Song of Solomon 1 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
Song of Solomon 1 THE Shulamite[a]
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his
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mouth—
Song of Solomon 1 For your[b] love is better than wine.
3 Because of the fragrance of your
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good ointments,
Song of Solomon 1 Your name is ointment poured forth;
Song of Solomon 1 Therefore the virgins love you.
Song of Solomon 1 4 Draw me away!
Song of Solomon 1 The Daughters of Jerusalem
Song of Solomon 1 We will run after you.
Song of Solomon 1 The Shulamite
The king has brought me into his
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chambers.
Song of Solomon 1 The Daughters of Jerusalem
Song of Solomon 1 We will be glad and rejoice in you.
Song of Solomon 1 We will remember your[e] love
Song of Solomon 1 more than wine.
Song of Solomon 1 The Shulamite
Song of Solomon 1 Rightly do they love you.
Song of Solomon 1 5 I am dark,
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Song of Solomon 1 O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
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Like the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Solomon 1 6 Do not look upon me,
Song of Solomon 1 because I am dark,
Song of Solomon 1 Because the sun has tanned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with
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me;
They made me the keeper of the
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vineyards,
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Song of Solomon 1 (To Her Beloved)
Song of Solomon 1 7 Tell me, O you whom I love,
Where you feed your flock,
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Song of Solomon 1 Where you make it rest at noon.
For why should I be as one who veils
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By the flocks of your companions?
Song of Solomon 1 THE Beloved
Song of Solomon 1 8 If you do not know,
Song of Solomon 1 O fairest among women,
Song of Solomon 1 Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
Song of Solomon 1 And feed your little goats
Song of Solomon 1 Beside the shepherds’ tents.
Song of Solomon 1 9 I have compared you, my love,
Song of Solomon 1 To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Your cheeks are lovely with
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ornaments,
Song of Solomon 1 Your neck with chains of gold.
Song of Solomon 1 THE Daughters of Jerusalem
11 We will make you[h] ornaments of
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With studs of silver.
Song of Solomon 1 THE Shulamite
Song of Solomon 1 12 While the king is at his table,
My spikenard sends forth its
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fragrance.
Song of Solomon 1 13 A bundle of myrrh
Song of Solomon 1 is my beloved to me,
Song of Solomon 1 That lies all night between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of
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Song of Solomon 1 In the vineyards
Song of Solomon 1 of En Gedi.
Song of Solomon 1 THE Beloved
Song of Solomon 1 15 Behold, you are fair,
my love!
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Behold, you are fair!
Song of Solomon 1 You have dove’s eyes.
Song of Solomon 1 THE Shulamite
16 Behold, you are handsome, my
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beloved!
Song of Solomon 1 Yes, pleasant!
Song of Solomon 1 Also our bed is green.
17 The beams of our houses are
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And our rafters of fir.
I am the rose of Sharon,
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And the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 2 THE Beloved
Song of Solomon 2 2 Like a lily among thorns,
Song of Solomon 2 So is my love among the daughters.
Song of Solomon 2 THE Shulamite
3 Like an apple tree among the trees of
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the woods,
Song of Solomon 2 So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down in his shade with great
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delight,
Song of Solomon 2 And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Solomon 2 THE Shulamite to the Daughters of Jerusalem
4 He brought me to the banqueting
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house,
Song of Solomon 2 And his banner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with cakes of raisins,
Song of Solomon 2 Refresh me with apples,
For I am lovesick.
Song of Solomon 2 6 His left hand is under my head,
Song of Solomon 2 And his right hand embraces me.
7 I charge you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the
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field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
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Song of Solomon 2 THE Shulamite
Song of Solomon 2 8 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Song of Solomon 2 Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a
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young stag.
Song of Solomon 2 Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Song of Solomon 2 Gazing through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
Song of Solomon 2 “ Rise up, my love, my fair one,
Song of Solomon 2 And come away.
Song of Solomon 2 11 For lo, the winter is past,
Song of Solomon 2 The rain is over and gone.
Song of Solomon 2 12 The flowers appear on the earth;
Song of Solomon 2 The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
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Is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree puts forth her green
figs,
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And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
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And come away!
Song of Solomon 2 14 “ O my dove,
Song of Solomon 2 in the clefts of the rock,
Song of Solomon 2 In the secret places of the cliff,
Song of Solomon 2 Let me see your face,
Song of Solomon 2 Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
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And your face is lovely.”
Song of Solomon 2 HER Brothers
Song of Solomon 2 15 Catch us the foxes,
Song of Solomon 2 The little foxes that spoil the vines,
Song of Solomon 2 For our vines have tender grapes.
Song of Solomon 2 THE Shulamite
Song of Solomon 2 16 My beloved is mine,
Song of Solomon 2 and I am his.
Song of Solomon 2 He feeds his flock
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17 Until the day breaks
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And the shadows flee away,
Song of Solomon 2 Turn, my beloved,
And be like a gazelle
Song of Solomon 2 Or a young stag
Upon the mountains of Bether.[a]
Song of Solomon 3 THE Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I
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Song of Solomon 3 I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 “ I will rise now,” I said,
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“ And go about the city;
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In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
Song of Solomon 3 I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3 3 The watchmen
Song of Solomon 3 who go about the city
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I said,
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“ Have you seen the one I love?”
4 Scarcely had I passed by them,
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When I found the one I love.
Song of Solomon 3 I held him and would not let him go,
Song of Solomon 3 Until I had brought him
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And into the chamber of her
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Song of Solomon 3 who conceived me.
5 I charge you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the
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field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Song of Solomon 3 THE Shulamite
6 Who is this coming out of the
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wilderness
Song of Solomon 3 Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and
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frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant
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powders?
Song of Solomon 3 7 Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
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Of the valiant of Israel.
Song of Solomon 3 8 They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Song of Solomon 3 Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Song of Solomon 3 9 Of the wood of Lebanon
Solomon the King
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Made himself a palanquin:[a]
10 He made its pillars of silver,
Its support of gold,
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Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
Song of Solomon 3 By the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
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And see King Solomon with the crown
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With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
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The day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Solomon 4 THE Beloved
1 Behold, you are fair, my love!
Song of Solomon 4 Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.
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Your hair is like a flock of goats,
Song of Solomon 4 Going down from Mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4 2 Your teeth
are like a flock of shorn sheep
Song of Solomon 4 Which have come up from the
washing,
Song of Solomon 4 Every one of which bears twins,
Song of Solomon 4 And none is barren among them.
3 Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.
Some believe Solomon wrote this at his old age, in maturity
of his spiritual life after repentance. Some believe he wrote
it at his young age, because of the passion and purity in the
love. Regardless, this is a prophetic song, symbolic of the
love relationship between Christ and His bride, the Church,
as He guides her, leads her and molds her through the
journey of life with many trials and tests till she reaches to
maturity, the fullness in Christ, without blemish.
First touched by His love and grace. She is full of passion for
the Lord with a heart long dead and lost revived by the love
of God. Do we all remember our first encounters with the
Lord? I remember mine! I am sure we all have our unique
experiences, but that is what makes it special to each one
of us, His children.
Psalm 40
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
Hunger and thirst for more of Him, not because He already
gave me everything I want, or He can give me more of what
I want or do hat I want Him to do, but the desire of
intimate relationship with Him. Getting beyond fish and
bread. Enter into the union of life.
Yes, the Lord is indeed entirely lovely! Therefore, in those
young and innocent days, we are so drawn by His love, it is
not hard at all to love Him because He satisfies our soul!
And we want to share with everybody about Him. It does
not matter that our life is not a good testimony for Him!
Acts 4:11-12 (NKJV)
11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders,
which has become the chief cornerstone.’[a] 12 Nor is
there salvation in any other, for there is no other name
under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV)
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love
does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave
rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no
evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.
Hebrews 13:10-13 (NKJV)
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals, who
blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He
might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the cam
bearing His reproach.
Draw me away', so that many will follow after Christ. The
grace and witness of one of His children will impact many
to follow after. Life of fruitfulness. Kingdom yeast.
Entering into the Holy of Holies through Christ Jesus, as an
answer to her prayer of 'draw me away'.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.
Her traveling companions, also fruit of her labor. The
daughters of Jerusalem probably smells the sweet aroma of
Jesus in Shulamite's life through trials and tests.
Colossians 1:9-13 (NKJV)
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the
knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him,
being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love,
Wine: broken and hard pressed and transformed. A tried
life by the Hand of God.
There is no jealousy in her. They do rightly love you. The
most successful servant of God is the one who leads people
to the direct relationship with the Lord, and remove
oneself from being a stumbling block.
Now as she comes closer to the Light of God's face, she
sees more of herself in her flesh. When we come closer to
the True Light, all of our mask of holiness will melt like wax,
which is why no one can see God and live.
But she has only experienced first circumcision, and her
love of her old self are still not completely gone.
She wants to share her joy with everybody else, and
wishing all of them will have what she has experienced with
the Lord! However, at this point of her spiritual life her
knowledge of God is very much limited by her experiences
with the Lord. She needs the whole Truth in the Word.
Dark and lovely, the glory and beauty of the world.
Still self conscientious.
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin whic
so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finishe
of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
We have all be marred and hurt by life since we live in a
lost and fallen world. When we stop looking back and
finding excuses for ourselves, this is when we are truly
completely healed.
Because now she has a deeper encounter with the Lord,
and she no longer just blindly follow what they are doing
a=or do what they tell her to do, which obviously has not
satisfied her. That is why she is hungry for mere.
She was doing what men, maybe even her spiritual leaders told her to do. When the enlightenment and conviction of the Hol
Spirit comes, and we see our works in the flesh and all that used to make us feel good now become only works of the flesh, it
a very humbling experience. I feel unworthy, in times taken back, and other times tempted with condemnation. Truly no one
can serve God and in my flesh it is good for nothng.
And thank God He does not reveal all of our sins and iniquities all at once. If He does that, for sure on one can live. I know i
can't!
"My own vineyard": The things God entrusted to her and
called her to do. She found out that she had been chasing
the wind in vain. Everything she did before was a waste and
the grieve consequence she suffered for neglecting her
own vineyard!
But it is indeed not in vain, because through those painful
experiences we learn to obedience.
Therefore, in her wilderness she cries out to her Lord,
whose love touches satisfied her for a season, but seems
no longer enough now.
Why is my soul cast down? Why am I not satisfied? Where
is your living water? This is the Lord's answer to her prayer:
"Draw me away".
She wants rest and peace in her soul, which seems that she
could not get right now, which she will not untill she come
to a place of total surrender. This is a painful process and
takes time. And we use our will power to surrender and
praise through trusting that all things work together for the
good to those who love Him and are called according to His
purposes.
She has offered herself up as a burnt offering on the
altar,and she is now caught up in a inner strife, which
nothing the Lord's companions are feeding her can quench
that fire. She longs for truth.
How can you not know? I gave you my Word, and there is a
cloud of witness ahead of you! Et we can be foolish indeed,
because of he bondage of sin and lust of the flesh in our old
self.
This is the first time the Lord speaks in this song. It is
encouragement to her. The Lord sees her natural beauty,
the gifts and grace bestowed on her. She is fairest among
women, because she is hungry and thirsty for God.
1 Corinthians 11: 1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:14 (NKJV)
14 For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of
God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also
suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just
as they did from the Judeans,
Those the Lord gives to her care. We are blessed to be a
blessing. We cannot just persue His presence for our own
enjoyment, but to share the heart and mind of the Lord
and be His hands and feet.
With many of those who are called for the same purpose,
for we are one in spirit in body. We have one Head. Mary
indeed chose the good part, but the Lord entered into their
house upon Martha's invitation.
She is His love, not His bride yet, because right now she
only knows that she needs the Lord, but she has yet to
learn the marriage covenant requires her to offer herself up
on the altar as living sacrifice.
Filly: horse. Pharoah's horses are strong and fast. Right
now, Shulamite is operating in her own natural strength,
impressive to men, but not led and controlled by the Holy
Spirit.
Isaiah 53:6 (NKJV)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Lovely cheeks: natural beauty. Ornaments: works of Holy
Spirit in her heart Right now her spiritual level is for the
most part in natural strength, but have experienced the
work of Holy Spirit.
In our flesh we are stiff necked and rebellious, because of
the sinful nature. Chain of gold: purified in fire. When her
neck is adorned with chain of gold, then she has gone
through some lessons of obedience through suffering.
When we walk in disobedience, we are indeed persecuting
the Lord and serving the devil.
Now her testimony has inspired many to follow. Together
they will walk this path of life in journey to Zion. This is
God's desire for us that all will be tried and tested and be
purified in our hearts so we will shine for Him and be
partakers in His glory for eternity.
Milk and honey form His life, when we abide in Him, His life
flows into us and through us.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
Her spikenard: her sacrifice and offering. Since she is sitting
at the King's table, this is an offering unto the Lord to
satisfy His heart.
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From Wikipedia: Myrrh (pronounced /
m is the aromatic oleoresin of a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus
Commiphora, which grow in dry, stony soil.[1] An oleoresin is a natural blend of an essential oil and a resin. Myrrh resin is a
natural gum.
When a tree wound penetrates through the bark and into the sapwood, the tree bleeds a resin. Myrrh gum, like frankincense
is such a resin. When people harvest myrrh, they wound the trees repeatedly to bleed them of the gum.
Our Lord is indeed a bundle of myrrh to us!
Now because we partake His suffering, we are joined
together with Him. Our life can be a peace offering unto
the Lord and bring pleasure to His heart.
Now she is walking into the life on the altar. Our journey
with the Lord begins with Salvation. At first encounter with
the Lord, we see the darkness of sin in our hearts upon the
Light of His Face. We reeive Christ as our Savior, like a
bundle of myrr we holds Him dear unto our hearts and we
are filled with thanksgiving receiving the saving grace in
forgiveness of all of our sins. The Lord is indeed entirely
lovely and loving and we are so poor and needy! Now we
respond to that love with brokenness of the flask and
offering of our life on the altar as a sweet aroma unto the
Lord.
Vineyards: God's house. Grapevines are not known for its
beautiful flowering, but bountiful in fruition. We do not
only have the Lord in our hearts, but we are called to live a
life demonstrating the reality of Christ living in us. Be the
light to the world and salt on earth.
David's wilderness as he is hiding from Saul's pursuit of his
life: the lost and dying world without God, which we are
called to be His witness.
The Lord encourages us to move forward with His love. We
have indeed offered our lives unto the Lord, but we are still
young and immature in statue. As a parent wooing the
baby just learning to walk, we need a lot of encouragement
in expression of His love.
But we are still only His love, not His bride. But the Lord
sees the end from the beginning.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It
shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I
please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Now we have gained some knowledge of God and we are
starting to see the things around us from His perspective.
Our song starts with everything the Lord is to us. We are
grateful to the Lord for everything He has done for us. We
are very much like spiritual babies needing love and
wanting more, but we have yet to learn to respond to His
love. Now our focus is turning from ourselves to the Lord.
We begin to see beyond ourselves and we can praise and
worship Him for Who He IS, not for Who He is to me. This is
when our faith is increased that we look beyond our
circumstances and we surrender our will to His will and our
way to His way.
Every time we choose to yield unto the Lord in His will, it
may be painful in the moment, but when we come through,
we always find ourselves rejoicing and grateful for the
grace given to us to obey, because we experience new
freedom in our life!
Full of life.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NKJV)
7“ Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear[a] when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
She has been given the wings to soar and now it is the time
for test of her heart and her strength. Sharon and valley are
both symbolic of difficulties and wilderness experience
(isaiah 33:9, Psalm 84:5).But in the midst of our
circumstances, we express the beauty of His resurrected
Life in us.
The Lord is setting us up for some challenges. If we are like
a lily and dwell among thorns, chances are if we want to
keep the Light and beautity and demonstrate His grace, we
will be stung a few times, not only just in the world, more
likely 'in the house', 'among the daughters'.
Until our hearts are thoroughly tried, tested and purified,
we are still His love 'among the daughters'. God desires for
us to be overcomers.
At this point we are still calculating the cost of following the
the Lord all the way. The world still has temptations trying
to draw us away from the Lord, for indeed, entering the
Kingdom of God requires us to deny ourselves and carry
the cross.
We have enough experience with the Lord and enough
Light in our hearts to know that His love is indeed better
than anything the world has to offer.
Grace upon grace! But indeed we are commanded not to
receive grace in vain.
His Word is indeed sweet to our soul, but we will learn that
it is difficult when we try to put it into practice.
Now we start witnessing for the Lord. If we are honest, we
are all bunch of amateurs in terms of warfare. We are all
pretty immature in terms of character development. Our
best tricks are like the children's game in God's eyes. But
He looks upon our hearts. He willnever find anybody to use
on earth if He has to wait for any one of us to be perfected.
He generously pours down His blessings upon us. Father,
help us not to be a bottleneck for you.
Right now we have tasted the Lord's love and know that He
is gooooood! We have yet to discover many faucets in His
characters. Can we ever comprehend everything about
Him? I believe we have eternity to explore.
Tasted the living water, we desire for more, which is why
we consistantly cry out for revival and outpouring, because
we long for Him!Spiritual gifts will not satisfy us, large
ministries will not satisfy us. We need HIM.
His nail scarred Hand upholds us so we can break free from
the snares of the sin and look upon our God in Heaven.
Kings 17:36-37 (NKJV)
36 but the LORD, who brought you up from the land of
Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you
shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer
sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and
the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be
careful to observe forever; you shall not fear other gods.
The amplified Bible identifies this verse as "He said" instead
of "she said". I tend to agree. There is a time to battle and a
time to rest. As Mary sat before the Lord feast upon Him
and the woman with flask oil poured upon the Lord's feet,
we can also experience the times we are so drawn by His
loving presence, we are oblivious to everything else around
us and even to the existane of our own self. Worship in
spirit of truth. This is the completion of the answer to the
prayer "draw me away".
Matthew 18:3
and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven.
It will be great if the journey stops right there and rapture
comes right now and we are all caught up in Heaven! But as
Beth Moore said one time: you just keep waking up
everyday! The danger of us getting hibernated in that place
and forget our life has a purpose. Do we want revival? Can
we hear Him calling.....
The Lord is walking on the earth even today, through those
walking in obedience to Him. The path of life is by no
means smooth and easy. The truth is it's impossible for us
to travel that road without the grace of God. Even with His
grace, with the Holy Spirit in us, it is still narrow and
difficult, "for wide is the gate and broad is the way that
leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it"
(Matthew 7:13).
However, He has overcome. Therefore He walks in spiritual
authority and He will lead His church to tirumph, if we
persevere to the end.
The wall separates us from the Lord is our self-
centeredness.
Revelation 3:20-21 (NKJV)
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with hi
and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My
Father on His throne.
Still only the one He loves, but we have yet to learn to love
Him and love others as He loves and in doing that we
become one with Him.
Hebrews 13:12-14 (NKJV)
12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us
forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. 14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
We have been saved from the spiritual death and given a
new life. Much grace has been bestowed upon us. Now it is
time to live the reurrected Life. Arise and shine!
The stream has dried up. The Lord will no longer pour down
the way He did before. He expects us to conquor new
heights and grow in Him.
Before we were like lily among the thorns. Now the flowers appear on the earth. Why does the Lord place lily among the
thorns? I believe for two reasons:1) Draw me away so we will follow. A grain has to die and be buried in the ground before it
can produce a harvest; 2) The Word of God is a double edged sword. Some of us are given much grace and many spiritual gift
therefore stand out in the crowd. However, if we never go through brokenness, we may demonstrate our own strength and
boast in our own special favor from God. We are in danger of stealing the glory which rightfully belongs to God. The real pow
and strength of the Life in God is the ressurrection power. If we never die to ourselves, we never experience ressurrection.
About two years after I was saved, my boss handed me a
Joyce Meyer teaching tape. This is the beginning of years of
my spiritual journey following her ministry. I grew up in an
abusive background, in a different way. As Joyce Meyer laid
down her life like an open book, demonstrating God's grace
and healing power in her life, I took the journey with her
and received much healing through her brokenness. I was a
baby and the only thing I did was drinking and eating and
crying. One time through my sobbing tears, the Lord laid in
my heart to pray for her. So my first intercessary prayer
was asking the Lord to take the emotional pain away from
her. Really I think I was only praying for myself.
If God desires truth in our inward parts (Psalm 51:6) and
the spiritual battle is about our hearts, then the true power
of the Holy Spirit is within, not without. Signs, wonders and
miracles are given to confirm the message of Gospel. They
are not the message.
Why do we cry out for miracles but do not see them in
America, but they are everywhere in Africa? Personally, I
don't believe they are having a revival. But if 80% of
Americans think we are saved, but have no change in
hearts and experience no transformation in life, we need to
ask ourselves if we met the True Holy Spirit Who is God. I
think every Christian, even those in Africa need to ask the
same question.
If Jesus came to do the will of the Father, Holy Spirit
certainly does not come to do the will of men. Our only
position before the Holy Spirit is to obey. Test the spirits
against the Word of God (1John 4:1).
Matthew 20:15-16 (NKJV)
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own
things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ 16 So the
last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but
few chosen.”
Matthew 22:12-14 (NKJV)
12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here
without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot,
take him away, and[a] cast him into outer darkness; there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Lord sees the end from teh beginning. Now we re
empowered by the Holy Sprit. More grace has been poured
down on us because of the victory the Lord has given us
already. We have His life in us, we need to live it, which is
required of all of us not to receive grace in vain. Yes, we are
created and saved to do his works to bring His Kingdom to
earth.
Ephesians 2:8-10 (NKJV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest
anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.
Rise up and conquor the new spiritual heights. To those
much is given, much is required. Clefts: borkenness. Taking
off the grave clothe will be painful. Lily amonth the thorns
will be painful, and the fragrance of the Lord come from
our wounds as people harvest frankincense and myrr from
wounding the tree.
The secret place of the Most High is not a place of
tranquility, but a place of great spiritual battle as is
demonstrated in Psalm 91. Now is not the time to sit
around and have a good life, but the Lord is calling us to
join His army until we trample the enemy under our feet!
John 14:26-28 (NKJV)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to
your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I
leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world
gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I
am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me,
you would rejoice because I said,[a] ‘I am going to the
Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.
Shining His light and reflecting His glory.
Revelation 1:16
He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went
a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like
the sun shining in its strength.
Matthew 6
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever. Amen.[c]
Faith and love is our breastplate of righteousness.
Fox: known for being cunning and trickery. The deceiver,
the enemy in desgise of the angel of light.
Attacking against our confidence and faith in God, causing
worry, anxiety and doubt etc., whatever it takes to turn us
away from God and cause us disconnected from the vine,
which flows the Life in our hearts.
This Is the time that requires our faith and use of our will
power to make choices of life. When everything does not
make sense in our lives, the only way we can get through is
choosing to trust Him.
Right now our primary focus is still who the Lord is for me.
He truly satisfies our soul!
And we are content to live in His fortress, under His
protection.
We should be His co-laborers.
Matthew 9:37-38 (NKJV)
37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is
plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the
Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
Of which we are away. Indeed our Lord "comes Leaping
upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills" (Psalm 2:8),
looking for each one of us, the lost sheep, the prodigal child.
Now at the Light of His face, we realize there is a shadow
between us, a wall separates us from the Lord. We cannot
go where He is going, and we cannot do what He calls us to
do. But instead of rising up to follow Him, we wait for the
shadow to somehow just go away.
How disappointing must it be to the Lord that we simply
want to stay in yesterday's light! But His mercy renews
everyday.
This is a prayer that will go unanswered. We are called to
follow the Lord. He will not be content neither can He rest
with us lying dormant in disobedience to Him, leaving us
once again in bondage.
But ultimatly, it is still our choice to obey, which is why
many are called, few are chosen.
Now the night comes and we feel the pain of
chasetisement. Because we want to simply enjoy the
feelings of His presence, He simply withdrew that feeling.
We have been carried on His shoulder. Now that He wants
us to learn to walk. We indeed love Him! Nothing in this
world can compare to our Lord!
We are hungry and thirsty for Him, yet we simply cannot
find Him where we are! When the pillar of clouds is lifted
up, we much follow.
Matthew 8:23-24 (NKJV)
23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the
boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.
Matthew 8:25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke
Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
Matthew 8:26 (NKJV)
26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of
little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the
sea, and there was a great calm.
Those the Lord positioned in His house to tend the flock.
Working diligently watching the Lord's house. The risk of a
strong watchman is becoming a strongman. The greatest
calling of a servant of God is of stewardship, leading the
flock to the Lord to hear His voice and follow Him. The best
'Christians' we can raise up in our own strength will be
lower than our own stature. But in the Lord there is no limit.
Reached out to me. Really out the the mercy knowing the
frailty in our spiritual youth, the Lord sends out helpers,
whose who are stronger and more mature than we are.
Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV)
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who
asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened.
She asked people but seeking the Lord. This simple heart of
worship must be pleasing unto the Lord. People may have
offered her guidnace, but the Lord answered her. Praise
God only he satisfies our soul! His Word quenches the thirst
in our heart and His Holy Spirit is our Comforter, Helper and
Teacher!
Whatever guidance the watchmen of the city gave to her,
she did not get new Light or receive more freedom that
comes only from Truth that we learn. Worse, not only she
still try to hold unto Him for herself, but also in a possessive
way.
Although she has not turned from her old way, the Lord
sees the misery she is in without Him, in mercy He humbly
came down and followed her. Grace upon grace.
Genesis 35 marks the great turning point of Israel. After he
returned from exile and made a mess in Schechem and
finally turned around and went to Bethel, where the Lord
told him to go in the first place, then Deborah, Rebekah's
nurse died (/genesis 35:8). In verse 9, the Lord appeared to
Israel. Rachel and Isaac all died in the same chapter,,
symbolic of completion of a great transition. Why is it
important for Rebekah's nurse to die? ecause she is the one
feeding Rebekah's manipulative and witchcraft spirit.
Rebekah never cut off her umbilical cord.
But the Lord's desire is for us is to walk where He walks and
go where He goes and that we reign and rule with Him,
dwell in the secret place of the Most High.
We are all conceived in sin. After she is redeemed of her
sins, she is once again entangled in rebellion and sel-
centered idol worship due to lack of Light and knowledge of
the Word of Truth. This is spiritual death.
Wraps up another phase. Since we did not seem to have
grown in any spiritual knowledge and wisdom, what good
does it come out of this suffering? The Lord tested our
hearts and sees that there is indeed faith and love in our
hearts for Him. Therefore we may endure the next phase of
challenge or opportunity coming our way.
The Holy One of Israe stretches out His Mighty Arms,
seeing that we are indeed withoug hope apart from Him!
John 15:5
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do
nothing.
Joel 2:29-31 (NKJV)
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
30 “ And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the
earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the
LORD.
Frangrance of suffering, sweet aroma of Christ.
Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive
tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon.
Merchant: trader. The sacrificial offering of the saints in
obedience unto the Lord. The suffering of Christ completes
the redemption. But the suffering of His body - the church -
continues for as long as we are still on earth, which is why
we need to "fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the
afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the
church" (Colossians 1:24).
The Lord's resting place. He has overcome!
Psalm 29:10 (NKJV)
10 The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the LORD sits as King forever.
11 The LORD will give strength to His people;
The LORD will bless His people with peace.
Isaiah 6:7-10 (NKJV)
7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
“ Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged.”
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“ Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Hebrews 4:11-13 (NKJV)
11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the
word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, an
of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His
sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Has there indeed no persecution in America? Try to speak
the Truth behind the pulpit. Try to witness for the Lord in
the work place and in our own house. Even in church today,
we pray for men's needs and lust for prosperity, healing
and every worldly blessing rather than the Lord's will and
according to His Word, for fear of offending someone. Why
have we gone astray from the Lord? Why has Truth not
been preached on the pulpit? Deception and fear are
persecutions and we have yielded to them.
Spiritual heights. America is given wings like eagle to soar!
Like the Ark of Covenant should be carried by the Levites,
this one is carried on men's shoulder, by all of us, His
children, called and chosen by Him.
Time to unleash the sword. Let the Truth come forth. Let
the Holy Spirit reign and rule in our hearts.
Those that worship the Lord in spirit of and truth. Those
that are not bound by the earthly things, but are the
descendants of the Lord from Jerusalem above.
Arise and shine, all of us who are called by His Name!
Mother of Jesus, blessed Virgin Mary! Indeed all
generations shall call her blessed!
Luke 1:38 (NKJV)
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord!
Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel
departed from her.
Revelation 19:6-8 (NKJV)
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings
saying, “Alleluia! For the[a] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of
the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Repeated praise as Song 1:15, except that now she is
wearing a veil, a covering of humility and obedience. She is
given dove's eyes to see into the spiritual realm, but now
she does not show off in her own beauty and glory, but she
holds truth inwardly and walks in humble obedience unto
the Holy Spirit. Indeed the love of God satisfies her soul.
Strength in obedience.
Gilead is the land for the two and half tribes on the east
side of Jordan. Conquored, but not without interference.
What we need is more Word, our spiritual food.
chewing on the Word.
Cleansed, purified.
and multiplies, bearing much fruition.
Them: the twins, her spiritual fruit. Kingdom yeast at
working.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (NKJV)
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;[a]
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.[b]
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
John 6:50-58 (NKJV)
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one
may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came
down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall
give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How
can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have
no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh
is food indeed,[a] and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats
My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the
living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who
feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which
came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and
are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Ephesians 5
1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in
love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Romans 14:11-13 (NKJV)
11 For it is written:
“ As I live, says the LORD,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13
Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather
resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our
brother’s way.
Psalm 45:10-15 (NKJV)
10 Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;
11 So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.
13 The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.
14 She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought
to You.
15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King’s palace.
the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals, whose
riest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He
fered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp,
Matthew 4:18-20 (NKJV)
18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, “Follow
Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 They immediately left
their nets and followed Him.
Luke 11:9-13 (NKJV)
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who
asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it
will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[a] from any father
among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will
he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg,
will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV)
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is
the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in
by it. 14 Because[a] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way
which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
d it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the
understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him,
n the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the
Hebrews 12:11-13 (NKJV)
11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but
painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of
righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the
feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that
what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
John 3:29-31 (NKJV)
29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the
bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because
of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He who comes from
above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of
the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
Exodus 33:19-20 (NKJV)
19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you,
and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on
whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see
My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.”
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called
an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Psalm 34:7-9 (NKJV)
7 The angel[a] of the LORD encamps all around those who fear
Him,
And delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
Hebrews 12:22-24 (NKJV)
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of
angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn
who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the
spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the
new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better
things than that of Abel.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
nce the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher
Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right
Philippians 3:13-15 (NKJV)
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one
thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching
forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if
in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
John 7:37-39 (NKJV)
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his
heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke
concerning the Spirit, whom those believing[a] in Him would
receive; for the Holy[b] Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was
not yet glorified.
al leaders told her to do. When the enlightenment and conviction of the Holy
nd all that used to make us feel good now become only works of the flesh, it is
imes taken back, and other times tempted with condemnation. Truly no one
ng.
and iniquities all at once. If He does that, for sure on one can live. I know i
Hebrews 5:7-9 (NKJV)
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers
and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was
able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly
fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the
things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He
became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
1 Kings 17:7-9 (NKJV)
7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because
there had been no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 “Arise, go to
Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have
commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted
within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my
countenance and my God.
Psalm 84:5-7 (NKJV)
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.
Galatians 5:16-18 (NKJV)
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that
you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by
the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.
Matthew 5:3-10 (NKJV)
3“ Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’
sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John 21:15-17 (NKJV)
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of Jonah,[a] do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[b]
do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[c] do you
love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third
time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I
love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV)
38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain
village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into
her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at
Jesus’[a] feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted
with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do
You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore
tell her to help me.”
41 And Jesus[b] answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you
are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is
needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be
taken away from her.”
Psalm 70:5
But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are my
help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Psalm 147:10-12 (NKJV)
10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
Isaiah 64:8 (NKJV)
8 But now, O LORD,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Acts 26:14-16 (NKJV)
14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice
speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul,
why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the
goads.’ 15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus,
whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for
I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister
and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the
things which I will yet reveal to you.
1 Peter 4:12-14 (NKJV)
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to
you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s
sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad
with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of
Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests
upon you.[a] On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He
is glorified.
Colossians 1:19-20 (NKJV)
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should
dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him,
whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace
through the blood of His cross.
Mark 14:3-6 (NKJV)
3 And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat
at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very
costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on
His head. 4 But there were some who were indignant among
themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? 5 For it
might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and
given to the poor.” And they criticized her sharply.
6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has
done a good work for Me.
he aromatic oleoresin of a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus
oleoresin is a natural blend of an essential oil and a resin. Myrrh resin is a
and into the sapwood, the tree bleeds a resin. Myrrh gum, like frankincense,
wound the trees repeatedly to bleed them of the gum.
Isaiah 53:4-6 (NKJV)
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
1 Thessalonians 5:7-9 (NKJV)
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk
are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the
hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to
obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service.
1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to
be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ.
John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every
branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;[a] and every
branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to
you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you
abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and
I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Romans 13:12-14 (NKJV)
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and
drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the
flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times
things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I
will do all My pleasure,’
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says
the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Ephesians 4:13-15 (NKJV)
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful
plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all
things into Him who is the head—Christ—
Colossians 3
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are
above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your
mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Isaiah 55:6-9 (NKJV)
6 Seek the LORD while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the LORD,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8“ For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.
9“ For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Hebrews 12:11 (NKJV)
11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but
painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of
righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
John 7:37-39 (NKJV)
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his
heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke
concerning the Spirit, whom those believing[a] in Him would
receive; for the Holy[b] Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was
not yet glorified.
9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot
be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket,
but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:43-45 (NKJV)
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your
neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your
enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate
you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute
you,[b] 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven;
Psalm 45:13-15 (NKJV)
13 The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.
14 She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought
to You.
15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King’s palace.
Luke 14:27-29 (NKJV)
27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a
tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has
enough to finish it— 29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and
is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
Psalm 84:10-11 (NKJV)
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
Matthew 10:7-8 (NKJV)
7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at
hand.’ 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,[a] cast
out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Revelation 10:9
So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”
And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach
bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
Revelation 19:9-10 (NKJV)
9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to
the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are
the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him.
But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow
servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus.
Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Isaiah 6
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a
throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the
temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with
two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with
two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:
“ Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who
cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
Psalm 42
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[b]
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 (NKJV)
10 I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are
to be occupied. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can
find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
Jeremiah 32:17-19 (NKJV)
17 ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the
earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing
too hard for You. 18 You show lovingkindness to thousands, and
repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children
after them—the Great, the Mighty God, whose name is the LORD
of hosts. 19 You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your
eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone
according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
Luke 10:41-42 (NKJV)
41 And Jesus[a] answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you
are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is
needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be
taken away from her.”
John 12:7-8 (NKJV)
7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept[a] this for the day of
My burial. 8 For the poor you have with you always, but Me you
do not have always.”
converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the
Matthew 17
1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his
brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He
was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His
clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and
Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Then Peter answered
and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish,
let us[a] make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.
1 Peter 4
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us[a] in the flesh, arm
yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in
the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the
rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of
God.
Luke 10:19-20 (NKJV)
19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall
by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that
the spirits are subject to you, but rather[a] rejoice because your
names are written in heaven.”
ne hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him,
grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My
Revelation 3:18-19 (NKJV)
18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you
may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that
the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint
your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
e people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go
ach. 14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
2Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1 King 17:And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried
up, because there had been no rain in the land.
17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to
sustain thee.
he flowers appear on the earth. Why does the Lord place lily among the
ay so we will follow. A grain has to die and be buried in the ground before it
ouble edged sword. Some of us are given much grace and many spiritual gifts,
never go through brokenness, we may demonstrate our own strength and
in danger of stealing the glory which rightfully belongs to God. The real power
n power. If we never die to ourselves, we never experience ressurrection.
2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (NKJV)
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence
of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed
on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not
destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our
body.
1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (NKJV)
22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but
we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to
the Greeks[a] foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger than men.
Matthew 12:32-36 (NKJV)
32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will
not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the
tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood
of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out
of the good treasure of his heart[a] brings forth good things, and
an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But
I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give
account of it in the day of judgment.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises
of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Revelation 17:14
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome
them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are
with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
Matthew 25:24-30 (NKJV)
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said,
‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not
sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I
was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look,
there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy
servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather
where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have
deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would
have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent
from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have
abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has
will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Psalm 105:41 (NKJV)
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
It ran in the dry places like a river.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NKJV)
18 “ Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[a]
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
2 Samuel 23:3-4 (NKJV)
3 The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.
4 And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’
1 Peter 4:7-11 (NKJV)
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and
watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love
for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”[a] 9 Be
hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10 As each one has
received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the
oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability
which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
Genesis 3
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field
which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has
God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every
branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;[a] and every
branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to
you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you
abide in Me.
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God,
my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not
in vain in the Lord.
Luke 15:5-7 (NKJV)
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and
neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my
sheep which was lost!’ 7 I say to you that likewise there will be
more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-
nine just persons who need no repentance.
Luke 18:22
So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack
one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and
you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.
1 Peter 2:5-6 (NKJV)
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the
Scripture,
“ Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to
shame.”
Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For your love is
better than wine.
Psalm 34:8-10 (NKJV)
8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Deuteronomy 1:33New King James Version (NKJV)
33 who went in the way before you to search out a place for you
to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire
by night and in the cloud by day.
owed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the
eep.
Luke 8:23-24 (NKJV)
23 But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down
on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in
jeopardy. 24 And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying,
“Master, Master, we are perishing!”
Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water.
And they ceased, and there was a calm.
Luke 8:25 (NKJV)
25 But He said to them, “Where is your faith?”
And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, “Who
can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and
they obey Him!”
Psalm 127
1 Unless the LORD builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the LORD guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
1 Timothy 3:14-16 (NKJV)
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you
shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how
you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God[a] was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
Romans 15
1 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the
weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his
neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did
not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those
who reproached You fell on Me.”
Luke 11:9-13 (NKJV)
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who
asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it
will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[a] from any father
among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will
he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg,
will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
John 14:15-17 (NKJV)
15 “If you love Me, keep[a] My commandments. 16 And I will pray
the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may
abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but
you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after
Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
Psalm 136
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
For His mercy endures forever.
3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
For His mercy endures forever:
Psalm 45:10-12 (NKJV)
10 Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;
11 So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.
John 17:14-19 (NKJV)
14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them
because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but
that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of
the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by Your
truth. Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also
have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify
Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
2 Peter 2:19-21 (NKJV)
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of
corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is
brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and
overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21
For it would have been better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered to them.
1 John 2:4-6 (NKJV)
4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But
whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him.
By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in
Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Deuteronomy 5:15 (NKJV)
15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and
the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand
and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God
commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
John 5:28-31 (NKJV)
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who
are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth—those
who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who
have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 I can of
Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is
righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the
Father who sent Me.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (NKJV)
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ,
and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every
place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those
who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To
the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the
other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for
these things?
Revelation 3:17-19 (NKJV)
17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have
need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched,
miserable, poor, blind, and naked— 18 I counsel you to buy from
Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white
garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your
nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye
salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Psalm 99
Praise to the LORD for His Holiness
1 The LORD reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2 The LORD is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name—
He is holy.
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘ Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 “ Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”
lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the
han any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and
oughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His
es of Him to whom we must give account.
2 Peter 1:5-11 (NKJV)
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to
godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For
if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren
nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he
who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has
forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call
and election sure, for if you do these things you will never
stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 2:12-14 (NKJV)
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
John 12:32
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to
Myself.”
1 Timothy 2:8
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy
hands, without wrath and doubting;
John 16:12-14 (NKJV)
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear
them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come,
He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own
authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell
you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what
is Mine and declare it to you.
Galatians 4:28-31 (NKJV)
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted
him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30
Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the
bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not
be heir with the son of the freewoman.”[a] 31 So then, brethren,
we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Revelation 19:12-14 (NKJV)
12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many
crowns. He had[a] a name written that no one knew except
Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His
name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean,[b] followed Him on white
horses.
Luke 1:46-50 (NKJV)
46 And Mary said:
“ My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
49 For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
titude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings,
t reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of
lf ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
he saints.
Psalm 78:15-16 (NKJV)
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
16 He also brought streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
Judges 16 (NKJV)
19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man
and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began
to torment him,[a] and his strength left him.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had
been shaven.
Numbers 32:29
And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for
battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then
you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
Psalm 119:147-149 (NKJV)
147 I rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
148 My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
O LORD, revive me according to Your justice.
Ephesians 5:25-27 (NKJV)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse
her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might
present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without
blemish.
Romans 7:4-5 (NKJV)
4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law
through the body of Christ, that you may be married to
another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should
bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful
passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our
members to bear fruit to death.
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14 (NKJV)
13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because
when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you
welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word
of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. 14 For
you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are
in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things
from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans,