CLEAVING TO GOOD

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, AUGUST 26.2014

CLEAVING TO GOOD

 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.  ROMANS 12:9 KJV

 Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good. ROMANS 12:9 GOOD NEWS

 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.ROMANS 12:9 BASIC ENGLISH

CORRUPT

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

CORRUPT

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. EPHESIAN 4:22-25 KJV

You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits. 

Let the Spirit change your way of thinking 

and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy EPHESIANS 4:22-24.CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION 

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind. 

 And you should put on the new man, who according to God was created in righteousness and true holiness. 

Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. EPHESIAN 4:22-25

 that you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires, 

 be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 

 and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth. 

 Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. EPHESIAN 4:22-25 LEXHAM ENGLISH BIBLE

TWO SEPARATE PATHS

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

TWO SEPARATE PATHS

 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. PROVERBS 4:18, 19 KJV

  But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble. PROVERBS 4:18,19 JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY

  The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come. 

 The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over. PROVERBS 4:18,19 GOOD NEWS

WHEN THE SUN IS TURNED INTO DARKNESS

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

WHEN THE SUN IS TURNED INTO DARKNESS

  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 2:28-2:32

 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. I SAMUEL 25:34

  And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. I SAMUEL 25:36

LET NOT YOUR HANDS BE SLACK

IN THE BEGINNING.,..THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

LET NOT YOUR HANDS BE SLACK

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. PROVERBS 10:4

 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. ZEPHANIAH 3:14-17

HOW BEAUTIFUL!

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, AUGUST 20, 2014

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

GIVE HIM NO REST

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, AUGUST 19, 2014

 GIVE HIM NO REST

Don't give him any rest until he rebuilds Jerusalem and makes it a place that everyone on earth will praise.

ISAIAH 62:7

And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. ISAIAH 62:7 DRB

  I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on the LORD, do not give yourselves any rest,
 and do not give him any rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it an object of praise throughout the earth. ISAIAH 62:6,7 GOD'S WORD VERSION

"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest, 

 and give him no rest until he prepares, establishes and makes Jerusalem a song of praise throughout the earth. ISAIAH 62:6,7 ISV