ESTABLISHED

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY...JUNE 30, 2015

ESTABLISHED

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.
Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah.
They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee. Psalm 87;5-7

  Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 

  Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 

  Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 

  Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 

  Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 

  He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 

 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 

  Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: 

  Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 

  Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: 

  Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 

  Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 

  Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 

 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM 148

WISDOM BUILDETH HER HOUSE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 18, 2015

WISDOM BUILDETH HER HOUSE

 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

ABIGAIL'S PAIN AND SORROW

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 17, 2015

ABIGAIL'S PAIN AND SORROW

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. I SAMUEL 25:14-26

I TRUST IN THE LORD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 12, 2015

I TRUST IN THE LORD

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. PSALM 31:1-8

IN A RACE!

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 12, 2015

IN A RACE!

1Co 9:24  Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1Co 9:25  And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1Co 9:26  I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1Co 9:27  But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

A FORETASTE OF GLORY DIVINE

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 3, 2015

A FORETASTE OF GLORY DIVINE

  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. COLOSSIANS 3:1-4