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.