GOD LOVES YOU

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY GOD LOVES YOU The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God. For thus saith the Lord ; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord , save thy people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Hear the word of the Lord , O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. Jeremiah 31:3-10

YOUR COUNTENANCE, LORD

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord , lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. PSALM 4:6

BUILDING THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY BUILDING THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. PSALM 51:18

A FRIEND FOR ALL TIMES

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY A FRIEND FOR ALL TIMES Proverbs KJV Proverbs 17:7 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE WE INHERIT THE PROMISES

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE WE INHERIT THE PROMISES For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. HEBREWS 6:10-15

AS THE DEW

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD Daily Devotional for today Hosea 14:5-7 KJV 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.

FEEDING AMONGST THE LILIES

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY Feeding Amongst the Lilies Song of Songs 6:3-10 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea , the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners

THE OPENED HEART

In The Beginning The Word
Daily Devotional for today, September 28, 2016

The Opened Heart
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts 16:14

CROWNED

In The Beginning The Word
Daily Devotional For Today, July 7, 2016

Crowned

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalm 8:4-6

WE WILL COME AGAIN, REJOICING

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY 17, 2017

WE WILL COME AGAIN, REJOICING

 A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
  Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
  The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
  Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
  He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSALM 126

TIGERS AND TRESSES

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY,  MAY 15, 2016

A RIDDLE ABOUT TIGERS and TRESSES

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you.

2 Corinthians 6:17

BIRTHING DELIVERANCE

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY 15, 2016

BIRTHING DELIVERANCE
Isa 49:1  Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Isa 49:2  And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Isa 49:3  And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Isa 49:4  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Isa 49:5  And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isa 49:6  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 49:7  Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Isa 49:8  Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Isa 49:9  That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isa 49:10  They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isa 49:11  And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Isa 49:12  Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isa 49:13  Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isa 49:14  But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Isa 49:15  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.
Isa 49:16  Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Isa 49:17  Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Isa 49:18  Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
Isa 49:19  For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Isa 49:20  The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
Isa 49:21  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Isa 49:22  Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Isa 49:23  And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isa 49:24  Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Isa 49:25  But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isa 49:26  And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

WE ARE VESSELS OF MERCY

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY 4, 2016

VESSELS OF MERCY

  Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
  That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
   What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
  For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
  So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
  Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
  Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
  Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
  What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
  And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
  Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
  As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
  And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
  Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
  For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
  And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
  What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
  But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
  Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
  As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. ROMANS 9:7-33

FOR WE ARE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY 3, 2016

FOR WE ARE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER

 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
  Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
  But ye have not so learned Christ;
  If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

EPHESIANS 4:17-25

THE STATURE OF CHRIST

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY 2, 2016

THE STATURE OF CHRIST
  And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: EPHESIANS 4:11-13

GRACE, SUBMISSION AND NEARNESS TO GOD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MAY, 1, 2016

GRACE, SUBMISSION AND NEARNESS TO GOD

  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. JAMES 4:6-10

DIVINE POWER GIVES VIRTUE FOR LIFE

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, APRIL 28, 2017
DIVINE POWER GIVES VIRTUE

2 Peter 1:3 KJV
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

HOW BEAUTIFUL

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, APRIL 27, 2016

HOW BEAUTIFUL

 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! ISAIAH 52:7

BEARING PRECIOUS SEED

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, APRIL13, 2016

BEARING PRECIOUS SEED

[1] When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. [2] Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. [3] The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. [4] Turn again our captivity, O Lord , as the streams in the south. [5] They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. [6] He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him . Psalm 126: 1-6 KJV

HEAVENLY CONVERSATIONS: GOOD FOR THE UPRIGHT

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY MARCH 25, 2016

GOOD FOR THE UPRIGHT
Psalms  84:11-12 KJV
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

HEAVENLY CONVERSATIONS

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 22, 2016

HEAVENLY CONVERSATIONS

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding 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, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places , Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Ephesians 1:16-23

I PRESS

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 21, 2016

I PRESS

  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
  Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
  Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
  (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
  For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. PHILIPPIANS 3:13-21

HIS PLEASURE: THE GIVING OF THE KINGDOM

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 16, 2016

HIS PLEASURE: THE GIVING OF THE KINGDOM
  And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
  And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
  Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
  If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
  And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. LUKE 12:22-34

THE DIVINE LIFE

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 12, 2016

THE DIVINE LIFE
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance 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. 2 PETER 1:1-8

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
  And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
  And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. GENESIS 44:14-17

THE STEWARD

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 11, 2016

THE STEWARD

  And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 

  And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 

  Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 

 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 

  So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 

  And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 

 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 

  And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 

 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 

  He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 

  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? LUKE 16:1-11

MARVELING AT THE GREATNESS OF GOD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 9, 2016
MARVELING AT THE GREATNESS OF GOD

   Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
  Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
  Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
  As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
  We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
  Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
  Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
  Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
  For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM 48

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, AND OTHER REASONS WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 8, 2016

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, AND OTHER REASONS WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE

  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
  Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
  Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. JOHN 20:17-23

 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19

  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

  Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 

  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:18-20

  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? John 11:25,26

THY KINGDOM COME

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 6, 2016

THY KINGDOM COME

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. MATTHEW 6:9,10

 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.
 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  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.
  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.
  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

REVELATION 21:1-7

BELIEVEST THOU THIS?

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 6, 2015

BELIEVEST THOU THIS?
 
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
JOHN 11:20-26

AS WHEN THE BRIGHT SHINING OF A CANDLE

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 3, 2016

AS WHEN THE BRIGHT SHINING OF A CANDLE

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. Luke 11:33-36

THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 3, 2016

THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD

  Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22

  And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
  But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
  And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
  But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
  If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
  And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. Luke 11:14-20
 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Luke 11:23

TWELVE HOURS IN THE DAY

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 2, 2016

TWELVE HOURS IN THE DAY

  Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
  But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. John 11:9,10

TURN UNTO THE LIVING GOD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 1, 2016

TURN UNTO THE LIVING GOD

Act 14:5  And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
Act 14:6  They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
Act 14:7  And there they preached the gospel.
Act 14:8  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
Act 14:9  The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
Act 14:10  Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
Act 14:11  And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Act 14:12  And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Act 14:13  Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Act 14:14  Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
Act 14:15  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Act 14:16  Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Act 14:17  Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
Daily devotional for today, February 14, 2016

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

[9] As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. [10] If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. [11] These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. [12] This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. [13] Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:9-13

IN THE BELOVED

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016

IN THE BELOVED

 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
  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. ephesians1:1-7

WAITING AND HOPING IN THE LORD

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY  DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JANUARY 24, 2016

WAITING AND HOPING IN THE LORD

Psalm 130:1-8 KJV
[1] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord . [2] Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. [3] If thou, Lord , shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? [4] But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. [5] I wait for the Lord , my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. [6] My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. [7] Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. [8] And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

PREACH THE GOSPEL: USE WORDS

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JANUARY 11, 2016

PREACH THE GOSPEL:USE WORDS

Act 6:1  And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Act 6:2  Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
Act 6:3  Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Act 6:4  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Act 6:5  And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Act 6:6  Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Act 6:7  And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 

Act 6:8  And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Act 6:9  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Act 6:10  And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Act 6:11  Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Act 6:12  And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
Act 6:13  And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Act 6:14  For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Act 6:15  And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Act 7:1  Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Act 7:2  And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Act 7:3  And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Act 7:4  Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
Act 7:5  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Act 7:6  And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Act 7:7  And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Act 7:8  And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Act 7:9  And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Act 7:10  And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Act 7:11  Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Act 7:12  But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Act 7:13  And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Act 7:14  Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Act 7:15  So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Act 7:16  And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
Act 7:17  But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Act 7:18  Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Act 7:19  The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Act 7:20  In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
Act 7:21  And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Act 7:22  And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Act 7:23  And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Act 7:24  And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Act 7:25  For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Act 7:26  And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Act 7:27  But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Act 7:28  Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Act 7:29  Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Act 7:30  And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Act 7:31  When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Act 7:32  Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Act 7:33  Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Act 7:34  I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Act 7:35  This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Act 7:36  He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Act 7:37  This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
Act 7:38  This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Act 7:39  To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Act 7:40  Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Act 7:41  And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Act 7:42  Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Act 7:43  Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Act 7:44  Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Act 7:45  Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Act 7:46  Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Act 7:47  But Solomon built him an house.
Act 7:48  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Act 7:49  Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Act 7:50  Hath not my hand made all these things?
Act 7:51  Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Act 7:52  Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Act 7:53  Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Act 7:54  When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Act 7:55  But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Act 7:56  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Act 7:57  Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Act 7:58  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Act 7:59  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Act 7:60  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.