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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 - Put on these things
Daily Readings - Sat, 03/24/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: Put on these things
Reference: Col. 3:10-15
Col 3:10: And have put on the new man , which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Col 3:11: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Col 3:12: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Col 3:13: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col 3:14: And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Col 3:15: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
(KJV)
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Fri, 23 Mar 2012 - Put off these things
Daily Readings - Fri, 03/23/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: Put off these things
Reference: Col. 3:1-9
Col 3:1: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Col 3:2: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Col 3:3: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Col 3:4: When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Col 3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Col 3:6: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Col 3:7: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8: But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Col 3:9: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
(KJV)
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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 - First things first
Daily Readings - Thu, 03/22/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: First things first
Reference: Matt. 6:27-34
Mt 6:27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mt 6:28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mt 6:29: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mt 6:30: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Mt 6:31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mt 6:32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mt 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mt 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
(KJV)
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Wed, 21 Mar 2012 - Sowing and reaping
Daily Readings - Wed, 03/21/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: Sowing and reaping
Reference: Gal. 6:7-10
Gal 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:8: For 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.
Gal 6:9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Gal 6:10: As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men , especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
(KJV)
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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 - Hating this life
Daily Readings - Tue, 03/20/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: Hating this life
Reference: Luke 14:25-33
Lk 14:25: And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Lk 14:26: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Lk 14:27: And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Lk 14:28: For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ?
Lk 14:29: Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it , all that behold it begin to mock him,
Lk 14:30: Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Lk 14:31: Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Lk 14:32: Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Lk 14:33: So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
(KJV)
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 - Choose life
Daily Readings - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: The Worlds Allure
Reading: Choose life
Reference: Deut. 30:15-20
Deut 30:15: See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
Deut 30:16: In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deut 30:17: But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Deut 30:18: I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Deut 30:19: I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deut 30:20: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
(KJV)
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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 - They shall be to me a people
Daily Readings - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: They shall be to me a people
Reference: Heb. 8:7-12
Heb 8:7: For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Heb 8:8: For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10: For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Heb 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
(KJV)
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - The city of our solemnities
Daily Readings - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: The city of our solemnities
Reference: Isa. 33:17-24
Isa 33:17: Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Isa 33:18: Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
Isa 33:19: Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isa 33:20: Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isa 33:21: But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Isa 33:22: For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
Isa 33:23: Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Isa 33:24: And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
(KJV)
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 - God will save Zion
Daily Readings - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: God will save Zion
Reference: Ps. 69:29-36
Pss 69:29: But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Pss 69:30: I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Pss 69:31: This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Pss 69:32: The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Pss 69:33: For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Pss 69:34: Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Pss 69:35: For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Pss 69:36: The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
(KJV)
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 - The mountain of the Lords house
Daily Readings - Thu, 03/15/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: The mountain of the Lords house
Reference: Mic. 4:1-7
Mic 4:1: But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
Mic 4:2: And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Mic 4:3: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Mic 4:4: But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it .
Mic 4:5: For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
Mic 4:6: In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Mic 4:7: And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
(KJV)
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 - One heart and one way
Daily Readings - Wed, 03/14/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: One heart and one way
Reference: Jer. 32:36-42
Jer 32:36: And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Jer 32:37: Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
Jer 32:38: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Jer 32:39: And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Jer 32:40: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Jer 32:41: Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Jer 32:42: For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
(KJV)
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 - A message for Israel
Daily Readings - Tue, 03/13/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: A message for Israel
Reference: Jer. 18:1-6
Jer 18:1: The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jer 18:2: Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jer 18:3: Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Jer 18:4: And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it .
Jer 18:5: Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Jer 18:6: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
(KJV)
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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 - A city not forsaken
Daily Readings - Mon, 03/12/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Beautiful Zion
Reading: A city not forsaken
Reference: Isa. 62:1-12
Isa 62:1: For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isa 62:2: And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Isa 62:3: Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isa 62:4: Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephziâbah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Isa 62:5: For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isa 62:6: I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
Isa 62:7: And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Isa 62:8: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isa 62:9: But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Isa 62:10: Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Isa 62:11: Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isa 62:12: And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
(KJV)
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Sun, 11 Mar 2012 - A peculiar treasure
Daily Readings - Sun, 03/11/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: A peculiar treasure
Reference: Exod. 19:1-6
Ex 19:1: In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Ex 19:2: For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Ex 19:3: And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Ex 19:4: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Ex 19:5: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Ex 19:6: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
(KJV)
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Sat, 10 Mar 2012 - Glorious liberty of Gods children
Daily Readings - Sat, 03/10/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: Glorious liberty of Gods children
Reference: Rom. 8:13-21
Rom 8:13: For 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.
Rom 8:14: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:15: For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Rom 8:16: The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Rom 8:17: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him , that we may be also glorified together.
Rom 8:18: 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.
Rom 8:19: For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Rom 8:20: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Rom 8:21: Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
(KJV)
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Fri, 09 Mar 2012 - God shall wipe away all tears
Daily Readings - Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: God shall wipe away all tears
Reference: Rev. 21:1-4
Rev 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3: And 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.
Rev 21:4: 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: for the former things are passed away.
(KJV)
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Thu, 08 Mar 2012 - Mutual love of Christ and His church
Daily Readings - Thu, 03/08/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: Mutual love of Christ and His church
Reference: Song of Sol. 2:1-7
Song 2:1: I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Song 2:2: As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Song 2:3: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song 2:4: He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Song 2:5: Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Song 2:6: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Song 2:7: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
(KJV)
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Wed, 07 Mar 2012 - Thy blessing upon thy people
Daily Readings - Wed, 03/07/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: Thy blessing upon thy people
Reference: Ps. 3
Pss 3:1: Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Pss 3:2: Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Pss 3:3: But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Pss 3:4: I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Pss 3:5: I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
Pss 3:6: I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Pss 3:7: Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Pss 3:8: Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
(KJV)
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Tue, 06 Mar 2012 - Thy Maker is thy husband
Daily Readings - Tue, 03/06/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: Thy Maker is thy husband
Reference: Isa. 54:5-10
Isa 54:5: For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 54:6: For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Isa 54:7: For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Isa 54:8: In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Isa 54:9: For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Isa 54:10: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
(KJV)
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Mon, 05 Mar 2012 - Called the sons of God
Daily Readings - Mon, 03/05/2012 - 00:00
Lesson: Children of the King
Reading: Called the sons of God
Reference: 1 John 3:1-10
1Jn 3:1: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1Jn 3:2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:3: And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1Jn 3:4: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5: And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1Jn 3:7: Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1Jn 3:8: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10: In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
(KJV)
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