# devotions

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<p><b>He is altogether lovely.</b><p>My meditation of him shall be sweet. — My beloved is ... the chiefest among ten thousand. — A chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. — Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips. — God ... hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. — It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.<p>Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.<p>I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.<p><a href='B:260 5:16'>SON 5:16</a> <a href='B:230 104:34'>PS 104:34</a> ‑<a href='B:260 5:10'>SON 5:10</a> ‑<a href='B:670 2:6'>1PE 2:6</a> -<a href='B:230 45:2'>PS 45:2</a> -<a href='B:570 2:9'>PHL 2:9</a> ‑<a href='B:580 1:19'>COL 1:19</a> <a href='B:670 1:8'>1PE 1:8</a> <a href='B:570 3:8'>PHL 3:8</a><a href='B:570 3:9'>,9</a>


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<p><b>It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.</b><p>Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? — I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: neverthe-less thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.<p>Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. — Wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. — Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.<p>Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord.<p>Let us not be weary in well doing: ... in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. — Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.<p><a href='B:310 3:26'>LAM 3:26</a> <a href='B:230 77:9'>PS 77:9</a> -<a href='B:230 31:22'>PS 31:22</a> <a href='B:490 18:7'>LUK 18:7</a><a href='B:490 18:8'>,8</a> -<a href='B:240 20:22'>PRO 20:22</a> ‑<a href='B:230 37:7'>PS 37:7</a> <a href='B:140 20:17'>2CH 20:17</a> <a href='B:550 6:9'>GAL 6:9</a> -<a href='B:660 5:7'>JAM 5:7</a>


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<p><b>Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.</b><p>Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?<p>God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.<p>The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. — Born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.<p>My Spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. — The battle is not your's, but God's.<p>The Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's.<p><a href='B:450 4:6'>ZEC 4:6</a> <a href='B:290 40:13'>ISA 40:13</a> <a href='B:530 1:27-29'>1CO 1:27-29</a> <a href='B:500 3:8'>JHN 3:8</a> -<a href='B:500 1:13'>JHN 1:13</a> <a href='B:440 2:5'>HAG 2:5</a> ‑<a href='B:140 20:15'>2CH 20:15</a> <a href='B:90 17:47'>1SM 17:47</a>


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<p><b>Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.</b><p>Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.<p>A continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. — In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.<p>Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.<p>The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.<p>Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. — Pray without ceasing.<p><a href='B:240 8:34'>PRO 8:34</a> <a href='B:230 123:2'>PS 123:2</a> <a href='B:20 29:42'>EXO 29:42</a> ‑<a href='B:20 20:24'>EXO 20:24</a> <a href='B:470 18:20'>MAT 18:20</a> <a href='B:500 4:23'>JHN 4:23</a><a href='B:500 4:24'>,24</a> <a href='B:560 6:18'>EPH 6:18</a> -<a href='B:590 5:17'>1TS 5:17</a>


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<p><b>Ever follow that which is good.</b><p>For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; ... but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. — Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.<p>Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.<p>Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.<p><a href='B:590 5:15'>1TS 5:15</a> <a href='B:670 2:21-23'>1PE 2:21-23</a> ‑<a href='B:650 12:3'>HEB 12:3</a> <a href='B:650 12:1'>HEB 12:1</a><a href='B:650 12:2'>,2</a> <a href='B:570 4:8'>PHL 4:8</a>


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<p><b>The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the trans-gressors shall fall therein.</b><p>Unto you ... which believe he is precious: but unto them which be dis-obedient, ... a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. — The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.<p>He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. — The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. — If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God. — Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance.<p>He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. — Ye will not come unto me, that ye might have life. — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.<p><a href='B:350 14:9'>HOS 14:9</a> <a href='B:670 2:7'>1PE 2:7</a><a href='B:670 2:8'>,8</a> -<a href='B:240 10:29'>PRO 10:29</a> <a href='B:480 11:15'>MAK 11:15</a> ‑<a href='B:230 107:43'>PS 107:43</a> -<a href='B:470 6:22'>MAT 6:22</a> ‑<a href='B:500 7:17'>JHN 7:17</a> ‑<a href='B:470 13:12'>MAT 13:12</a> <a href='B:500 8:47'>JHN 8:47</a> ‑<a href='B:500 5:40'>JHN 5:40</a> ‑<a href='B:500 10:27'>JHN 10:27</a>


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<p><b>Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations.</b><p>Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. — The exhortation ... speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. — Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.<p>We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. — God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.<p><a href='B:670 1:6'>1PE 1:6</a> <a href='B:670 4:12'>1PE 4:12</a><a href='B:670 4:13'>,13</a> ‑<a href='B:650 12:5'>HEB 12:5</a> -<a href='B:650 12:11'>HEB 12:11</a> <a href='B:650 4:15'>HEB 4:15</a> ‑<a href='B:650 2:18'>HEB 2:18</a> ‑<a href='B:530 10:13'>1CO 10:13</a>


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<p><b>Take thou also unto thee principal spices, and thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment.</b><p>Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. — One Spirit. — Diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.<p>Thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. — God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. — God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.<p>Of his fulness have all we received. — As the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. — He which ... hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<p>The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good-ness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.<p><a href='B:20 30:23'>EXO 30:23</a><a href='B:20 30:25'>,25</a> <a href='B:20 30:32'>EXO 30:32</a> -<a href='B:560 4:4'>EPH 4:4</a> ‑<a href='B:530 12:4'>1CO 12:4</a> <a href='B:230 45:7'>PS 45:7</a> ‑<a href='B:510 10:38'>ACT 10:38</a> ‑<a href='B:500 3:34'>JHN 3:34</a> <a href='B:500 1:16'>JHN 1:16</a> ‑<a href='B:690 2:27'>1JN 2:27</a> ‑<a href='B:540 1:21'>2CO 1:21</a><a href='B:540 1:22'>,22</a> <a href='B:550 5:22'>GAL 5:22</a><a href='B:550 5:23'>,23</a>


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<p><b>When Chrlst, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.</b><p>I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. — God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.<p>The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. — When he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. — It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.<p>If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.<p><a href='B:580 3:4'>COL 3:4</a> <a href='B:500 11:25'>JHN 11:25</a> ‑<a href='B:690 5:11'>1JN 5:11</a><a href='B:690 5:12'>,12</a> <a href='B:590 4:16-18'>1TS 4:16-18</a> ‑<a href='B:690 3:2'>1JN 3:2</a> ‑<a href='B:530 15:43'>1CO 15:43</a> <a href='B:500 14:3'>JHN 14:3</a>


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<p><b>Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!</b><p>O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. — How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee!<p>This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. — Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.<p>How great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! — The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.<p><a href='B:230 107:8'>PS 107:8</a> <a href='B:230 34:8'>PS 34:8</a> -<a href='B:230 31:19'>PS 31:19</a> <a href='B:290 43:21'>ISA 43:21</a> ‑<a href='B:560 1:5'>EPH 1:5</a><a href='B:560 1:6'>,6</a><a href='B:560 1:12'>,12</a> <a href='B:450 9:17'>ZEC 9:17</a> ‑<a href='B:230 145:9-12'>PS 145:9-12</a>


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<p><b>Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.</b><p>Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. — Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.<p>He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; ... we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.<p>Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.<p><a href='B:590 5:8'>1TS 5:8</a> <a href='B:670 1:13'>1PE 1:13</a> ‑<a href='B:560 6:14'>EPH 6:14</a><a href='B:560 6:16'>,16</a><a href='B:560 6:17'>,17</a> <a href='B:290 25:8'>ISA 25:8</a><a href='B:290 25:9'>,9</a> <a href='B:650 11:1'>HEB 11:1</a>


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<p><b>I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.</b><p>I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. — There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. — There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.<p>The mighty God. — Who made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. — We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. — Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same.<p><a href='B:230 89:19'>PS 89:19</a> <a href='B:290 43:11'>ISA 43:11</a> ‑<a href='B:610 2:5'>1TM 2:5</a> ‑<a href='B:510 4:12'>ACT 4:12</a> <a href='B:290 9:6'>ISA 9:6</a> -<a href='B:570 2:7-9'>PHL 2:7-9</a> ‑<a href='B:650 2:9'>HEB 2:9</a> ‑<a href='B:650 2:14'>HEB 2:14</a>


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<p><b>Faithful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.</b><p>I beseech you, ... brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable ser-vice. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — As ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. — In Christ Jesus neither circum-cision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy.<p>Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. — I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.<p><a href='B:580 1:10'>COL 1:10</a> <a href='B:520 12:1'>ROM 12:1</a><a href='B:520 12:2'>,2</a> ‑<a href='B:520 6:19'>ROM 6:19</a> ‑<a href='B:550 6:15'>GAL 6:15</a><a href='B:550 6:16'>,16</a> <a href='B:500 15:8'>JHN 15:8</a> ‑<a href='B:500 15:16'>JHN 15:16</a>


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<p><b>He led them on safely.</b><p>I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment.<p>Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.<p>They got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. — So didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.<p>Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.<p><a href='B:230 78:53'>PS 78:53</a> <a href='B:240 8:20'>PRO 8:20</a> <a href='B:20 23:20'>EXO 23:20</a> ‑<a href='B:290 63:9'>ISA 63:9</a> <a href='B:230 44:3'>PS 44:3</a> ‑<a href='B:290 63:14'>ISA 63:14</a> <a href='B:230 5:8'>PS 5:8</a> ‑<a href='B:230 43:3'>PS 43:3</a><a href='B:230 43:4'>,4</a>


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<p><b>Godly sorrow worketh repentance not to be repented of.</b><p>Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. — The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.<p>Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart faileth me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.<p>Turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God con-tinually.<p>The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?<p><a href='B:540 7:10'>2CO 7:10</a> <a href='B:470 26:75'>MAT 26:75</a> ‑<a href='B:690 1:9'>1JN 1:9</a> ‑<a href='B:690 1:7'>1JN 1:7</a> <a href='B:230 40:12'>PS 40:12</a><a href='B:230 40:13'>,13</a> <a href='B:350 12:6'>HOS 12:6</a> <a href='B:230 51:17'>PS 51:17</a> ‑<a href='B:230 147:3'>PS 147:3</a> ‑<a href='B:400 6:8'>MIC 6:8</a>


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<p><b>Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.</b><p>Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.<p>Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. — Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. — Thy word hath quickened me.<p>The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.<p><a href='B:560 5:25'>EPH 5:25</a><a href='B:560 5:26'>,26</a> <a href='B:560 5:2'>EPH 5:2</a> <a href='B:670 1:23'>1PE 1:23</a> ‑<a href='B:500 17:17'>JHN 17:17</a> ‑<a href='B:500 3:5'>JHN 3:5</a> ‑<a href='B:630 3:5'>TIT 3:5</a> ‑<a href='B:230 119:50'>PS 119:50</a> <a href='B:230 19:7'>PS 19:7</a><a href='B:230 19:8'>,8</a>


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<p><b>Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.</b><p>The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. — In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. — Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker?<p>I am with thee to deliver thee. — Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.<p>I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.<p><a href='B:230 40:17'>PS 40:17</a> <a href='B:230 37:23'>PS 37:23</a><a href='B:230 37:24'>,24</a> ‑<a href='B:240 14:26'>PRO 14:26</a> ‑<a href='B:290 51:12'>ISA 51:12</a><a href='B:290 51:13'>,13</a> <a href='B:300 1:8'>JER 1:8</a> ‑<a href='B:50 31:6'>DEU 31:6</a> <a href='B:230 59:16'>PS 59:16</a> ‑<a href='B:230 32:7'>PS 32:7</a>


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<p><b>God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.</b><p>Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised. — God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. — Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. — Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.<p>That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.<p>Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. — And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him.<p><a href='B:530 1:9'>1CO 1:9</a> <a href='B:650 10:23'>HEB 10:23</a> ‑<a href='B:540 6:16'>2CO 6:16</a> ‑<a href='B:690 1:3'>1JN 1:3</a> ‑<a href='B:670 4:13'>1PE 4:13</a> <a href='B:560 3:17-19'>EPH 3:17-19</a> <a href='B:690 4:15'>1JN 4:15</a> ‑<a href='B:690 3:24'>1JN 3:24</a>


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<p><b>Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.</b><p>Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.<p>Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.<p>When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul: discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.<p>My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. — I have more under-standing than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. — If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.<p><a href='B:500 17:17'>JHN 17:17</a> <a href='B:500 15:3'>JHN 15:3</a> ‑<a href='B:580 3:16'>COL 3:16</a> <a href='B:230 119:9'>PS 119:9</a><a href='B:230 119:10'>,10</a> <a href='B:240 2:10'>PRO 2:10</a><a href='B:240 2:11'>,11</a> <a href='B:220 23:11'>JOB 23:11</a><a href='B:220 23:12'>,12</a> ‑<a href='B:230 119:99'>PS 119:99</a> ‑<a href='B:500 8:31'>JHN 8:31</a><a href='B:500 8:32'>,32</a>


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<p><b>Thy thoughts are very deep.</b><p>We ... do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. — That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.<p>O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! — My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. — Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us‑ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.<p><a href='B:230 92:5'>PS 92:5</a> <a href='B:580 1:9'>COL 1:9</a> ‑<a href='B:560 3:17-19'>EPH 3:17-19</a> <a href='B:520 11:33'>ROM 11:33</a> ‑<a href='B:290 55:8'>ISA 55:8</a><a href='B:290 55:9'>,9</a> -<a href='B:230 40:5'>PS 40:5</a>


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<p><b>He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.</b><p>Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great. — I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: ... I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. — He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. — I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.<p>God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. — Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.<p>Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.<p><a href='B:290 27:8'>ISA 27:8</a> <a href='B:100 24:14'>2SM 24:14</a> ‑<a href='B:300 30:11'>JER 30:11</a> ‑<a href='B:230 103:9'>PS 103:9</a><a href='B:230 103:10'>,10</a><a href='B:230 103:14'>,14</a> ‑<a href='B:460 3:17'>MAL 3:17</a> <a href='B:530 10:13'>1CO 10:13</a> -<a href='B:490 22:31'>LUK 22:31</a><a href='B:490 22:32'>,32</a> <a href='B:290 25:4'>ISA 25:4</a>


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<p><b>By their fruits ye shall know them.</b><p>Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. — Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.<p>Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.<p>What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?<p><a href='B:470 7:20'>MAT 7:20</a> <a href='B:690 3:7'>1JN 3:7</a> ‑<a href='B:660 3:11-13'>JAM 3:11-13</a> ‑<a href='B:670 2:12'>1PE 2:12</a> <a href='B:470 12:33'>MAT 12:33</a> ‑<a href='B:470 12:35'>MAT 12:35</a> <a href='B:290 5:4'>ISA 5:4</a>


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<p><b>When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.</b><p>When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. — I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.<p>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. — What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. — The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?<p><a href='B:400 7:8'>MIC 7:8</a> <a href='B:290 43:2'>ISA 43:2</a><a href='B:290 43:3'>,3</a> ‑<a href='B:290 42:16'>ISA 42:16</a> <a href='B:230 23:4'>PS 23:4</a> ‑<a href='B:230 56:3'>PS 56:3</a><a href='B:230 56:4'>,4</a> ‑<a href='B:230 27:1'>PS 27:1</a>


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<p><b>Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.</b><p>It shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. — I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God. — I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.<p>Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. — Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.<p>A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.<p><a href='B:500 6:37'>JHN 6:37</a> <a href='B:20 22:27'>EXO 22:27</a> ‑<a href='B:30 26:44'>LEV 26:44</a> ‑<a href='B:330 16:60'>EZE 16:60</a> <a href='B:290 1:18'>ISA 1:18</a> ‑<a href='B:290 55:7'>ISA 55:7</a> ‑<a href='B:490 23:42'>LUK 23:42</a><a href='B:490 23:43'>,43</a> <a href='B:290 42:3'>ISA 42:3</a>


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<p><b>Praying in the Holy Ghost.</b><p>God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. — We ... have access by one Spirit unto the Father.<p>O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.<p>The Spirit ... helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. — This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. — When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.<p>Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication.<p><a href='B:720 1:20'>JUD 1:20</a> <a href='B:500 4:24'>JHN 4:24</a> ‑<a href='B:560 2:18'>EPH 2:18</a> <a href='B:470 26:39'>MAT 26:39</a> <a href='B:520 8:26'>ROM 8:26</a><a href='B:520 8:27'>,27</a> ‑<a href='B:690 5:14'>1JN 5:14</a> ‑<a href='B:500 16:13'>JHN 16:13</a> <a href='B:560 6:18'>EPH 6:18</a>


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<p><b>Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.</b><p>Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.<p>Your life is hid with Christ in God. — He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. — Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear.<p>Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. — Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. — I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.<p><a href='B:240 1:33'>PRO 1:33</a> <a href='B:230 90:1'>PS 90:1</a> ‑<a href='B:230 91:1'>PS 91:1</a> ‑<a href='B:230 91:4'>PS 91:4</a> <a href='B:580 3:3'>COL 3:3</a> ‑<a href='B:450 2:8'>ZEC 2:8</a> ‑<a href='B:20 14:13'>EXO 14:13</a><a href='B:20 14:14'>,14</a> ‑<a href='B:230 46:1'>PS 46:1</a><a href='B:230 46:2'>,2</a> <a href='B:470 14:27'>MAT 14:27</a> ‑<a href='B:490 24:38'>LUK 24:38</a><a href='B:490 24:39'>,39</a> ‑<a href='B:620 1:12'>2TM 1:12</a>


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<p><b>My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.</b><p>Both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren: saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. — In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.<p>Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — My meat is to do the will of him that sent me. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth. — Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in him.<p><a href='B:490 8:21'>LUK 8:21</a> <a href='B:650 2:11'>HEB 2:11</a><a href='B:650 2:12'>,12</a> ‑<a href='B:550 5:6'>GAL 5:6</a> ‑<a href='B:500 15:14'>JHN 15:14</a> ‑<a href='B:490 11:28'>LUK 11:28</a> <a href='B:470 7:21'>MAT 7:21</a> ‑<a href='B:500 4:34'>JHN 4:34</a> <a href='B:690 1:6'>1JN 1:6</a> ‑<a href='B:690 2:5'>1JN 2:5</a>


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<p><b>Being made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.</b><p>Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. — When ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.<p>Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.<p>If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.<p>O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. — I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.<p><a href='B:520 6:18'>ROM 6:18</a> <a href='B:470 6:24'>MAT 6:24</a> ‑<a href='B:520 6:20-22'>ROM 6:20-22</a> <a href='B:520 10:4'>ROM 10:4</a> <a href='B:500 12:26'>JHN 12:26</a> ‑<a href='B:470 11:29'>MAT 11:29</a><a href='B:470 11:30'>,30</a> <a href='B:290 26:13'>ISA 26:13</a> ‑<a href='B:230 119:32'>PS 119:32</a>


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<p><b>The Lord delighteth in thee.</b><p>Thus saith the Lord that created thee, ... Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of mine hands: thy walls are continually before me.<p>The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. — My delights were with the sons of men. — The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. — They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.<p>You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.<p><a href='B:290 62:4'>ISA 62:4</a> <a href='B:290 43:1'>ISA 43:1</a> ‑<a href='B:290 49:15'>ISA 49:15</a><a href='B:290 49:16'>,16</a> <a href='B:230 37:23'>PS 37:23</a> ‑<a href='B:240 8:31'>PRO 8:31</a> ‑<a href='B:230 147:11'>PS 147:11</a> ‑<a href='B:460 3:17'>MAL 3:17</a> <a href='B:580 1:21'>COL 1:21</a><a href='B:580 1:22'>,22</a>


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<p><b>The glory which thou gavest me I have given them.</b><p>I saw ... the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. — These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. — Upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness ... of a man above upon it. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.<p>I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. — God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<p><a href='B:500 17:22'>JHN 17:22</a> <a href='B:290 6:1-3'>ISA 6:1-3</a> ‑<a href='B:500 12:41'>JHN 12:41</a> ‑<a href='B:330 1:26'>EZE 1:26</a><a href='B:330 1:28'>,28</a> <a href='B:20 33:18'>EXO 33:18</a><a href='B:20 33:20'>,20</a> ‑<a href='B:500 1:18'>JHN 1:18</a> ‑<a href='B:540 4:6'>2CO 4:6</a>


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<p><b>As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.</b><p>Not every one that saith, ... Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. — Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temp-erance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.<p>By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.<p><a href='B:660 2:26'>JAM 2:26</a> <a href='B:470 7:21'>MAT 7:21</a> ‑<a href='B:650 12:14'>HEB 12:14</a> ‑<a href='B:680 1:5-10'>2PE 1:5-10</a> <a href='B:560 2:8'>EPH 2:8</a><a href='B:560 2:9'>,9</a>


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<p><b>We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house.</b><p>One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.<p>Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.<p>He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. — I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.<p>How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satis-fied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.<p><a href='B:230 65:4'>PS 65:4</a> <a href='B:230 27:4'>PS 27:4</a> <a href='B:470 5:6'>MAT 5:6</a> ‑<a href='B:490 1:53'>LUK 1:53</a> <a href='B:230 107:9'>PS 107:9</a> ‑<a href='B:500 6:35'>JHN 6:35</a> <a href='B:230 36:7-9'>PS 36:7-9</a>


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<p><b>The Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.</b><p>Peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come. — The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.<p>Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.<p>The Comforter ... even the Spirit of truth. — The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace. — The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.<p>My presence shall go with thee and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us?<p><a href='B:600 3:16'>2TS 3:16</a> <a href='B:730 1:4'>REV 1:4</a> ‑<a href='B:570 4:7'>PHL 4:7</a> <a href='B:490 24:36'>LUK 24:36</a> ‑<a href='B:500 14:27'>JHN 14:27</a> <a href='B:500 15:26'>JHN 15:26</a> ‑<a href='B:550 5:22'>GAL 5:22</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:16'>ROM 8:16</a> <a href='B:20 33:14-16'>EXO 33:14-16</a>


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<p><b>A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest.</b><p>Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. — The man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts. — I and my Father are one.<p>He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. — The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.<p>When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble. — Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.<p><a href='B:290 32:2'>ISA 32:2</a> <a href='B:650 2:14'>HEB 2:14</a> ‑<a href='B:450 13:7'>ZEC 13:7</a> ‑<a href='B:500 10:30'>JHN 10:30</a> <a href='B:230 91:1'>PS 91:1</a> ‑<a href='B:290 4:6'>ISA 4:6</a> -<a href='B:230 121:5'>PS 121:5</a><a href='B:230 121:6'>,6</a> <a href='B:230 61:2'>PS 61:2</a> ‑<a href='B:230 32:7'>PS 32:7</a> ‑<a href='B:290 25:4'>ISA 25:4</a>


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<p><b>Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.</b><p>God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. — It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell. — Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.<p>Thou anointest my head with oil. — The anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.<p>The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.<p>The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.<p><a href='B:690 2:20'>1JN 2:20</a> <a href='B:510 10:38'>ACT 10:38</a> ‑<a href='B:580 1:19'>COL 1:19</a> ‑<a href='B:500 1:16'>JHN 1:16</a> <a href='B:230 23:5'>PS 23:5</a> ‑<a href='B:690 2:27'>1JN 2:27</a> <a href='B:500 14:26'>JHN 14:26</a> <a href='B:520 8:26'>ROM 8:26</a>


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<p><b>I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause.</b><p>Is anything too hard for the Lord? — Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. — Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.<p>Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord.<p>It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. — The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.<p>I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.<p><a href='B:220 5:8'>JOB 5:8</a> <a href='B:10 18:14'>GEN 18:14</a> ‑<a href='B:230 37:5'>PS 37:5</a> ‑<a href='B:570 4:6'>PHL 4:6</a> ‑<a href='B:670 5:7'>1PE 5:7</a> <a href='B:290 37:14'>ISA 37:14</a><a href='B:290 37:15'>,15</a> <a href='B:290 65:24'>ISA 65:24</a> ‑<a href='B:660 5:16'>JAM 5:16</a> <a href='B:230 116:1'>PS 116:1</a><a href='B:230 116:2'>,2</a>


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<p><b>Where shall wisdom be found?</b><p>If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. — Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. — The only wise God. — Be not wise in thine own eyes.<p>Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.<p>Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. — All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.<p><a href='B:220 28:12'>JOB 28:12</a> <a href='B:660 1:5'>JAM 1:5</a><a href='B:660 1:6'>,6</a> -<a href='B:240 3:5'>PRO 3:5</a><a href='B:240 3:6'>,6</a> ‑<a href='B:610 1:17'>1TM 1:17</a> ‑<a href='B:240 3:7'>PRO 3:7</a> <a href='B:300 1:6-8'>JER 1:6-8</a> <a href='B:500 16:23'>JHN 16:23</a><a href='B:500 16:24'>,24</a> -<a href='B:470 21:22'>MAT 21:22</a>


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<p><b>It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.</b><p>Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. — We suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.<p>He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.<p>Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the command-ments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.<p><a href='B:230 119:71'>PS 119:71</a> <a href='B:650 5:8'>HEB 5:8</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:17'>ROM 8:17</a><a href='B:520 8:18'>,18</a> <a href='B:220 23:10'>JOB 23:10</a><a href='B:220 23:11'>,11</a> <a href='B:50 8:2'>DEU 8:2</a><a href='B:50 8:5'>,5</a><a href='B:50 8:6'>,6</a>


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<p><b>It is God which worketh in you.</b><p>Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. — A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever.<p>Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.<p>For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.<p>Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.<p><a href='B:570 2:13'>PHL 2:13</a> <a href='B:540 3:5'>2CO 3:5</a> ‑<a href='B:500 3:27'>JHN 3:27</a> -<a href='B:500 6:44'>JHN 6:44</a> ‑<a href='B:300 32:39'>JER 32:39</a> <a href='B:660 1:16-18'>JAM 1:16-18</a> <a href='B:560 2:10'>EPH 2:10</a> <a href='B:290 26:12'>ISA 26:12</a>


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<p><b>He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</b><p>The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. — As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.<p>After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. — There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.<p>The Lord our Righteousness.<p><a href='B:540 5:21'>2CO 5:21</a> <a href='B:290 53:6'>ISA 53:6</a> ‑<a href='B:670 2:24'>1PE 2:24</a> ‑<a href='B:520 5:19'>ROM 5:19</a> <a href='B:630 3:4-7'>TIT 3:4-7</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:1'>ROM 8:1</a> <a href='B:300 23:6'>JER 23:6</a>


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<p><b>By love serve one another.</b><p>Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.<p>Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. — Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — Be kindly affectioned one to another in brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. — Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.<p>We ... that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.<p><a href='B:550 5:13'>GAL 5:13</a> <a href='B:550 6:1'>GAL 6:1</a><a href='B:550 6:2'>,2</a> <a href='B:660 5:19'>JAM 5:19</a><a href='B:660 5:20'>,20</a> ‑<a href='B:670 1:22'>1PE 1:22</a> ‑<a href='B:520 13:8'>ROM 13:8</a> ‑<a href='B:520 12:10'>ROM 12:10</a> ‑<a href='B:670 5:5'>1PE 5:5</a> <a href='B:520 15:1'>ROM 15:1</a>


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<p><b>To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.</b><p>He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? — Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. — To love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.<p>Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. — Mary ... sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. One thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.<p>It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.<p><a href='B:240 21:3'>PRO 21:3</a> <a href='B:400 6:8'>MIC 6:8</a> ‑<a href='B:90 15:22'>1SM 15:22</a> ‑<a href='B:470 12:33'>MAT 12:33</a> <a href='B:350 12:6'>HOS 12:6</a> ‑<a href='B:490 10:39'>LUK 10:39</a><a href='B:490 10:42'>,42</a> <a href='B:570 2:13'>PHL 2:13</a>


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<p><b>No man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.</b><p>I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. — The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom. — We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 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. — Your life is hid with Christ in God.<p>Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?<p>Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.<p><a href='B:500 10:29'>JHN 10:29</a> <a href='B:620 1:12'>2TM 1:12</a> ‑<a href='B:620 4:18'>2TM 4:18</a> -<a href='B:520 8:37-39'>ROM 8:37-39</a> ‑<a href='B:580 3:3'>COL 3:3</a> <a href='B:660 2:5'>JAM 2:5</a> <a href='B:600 2:16'>2TS 2:16</a><a href='B:600 2:17'>,17</a>


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<p><b>Let not your good be evil spoken of.</b><p>Abstain from all appearance of evil. — Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. — For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.<p>But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.<p>Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. — Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. — Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. — Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.<p><a href='B:520 14:16'>ROM 14:16</a> <a href='B:590 5:22'>1TS 5:22</a> -<a href='B:540 8:21'>2CO 8:21</a> ‑<a href='B:670 2:15'>1PE 2:15</a> <a href='B:670 4:15'>1PE 4:15</a><a href='B:670 4:16'>,16</a> <a href='B:550 5:13'>GAL 5:13</a> -<a href='B:530 8:9'>1CO 8:9</a> ‑<a href='B:470 18:6'>MAT 18:6</a> ‑<a href='B:470 25:40'>MAT 25:40</a>


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<p><b>The Lord is in the midst of thee.</b><p>Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; He will come and save you. — The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. — Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.<p>I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.<p><a href='B:560 3:15'>EPH 3:15</a> <a href='B:290 41:10'>ISA 41:10</a> -<a href='B:290 35:3'>ISA 35:3</a><a href='B:290 35:4'>,4</a> ‑Z<a href='B:560 3:17'>EPH 3:17</a> ‑<a href='B:230 27:14'>PS 27:14</a> <a href='B:730 21:3'>REV 21:3</a><a href='B:730 21:4'>,4</a>


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<p><b>Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.</b><p>Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power. — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. — Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. — Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.<p>I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.<p>Fight the good fight of faith. — In nothing terrified by your adversaries.<p><a href='B:620 2:1'>2TM 2:1</a> <a href='B:580 1:11'>COL 1:11</a> ‑<a href='B:580 2:6'>COL 2:6</a><a href='B:580 2:7'>,7</a> ‑<a href='B:290 61:3'>ISA 61:3</a> ‑<a href='B:560 2:20'>EPH 2:20</a><a href='B:560 2:22'>,22</a> <a href='B:510 20:32'>ACT 20:32</a> ‑<a href='B:570 1:11'>PHL 1:11</a> <a href='B:610 6:12'>1TM 6:12</a> ‑<a href='B:570 1:28'>PHL 1:28</a>


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<p><b>Make his praise glorious.</b><p>This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. — I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth. — By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.<p>I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. — Who is like unto thee, O Lord, ... glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? — I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. — They sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty.<p><a href='B:230 66:2'>PS 66:2</a> <a href='B:290 43:21'>ISA 43:21</a> ‑<a href='B:300 33:8'>JER 33:8</a><a href='B:300 33:9'>,9</a> ‑<a href='B:650 13:15'>HEB 13:15</a> <a href='B:230 86:12'>PS 86:12</a><a href='B:230 86:13'>,13</a> ‑<a href='B:20 15:11'>EXO 15:11</a> ‑<a href='B:230 69:30'>PS 69:30</a> ‑<a href='B:730 15:3'>REV 15:3</a>


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<p><b>Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.</b><p>Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who ... took upon him the form of a servant. — Even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. — He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.<p>When Jesus ... saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. — Jesus wept. — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.<p>Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.<p><a href='B:550 6:2'>GAL 6:2</a> <a href='B:570 2:4'>PHL 2:4</a><a href='B:570 2:5'>,5</a><a href='B:570 2:7'>,7</a> ‑<a href='B:480 10:45'>MAK 10:45</a> ‑<a href='B:540 5:15'>2CO 5:15</a> <a href='B:500 11:33'>JHN 11:33</a> -<a href='B:500 11:35'>JHN 11:35</a> ‑<a href='B:520 12:15'>ROM 12:15</a> <a href='B:670 3:8'>1PE 3:8</a><a href='B:670 3:9'>,9</a>


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<p><b>Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.</b><p>I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.<p>As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. — A new command-ment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.<p>He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. — Christ ... loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.<p><a href='B:500 13:1'>JHN 13:1</a> <a href='B:500 17:9'>JHN 17:9</a><a href='B:500 17:10'>,10</a><a href='B:500 17:15'>,15</a><a href='B:500 17:16'>,16</a> <a href='B:500 15:9'>JHN 15:9</a> ‑<a href='B:500 15:13'>JHN 15:13</a><a href='B:500 15:14'>,14</a> ‑<a href='B:500 13:34'>JHN 13:34</a> <a href='B:570 1:6'>PHL 1:6</a> ‑<a href='B:560 5:25'>EPH 5:25</a><a href='B:560 5:26'>,26</a>


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<p><b>Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.</b><p>It is the Spirit that quickeneth. — The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance.<p>I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. — The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. — The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. — If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. — This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.<p>No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.<p><a href='B:230 80:18'>PS 80:18</a> <a href='B:500 6:63'>JHN 6:63</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:26'>ROM 8:26</a><a href='B:520 8:27'>,27</a> ‑<a href='B:560 6:18'>EPH 6:18</a> <a href='B:230 119:93'>PS 119:93</a> ‑<a href='B:500 6:63'>JHN 6:63</a> ‑<a href='B:540 3:6'>2CO 3:6</a> -<a href='B:500 15:7'>JHN 15:7</a> ‑<a href='B:690 5:14'>1JN 5:14</a> <a href='B:530 12:3'>1CO 12:3</a>


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<p><b>Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.</b><p>Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. — Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.<p>I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. — Having therefore, ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — We may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.<p><a href='B:650 4:16'>HEB 4:16</a> <a href='B:570 4:6'>PHL 4:6</a><a href='B:570 4:7'>,7</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:15'>ROM 8:15</a> <a href='B:290 45:19'>ISA 45:19</a> ‑<a href='B:650 10:19'>HEB 10:19</a><a href='B:650 10:22'>,22</a> ‑<a href='B:650 13:6'>HEB 13:6</a>


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<p><b>Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.</b><p>Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. — Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. — The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.<p>Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.<p>The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!<p><a href='B:230 112:4'>PS 112:4</a> <a href='B:290 50:10'>ISA 50:10</a> ‑<a href='B:230 37:24'>PS 37:24</a> -<a href='B:240 6:23'>PRO 6:23</a> <a href='B:400 7:8'>MIC 7:8</a><a href='B:400 7:9'>,9</a> <a href='B:470 6:22'>MAT 6:22</a><a href='B:470 6:23'>,23</a>


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<p><b>He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world.</b><p>That we should be holy and without blame before him in love.<p>God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: whereunto he called you, ... to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did pre-destinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.<p>A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. — God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.<p><a href='B:560 1:4'>EPH 1:4</a> <a href='B:560 1:4'>EPH 1:4</a> <a href='B:600 2:13'>2TS 2:13</a><a href='B:600 2:14'>,14</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:29'>ROM 8:29</a><a href='B:520 8:30'>,30</a> ‑<a href='B:670 1:2'>1PE 1:2</a> <a href='B:330 36:26'>EZE 36:26</a> ‑<a href='B:590 4:7'>1TS 4:7</a>


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<p><b>The days of thy mourning shall be ended.</b><p>In the world ye shall have tribulation. — The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. — We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.<p>These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.<p><a href='B:290 60:20'>ISA 60:20</a> <a href='B:500 16:33'>JHN 16:33</a> ‑<a href='B:520 8:22'>ROM 8:22</a><a href='B:520 8:23'>,23</a> ‑<a href='B:540 5:4'>2CO 5:4</a> <a href='B:730 7:14-17'>REV 7:14-17</a>


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<p><b>Your work of faith.</b><p>This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.<p>Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — Faith worketh by love. — He that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. — We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.<p>We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power. — It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.<p><a href='B:590 1:3'>1TS 1:3</a> <a href='B:500 6:29'>JHN 6:29</a> <a href='B:660 2:17'>JAM 2:17</a> ‑<a href='B:550 5:6'>GAL 5:6</a> ‑<a href='B:550 6:8'>GAL 6:8</a> ‑<a href='B:560 2:10'>EPH 2:10</a> ‑<a href='B:630 2:14'>TIT 2:14</a> <a href='B:600 1:3'>2TS 1:3</a><a href='B:600 1:11'>,11</a> ‑<a href='B:570 2:13'>PHL 2:13</a>


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<p><b>Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me.</b><p>I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil. — There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.<p>In Christ Jesus ye who sometime were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace.<p>It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell: and having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself. — Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past: ... that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<p>Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.<p><a href='B:290 27:5'>ISA 27:5</a> <a href='B:300 29:11'>JER 29:11</a> -<a href='B:290 48:22'>ISA 48:22</a> <a href='B:560 2:13'>EPH 2:13</a><a href='B:560 2:14'>,14</a> <a href='B:580 1:19'>COL 1:19</a><a href='B:580 1:20'>,20</a> ‑<a href='B:520 3:24-26'>ROM 3:24-26</a> ‑<a href='B:690 1:9'>1JN 1:9</a> <a href='B:290 26:4'>ISA 26:4</a>


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<p><b>If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.</b><p>Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these; adultery, forni-cation and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.<p>The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity.<p><a href='B:520 8:13'>ROM 8:13</a> <a href='B:550 5:19'>GAL 5:19</a><a href='B:550 5:21'>,21-25</a> <a href='B:630 2:11-14'>TIT 2:11-14</a>


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<p><b>The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.</b><p>I have loved thee with an everlasting love.<p>In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.<p>When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. — The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. — Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.<p>As the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.<p><a href='B:630 3:4'>TIT 3:4</a> <a href='B:300 31:3'>JER 31:3</a> <a href='B:690 4:9'>1JN 4:9</a><a href='B:690 4:10'>,10</a> <a href='B:550 4:4'>GAL 4:4</a><a href='B:550 4:5'>,5</a> ‑<a href='B:500 1:14'>JHN 1:14</a> -<a href='B:610 3:16'>1TM 3:16</a> <a href='B:650 2:14'>HEB 2:14</a>


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<p><b>Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.</b><p>Ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. — As ye have ... received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. — He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. — That on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.<p>By faith ye stand.<p>I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.<p>He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.<p><a href='B:530 15:58'>1CO 15:58</a> <a href='B:530 15:58'>1CO 15:58</a> ‑<a href='B:580 2:6'>COL 2:6</a><a href='B:580 2:7'>,7</a> ‑<a href='B:470 24:13'>MAT 24:13</a> ‑<a href='B:490 8:15'>LUK 8:15</a> <a href='B:540 1:24'>2CO 1:24</a> <a href='B:500 9:4'>JHN 9:4</a> <a href='B:550 6:8-10'>GAL 6:8-10</a>


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<p><b>We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.</b><p>Here have we no continuing city. — Ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.<p>Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.<p>Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. — There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.<p>We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened. — God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.<p>The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. — Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.<p><a href='B:540 4:18'>2CO 4:18</a> <a href='B:650 13:14'>HEB 13:14</a> -<a href='B:650 10:34'>HEB 10:34</a> <a href='B:490 12:32'>LUK 12:32</a> <a href='B:670 1:6'>1PE 1:6</a> ‑<a href='B:220 3:17'>JOB 3:17</a> <a href='B:540 5:4'>2CO 5:4</a> -<a href='B:730 21:4'>REV 21:4</a> <a href='B:520 8:18'>ROM 8:18</a> ‑<a href='B:540 4:17'>2CO 4:17</a>


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<p><b>Thy sins be forgiven thee.</b><p>I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. — Who can forgive sins but God only?<p>I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. — Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity?<p>God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. — The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<p>As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. — Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.<p><a href='B:480 2:5'>MAK 2:5</a> <a href='B:300 31:34'>JER 31:34</a> ‑<a href='B:480 2:7'>MAK 2:7</a> <a href='B:290 43:25'>ISA 43:25</a> ‑<a href='B:230 32:1'>PS 32:1</a><a href='B:230 32:2'>,2</a> ‑<a href='B:400 7:18'>MIC 7:18</a> <a href='B:560 4:32'>EPH 4:32</a> ‑<a href='B:690 1:7-9'>1JN 1:7-9</a> <a href='B:230 103:12'>PS 103:12</a> ‑<a href='B:520 6:14'>ROM 6:14</a><a href='B:520 6:18'>,18</a>


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<p><b>Understanding what the will of the Lord is.</b><p>This is the will of God, even your sanctification. — Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. — This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. — We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.<p>We ... do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. — The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ... give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your under-standing being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us‑ward who believe.<p><a href='B:560 5:17'>EPH 5:17</a> <a href='B:590 4:3'>1TS 4:3</a> ‑<a href='B:220 22:21'>JOB 22:21</a> ‑<a href='B:500 17:3'>JHN 17:3</a> -<a href='B:690 5:20'>1JN 5:20</a> <a href='B:580 1:9'>COL 1:9</a> ‑<a href='B:560 1:17-19'>EPH 1:17-19</a>


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<p><b>Blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.</b><p>You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.<p>Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. — Sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.<p>Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.<p><a href='B:530 1:8'>1CO 1:8</a> <a href='B:580 1:21-23'>COL 1:21-23</a> ‑<a href='B:570 2:15'>PHL 2:15</a> <a href='B:680 3:14'>2PE 3:14</a> ‑<a href='B:570 1:10'>PHL 1:10</a> <a href='B:720 1:24'>JUD 1:24</a><a href='B:720 1:25'>,25</a>


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<p><b>The Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.</b><p>I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. — In his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. — As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him.<p>Even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. — This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.<p>Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. — Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.<p>Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.<p><a href='B:50 1:31'>DEU 1:31</a> <a href='B:20 19:4'>EXO 19:4</a> ‑<a href='B:290 63:9'>ISA 63:9</a> ‑<a href='B:50 32:11'>DEU 32:11</a><a href='B:50 32:12'>,12</a> <a href='B:290 46:4'>ISA 46:4</a> ‑<a href='B:230 48:14'>PS 48:14</a> <a href='B:230 55:22'>PS 55:22</a> ‑<a href='B:470 6:25'>MAT 6:25</a><a href='B:470 6:32'>,32</a> <a href='B:90 7:12'>1SM 7:12</a>


