OUR PRAYER AND PRAISE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014

OUR PRAYER AND PRAISE

  Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
  Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. I CHRONICLES 29:10-13

LORD, IS THIS THE TIME?

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014

LORD, IS THIS THE TIME?

  So when the apostles came together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you're going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"
  Jesus told them, "You don't need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.
  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you. Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ACTS 1:6-8

 When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?"
  Jesus said to them, "The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.
 But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ACTS 1:6-8

  When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. ACTS1:6-8

Now those who had gathered together began to ask Jesus, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"
  He answered them, "It is not for you to know what times or periods the Father has fixed by his own authority.
  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ACTS1:6-8

PRINCE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014

 PRINCE

  Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
 I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother— she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
  His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
  Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
  Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.
  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
  Others: We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
  She: I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.
  Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
  My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
 He: O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
  She: Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. SONG OF SOLOMON 8

THE PRINCESS

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014

THE PRINCESS
  You are a princess, and your feet are graceful in their sandals. Your thighs are works of art, each one a jewel;
  your navel is a wine glass filled to overflowing. Your body is full and slender like a bundle of wheat bound together by lilies.
 Your breasts are like twins of a deer.
Your neck is like ivory, and your eyes sparkle like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is beautiful like Mount Lebanon above the city of Damascus.
 Your head is held high like Mount Carmel; your hair is so lovely it holds a king prisoner.
  You are beautiful, so very desirable!
You are tall and slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are full.
 I will climb that tree and cling to its branches. I will discover that your breasts are clusters of grapes, and that your breath is the aroma of apples.
  Kissing you is more delicious than drinking the finest wine. How wonderful and tasty!
My darling, I am yours, and you desire me.
Let's stroll through the fields and sleep in the villages.
 At dawn let's slip out and see if grapevines and fruit trees are covered with blossoms. When we are there, I will give you my love.
  Perfume from the magic flower fills the air, my darling. Right at our doorstep I have stored up for you all kinds of tasty fruits. SONG OF SOLOMON 7(CEV)

KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS: THE SON OF THE HIGHEST

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 25, 2014

KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS:  THE SON OF THE HIGHEST

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. LUKE 1:31-33

 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 

 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 

 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 

 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 

 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 

 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. REVELATION 19:11-16

LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 25, 2014

LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED

  Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
  And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. PSALM 35:27-28

I AM BLACK

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 22, 2014

I AM BLACK

 The Song of Songs, which is for Solomon.
 May you kiss me passionately with your lips, for your love is better than wine.
 As fragrance, your perfumes are delightful; your name is poured out perfume; therefore young women love you.
 Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers! Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you!
 I am black but beautiful, O maidens of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
 Do not gaze at me because I am black, because the sun has stared at me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own "vineyard" I did not keep.
 Tell me, you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? For why should I be like one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
 To a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.
 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
We will make ornaments of gold for you with studs of silver.
While the king was on his couch, my nard gave its fragrance.
 My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh, he spends the night between my breasts.
 My beloved is to me a cluster of blossoms of henna in the vineyards of En Gedi.
 Look! You are beautiful, my beloved. Look! You are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  Look! You are beautiful, my beloved, truly pleasant. Truly our couch is verdant;
the beams of our house are cedar; our rafter is cypress. SONG OF SONGS 1

ISRAEL SHALL KNOW ME

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

ISRAEL SHALL KNOW ME

 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
  A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
  For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
  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:
  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.
 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:
  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.
  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. HEBREWS 8

ISRAEL TURNING TO THE LORD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

ISRAEL TURNING TO THE LORD

 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
  Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. HOSEA 14

 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
  Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
  They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
  And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
  Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
  But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
  And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
  And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.  JOEL 2

NEWNESS OF LIFE: FAITH, FRUIT, HOLY GHOST BAPTISM AND FIRE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014

NEWNESS OF LIFE: FAITH, FRUIT, HOLY GHOST BAPTISM AND FIRE

 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. MATTHEW 3:11-12

 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. ROMANS 7:4

THE BODY OF CHRIST: NEWNESS OF LIFE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014

THE BODY OF CHRIST: NEWNESS OF LIFE

 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
  For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
  But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. ROMANS 7:4-6

  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
  For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6-18

OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH, AND OF HIS BONES

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014

OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH, AND OF HIS BONES

 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
  Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. EPHESIANS 5:22-32

A BODY FOR YOU

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014

 A BODY FOR YOU

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but A BODY  hast thou prepared me:
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the BODY of Jesus Christ once for all. HEBREWS 10:4-10

  For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
  And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my BODY, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. I CORINTHIANS 11:23-24

  I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. JOHN 6:51

  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my BODY. MATTHEW 26:26

  And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my BODY. MARK 14:22

 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 

 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 

 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 

 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 

 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 

 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 

 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my BODY, she did it for my burial. 

 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. MATTHEW 26:6-13

  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 

  But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 

  And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. 

  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 

  For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 

  And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 

  For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 

  She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my BODY to the burying. 

  Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. MARK 4-19

HOW SHE MAY PLEASE HER HUSBAND

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014

HOW SHE MAY PLEASE HER HUSBAND

 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I CORINTHIANS 7:34

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 

 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 

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. 

 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 

 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. 

  His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 

 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. 

  The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 

 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. 

 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 

 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 

 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 

 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 

 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 

 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 

 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 

 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. SOLOMON 2

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 7, 2014

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
  TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
  PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
  Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
  In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. DANIEL 5:25-31