness."

- Peter-2 3:17

BEWARE THEREFORE, LEST THAT COME UPON YOU

"Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets."

- Philippians 3:2

BEWARE OF HIM, PROVOKE HIM NOT

"Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him."

- Exodus 23:21

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Words to Think About...

BUT BEWARE OF MEN

"But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues."

- Matthew 10:17

BEWARE LEST YOU ACT CORRUPTLY

"Beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female."

- Deuteronomy 4:16

BEWARE OF DRUNKENESS

"Beware of drunkenness, lest all good men beware of thee. Where drunkenness reigns, there reason is an exile, virtue a stranger, and God an enemy; blasphemy is wit, oaths are rhetoric, and secrets are proclamations."

- Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Christian Poet Author, Book of Emblems

BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES

"And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces."

- Mark 12:38

BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

- Luke 12:15

BEWARE OF REASONING GOD'S WORD

"Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey it."

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

BEWARE LEST YOU SAY

"Beware lest you say, we have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man."

- Job 32:13

BEWARE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

"Beware of self-righteousness. The black devil of licentiousness destroys his hundreds, but the white devil of self-righteousness destroys his thousands."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

BEWARE LEST WRATH ENTICE YOU

"Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside."

- Job 36:18

BEWARE OF TEMPTING YOUR NEIGHBOR

"God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. God knows how and how much, and where and when. Man is his brother's keeper, and must keep him according to his knowledge."

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

BEWARE, YE MAY NOT DESPISE

"Beware! Ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens."

- Matt 18:10

AND THE SIMPLE WILL BEWARE

"Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge."

- Proverbs 19:25

BEWARE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

"Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins."

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

SEPTEMBER 29

You Are My Hiding Place

"You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance." - Psalm 32:7

HE BROUGHT ME INTO A SPACIOUS PLACE

"When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; He brought me into a spacious place."

Psalm 118:5

AND IF I GO AND 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

THE BEST PLACE ANY CHRISTIAN CAN EVER BE

"The best place any Christian can ever be in is to be totally destitute and totally dependent upon God, and know it."

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

I LIVE IN THE HIGH HOLY PLACE

"For this is what the high and exalted One says—He who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

Isaiah 57:15

HEAVEN IS A PREPARED PLACE FOR A PREPARED PEOPLE

"We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people."

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

EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places."

- Ephesians 1:3

IS GOD YOU REFUGE, YOUR HIDING PLACE?

"Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security."

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

YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE AND MY SHIELD

"You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word."

- Psalm 119:114

GOD EXALTLED HIM TO THE HIGHEST PLACE

"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth."

Philippians 2:9-10

AGAINST SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."

- Ephesians 6:12

THEY WERE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE

"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting."

- Acts 2:1-2

THE ROUGH PLACES INTO LEVEL GROUND

"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 PLACE TO MEET THE HOLY GHOST

"Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to get His mighty power. If we would have Him, we must meet in greater numbers; we must pray with greater fervency, we must watch with greater earnestness, and believe with firmer steadfastness. The prayer meeting...is the appointed place for the reception of power."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

PLACE ME LIKE A SEAL OVER YOUR HEART

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame."

- Song of songs 8:6

ITS PLACE IN THE WORKING OUT OF HIS PURPOSE

"In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in the unfolding of His divine plan. Nothing, however small, however strange, occurs without His ordering, or without its particular fitness for its place in the working out of His purpose; and the end of all shall be the manifestation of His glory, and the accumulation of His praise."

- B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) Professor of Theology Princeton Seminary

LOOK! GOD'S DWELLING PLACE IS NOW AMONG THE PEOPLE

"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

- Revelation 21:3-4

Photo Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_Refuge - Fleeing to the City of Refuge (Numbers 35:11-28). From Charles Foster, The Story of the Bible, 1884.

Words to Think About...

TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU

"My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?"

- John 14:2

MY REFUGE AND MY SHIELD

"You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word."

- Psalm 119:114

THE SAFE PLACE LIES IN

"The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance."

- A.B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Evangelical Minister and Missionary

WHO CAN HIDE IN SECRET PLACES?

“Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.

- Jeremiah 23:24

FINDS NO PLACE TO REST

"He that has no present Christ has a future, dark, chaotic, heaving with its destructive ocean; and over it there goes forever--black-pinioned winging its solitary and hopeless flight, the raven of his anxious thoughts, and finds no place to rest, and comes back again to the desolate ark with its foreboding croak of evil in the present and evil in the future."

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

THE LOWEST PLACE

"Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, His glory and power flow in."

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

TO THE ONE WHO IS VICTORIOUS

"To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne."

- Revelation 3:21

HOPE ENTERS INTO THE INNER PLACE

"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain."

- Hebrews 6:19

AT THAT GIVEN PLACE

"One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality."

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

THE SECRET PLACE OF PRAYER

"O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth."

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

- Revelation 3:21

THE PLACE GOD CALLS YOU TO

"The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

- Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) American Presbyterian Minister

THE TIME AND PLACE OF PRAYER

"How many there are whose lives are weak and whose service is poor and ineffective, just because they have not zealously guarded the time and place of prayer!"

- Duncan Campbell (1898-1972) Scottish Evangelist

THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD

"Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the high tower of God."

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

SEPTEMBER 30

For Then There Will Be Great Tribulation

"For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be" - Matthew 24:21

The Bible teaches that after a period of seven years of tribulation on earth, Christ will return to the earth with His church and the saints who were raptured (Matthew 24:30, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:13, Revelation 1:7). Jesus Christ will be victorious over His enemies and will reign on the earth for 1,000 years (the millennium) with His people.

BUT IMMEDIATLEY AFTER THE TRIBULATION

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken."

- Matthew 24:29

THESE ARE THE ONES COMING OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION

I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

- Revelation 7:14

FOR GOD HAS NOT DESTINED US FOR WRATH

"For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:9

MAY HE DELIVER ME OUT OF ALL TRIBULATION

"Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”

- 1 Samuel 26:24

I WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TROUBLE

"Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth."

- Revelation 3:10

I WILL THROW INTO GREAT TRIBULATION

"Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works."

- Revelation 2:22

GOD, WHO FORESAW YOUR TRIBULATION

"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain."

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

IF A CHRISTIAN IS NOT HAVING TRIBULATION

"If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!"

- Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) English Christian Evangelist

THE MUCH TRIBUALTION WILL SOON BE OVER

"Troubled soul, the "much tribulation" will soon be over, and as you enter the "kingdom of God" you shall then see, no longer "through a glass darkly" but in the unshadowed sunlight of the Divine presence, that "all things" did "work together" for your personal and eternal good."

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

IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

- John 16:33

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Words to Think About...

THEN I SAW THRONES

"Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years."

- Revelation 20:4

BE PATIENT IN TRIBULATION

"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."

- Romans 12:12

FALL ON US AND HIDE US

Calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb."

- Revelation 6:16

AFTER THIS I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD

"After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

- Revelation 4:1

TRIBULATION WORKETH PATIENCE

"Tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope." That is the order. You cannot put patience and experience into a parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring hope out of tribulation."

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

TO BEAR TRIBULATION COURAGEOUSLY

"Nothing but encouragement can come to us as we dwell upon the faithful dealing of our Heavenly Father in centuries gone by. Faith in God has not saved people from hardships and trials, but it has enabled them to bear tribulations courageously and to emerge victoriously."

- Lee Roberson (1909-2007) American Pastor and Evangelist

IF THERE WERE NO TRIBULATION

"If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer."

- John Chrysostom (347-407) Archbishop, Early Church Father

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You’ve probably seen John 3:16 posted somewhere on a sign, written on a freeway overpass, at a concert, at a sporting event, or even read to you as a little child. This verse is a simple one. There are 20 monosyllables (single words) in the verse. The Gospel is meant to be simple for everyone!

Be sure of your Salvation. Right now, and pray this simple prayer with a sincere heart...
“Lord, forgive me for my sins. I confess that I am a sinner. Come into my heart and make me the person you created me to be. I receive your gift of pardon through Jesus dying for me on the cross to save me. – Amen”

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!

September 16-30 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

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SEPTEMBER 16

The Generous Soul Will Be Made Rich

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SEPTEMBER 17

You Will See It With Your Own Eyes And Say

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SEPTEMBER 18

You Have Forgotten The God of Your Salvation

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SEPTEMBER 19

Your Undivided Devotion to the Lord

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SEPTEMBER 20

Ancient of Days

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SEPTEMBER 21

The Surpassing Greatness of His Power

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SEPTEMBER 22

Eternal Security In Christ

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SEPTEMBER 23

Go Therefore and Make Disciples of All Nations

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SEPTEMBER 24

Be Watchful, Stand Firm in the Faith, Act Like Men

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SEPTEMBER 25

He Sacrificed For Sin Once For All

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The Lord is Near to the Brokenhearted

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They Will Be Without Natural Affection

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Beware Lest You Forget The Lord

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SEPTEMBER 29

You Are My Hiding Place

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SEPTEMBER 30

For Then There Will Be Great Tribulation

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