February's Verse a Day

Verse a Day
Feb 1	There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but 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. 1 Corinthians 10:13
2	And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy judgment as the noonday. Psalm 37:6
3	For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him. 2 Chronicles 30:9b
4	What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. Psalm 56:3
5	You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, “You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away… Isaiah 41:9
6	…Fear not, for I am with you: Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
7	The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Matthew 9:6
8	… I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1
9	Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2
10	Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:3
11	Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. Psalm 68:28
12	Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off. Isaiah 33:17
13	I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. Ezekiel 34:26
14	Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him…. Psalm 37:7
15	But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 2 Peter 1:5
16	…to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 2 Peter 1:6
17	…to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 2 Peter 1:7
18	For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:8
19	For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 2 Peter 1:9
20	Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 2 Peter 1:10
21	…for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:11
22	If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. John 8:31b + 32
23	The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him. Ezra 8:22
24	For Thou hast made him most blessed forever: thou hast made him exceedingly glad with thy countenance. Psalm 21:6
25	And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18
26	He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1
27	I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Psalm 91:2
28	Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. Psalm 91:3
29	I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently find me. Proverbs 8:17

February's Prayers and Promises

Feb 1st	Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity. Psalm 31:9,10	My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9
2nd	Keep me in this way that I go. Genesis 28:20	He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalm 91:11
3rd	O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. Psalm 116:4	He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. Psalm 91:3
4th	Strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought for us. Psalm 68:28	He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
5th	Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust. Psalm 16:1	The Lord preserveth the faithful. Psalm 31:23
6th	Deliver us from evil. Matthew 6:13	There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalm 91:10
7th	Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope. Psalm 119:49	I will not leave thee till I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. Genesis 28:15
8th	Forgive us our sins. Luke 11:4	If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
9th	Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Psalm 123:3	Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.Psalm 130:7
10th	Set me as a seal upon Thine heart, as a seal upon Thine arm. Song of Solomon 8:6	Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands. Isaiah 49:16
11th	O continue Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee. Psalm 36:10	My loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him. Psalm 89:33
12th	Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee. Psalm 28:2	I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me. 1 Kings 9:3
13th	I am poor and needy: make haste unto me: O Lord, make no tarrying. Psalm 70:5	I bring near My righteousness; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry. Isaiah 46:13
14th	O remember not against us former iniquities. Psalm 79:8	Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19
15th	O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. Psalm 6:2	I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds. Jeremiah 30:17
16th	O satisfy us early with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14	My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 31:14
17th	Strengthen Thou me according unto Thy word. Psalm 119:28	I will strengthen thee. Isaiah 41:10
18th	Great are Thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to Thy judgments. Psalm 119:156	From this day will I bless you. Haggai 2:19
19th	O that my ways were directed to keep Thy statutes! Psalm 119:5	In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6
20th	Teach me to do Thy will. Psalm 143:10	If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God. John 7:17
21st	Help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on Thee. 2 Chronicles 14:11	The Lord shall help them, and deliver them, because they trust in Him. Psalm 37:40
22nd	Give Thy servant an understanding heart. 1 Kings 3:9	I will give them an heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. Jeremiah 24:7
23rd	Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11	Bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. Isaiah 33:16
24th	Stablish Thy word unto Thy servant, who is devoted to Thy fear. Psalm 119:38	I will establish My covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 16:62
25th	Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us. Psalm 90:17	He will beautify the meek with salvation. Psalm 149:4
26th	Lord, save us: we perish. Matthew 8:25	There shall not an hair of your head perish. Luke 21:18
27th	Plead my cause, O Lord; take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. Psalm 35:1-2	I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis 15:1
28th	Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember Thou me, for Thy goodness’ sake, O Lord. Psalm 25:7	I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 8:12
29th	With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early. Isaiah 26:9	The Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime and in the night His song shall be with me. Psalm 42:8

Malcolm Wild and Alwyn Wall

I really like this song too. It also seems quite relevant with all the mentions of First Love recently.
What do you think of it?

Spurgeon's Evening Devotional 26th January

“All they that heard it wondered at those things.”
- Luke_2:18
We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God’s glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with bowed head in humble prayer, yet it silently adores. Our incarnate God is to be worshipped as “the Wonderful.” That God should consider his fallen creature, man, and instead of sweeping him away with the besom of destruction, should himself undertake to be man’s Redeemer, and to pay his ransom price, is, indeed marvellous! But to each believer redemption is most marvellous as he views it in relation to himself. It is a miracle of grace indeed, that Jesus should forsake the thrones and royalties above, to suffer ignominiously below for you. Let your soul lose itself in wonder, for wonder is in this way a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead you to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause within you godly watchfulness; you will be afraid to sin against such a love as this. Feeling the presence of the mighty God in the gift of his dear Son, you will put off your shoes from off your feet, because the place whereon you stand is holy ground. You will be moved at the same time to glorious hope. If Jesus has done such marvellous things on your behalf, you will feel that heaven itself is not too great for your expectation. Who can be astonished at anything, when he has once been astonished at the manger and the cross? What is there wonderful left after one has seen the Saviour? Dear reader, it may be that from the quietness and solitariness of your life, you are scarcely able to imitate the shepherds of Bethlehem, who told what they had seen and heard, but you can, at least, fill up the circle of the worshippers before the throne, by wondering at what God has done.

It certainly is a glorious hope!! (also described as Blessed!)

Remember His Faithfulness and Behave Like Christ is Coming Again! (Because He is!!)

"And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, and said, "Come unto me"? Canst thou not remember that rapturous moment when he snapped thy fetters, dashed thy chains to the earth, and said, "I came to break thy bonds and set thee free"? Or if the love of thine espousals be forgotten, there must surely be some precious milestone along the road of life not quite grown over with moss, on which thou canst read a happy memorial of his mercy towards thee? What, didst thou never have a sickness like that which thou art suffering now, and did he not restore thee? Wert thou never poor before, and did he not supply thy wants? Wast thou never in straits before, and did he not deliver thee? Arise, go to the river of thine experience, and pull up a few bulrushes, and plait them into an ark, wherein thine infant- faith may float safely on the stream. Forget not what thy God has done for thee; turn over the book of thy remembrance, and consider the days of old. Canst thou not remember the hill Mizar? Did the Lord never meet with thee at Hermon? Hast thou never climbed the Delectable Mountains? Hast thou never been helped in time of need? Nay, I know thou hast. Go back, then, a little way to the choice mercies of yesterday, and though all may be dark now, light up the lamps of the past, they shall glitter through the darkness, and thou shalt trust in the Lord till the day break and the shadows flee away. "Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses, for they have been ever of old." - Charles Spurgeon

Reading Revelation 21. Verse 6b jumped out at me:
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And the sea no longer is.
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 will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.
Rev 21:4 And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more pain; for the first things passed away.
Rev 21:5 And He sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful.
Rev 21:6 And He said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will give of the fountain of the Water of Life freely.
Rev 21:7 He who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Rev 21:9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God,
Rev 21:11 having the glory of God. And its light was like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

"Wherever you may live, and whatever may be your trials; however great your difficulties, and however small your helps; nothing should prevent your aiming at the highest standard, to behave like one who believes that Christ is coming again! You should resolve, by God’s help, to live so that the day of Christ shall find you needing as little change as possible! You should seek to have . . . your tastes so heavenly, your affections so spiritual, your will so subdued, your mind so unworldly — that when the Lord appears, you may be thoroughly in tune for His kingdom!" J.C. Ryle

"We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him." ~ J.C. Ryle

Here's an interesting and funny point!

http://sacredsandwich.com/archives/8744

I had a good laugh at this!
I hope you do too!

Another lovely old hymn

I think its a really nice melody and harmony.

What do you think?

A sermon from Charles Spurgeon

Well, that is a very challenging and very encouraging 11 minutes!!
Wow!!


What do you think of it?

Another poem :)

Looking around for some more nice poems and came across this site.

More like Jesus would I be,
Let my Saviour dwell in me;
Fill my soul with peace and love,
Make me gentle as a dove.

More like Jesus while I go,
Pilgrim in this world below;
Poor in spirit would I be;
Let my Saviour dwell in me.

http://www.wholesomewords.org/poetry/crosby2.html

Enjoy!!

How good do you have to be to get into heaven?

This video always makes me laugh.

Enjoy!

Here's a poem by William Quayle

I am going on my journey glad with joy from dawn to dark,
With the spirit of the morning and the carol of the lark,
I am drinking of those fountains whence the healing waters flow,
And I hear Heaven's sweetest music as along the way I go.

And my heart is full of laughter, like the singing of a psalm;
And my sky behind bends blue above me, with its winds of evening balm,
And I know not any trouble; for I have the Tempest's King
to change my winter's fury to the gladness of the Spring.

William A. Quayle

Enjoy!

The Atheist's Nightmare

I've seen this a few times and it still makes me laugh!!

Enjoy!

Little Lamb by Ishmael

Ishmael's song: Little Lamb
I think they're really great words and so encouraging!
I was brought up listening to Ishmael and Psalty etc. and I still love most if not all of their music.



"He will keep you, love you, hold you
But don't you stray from His embrace
Greater Love has not been known
The Shepherd died in the lamb's place."

Here's Ishy's website:
http://www.ishmael.org.uk/home.php

Verse a Day

Following on from Prayers and Promises, we have one verse a day.
Enjoy!

Verse a Day
Jan 1	Blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:45
2	Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Psalm 37:3
3	Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Psalm 116:5
4	“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Amen. Matthew 28:20
5	And this is the record, that 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. 1 John 5:11-12
6	But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15
7	Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 2 Chronicles 15:7
8	Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalm 37:4
9	And God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
10	But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
11	You shall rejoice in the LORD and glory in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 41:16b
12	As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6 +7
13	I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. Psalm 18:1
14	You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3
15	The Angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. Psalm 34:7
16	… I will teach thee the good and the right way. 1 Samuel 12:23
17	Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17
18	Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5
19	For I the Lord your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13
20	Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8
21	And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all the places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. Genesis 28:15
22	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. Zephaniah 3:17
23	Every good and perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17
24	Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceedingly great joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24+25
25	The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Psalm 116:6
26	Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16
27	For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
28	Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:4
29	Fear not… I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis 15:1
30	The eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27
31	The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trusteth in Him. Nahum 1:7