Quotes Part 1
Now Playing: What is our own state of soul in His presence?
Topic: Quotes
*** God loves you, not because of what you are, but because of what He is, and the will and heart of God is the source of every blessing the heart can know.

*** There will never be a look, cross His face, that will remind us how much we cost Him.

*** Though Christ can be grieved at a thousand things in us that no eye but His can see, yet none is so easily pleased by our little endeavors of love as He.

*** The Spirit of God would ever search our hearts that the motive spring of all our service should be love.

*** Every joy the Lord had came from above. It was not the weather that made the Lord Jesus a happy joyful servant; it was communion with the Father

*** The Lord Jesus passed through every form and kind of suffering that it was possible for a righteous man to pass through, apart from sin.

*** Many of the sufferings of Christ were not to put our sins away, but that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest, and to tell out the depth of the divine bosom that we might know in richer measure how much He loves us.

*** Never try to love the Lord more than you do - just sit down and think of how much He loves you. It will increase your love for Him.

*** Suffering can be pleasure if it is for someone you love. If you are following or serving the Lord, suffering can be a special joy.

*** The more we have of Christ in our hearts, the less room there is for self. Self-denial is discipline for life - the work of every hour.

*** Every person you meet is either living for self or for the Lord Jesus Christ. I am delivered from self by occupation with Christ.

*** Joy will ever rise in proportion to prayer and thanksgiving. To have power in prayer there must be purity in one's life.

*** The greatest victory you will ever gain in your Christian life will be gained on your knees. We have been restored to apostolic position of the truth but not to apostolic power.

*** God takes into account all the extenuating circumstances of our lives.

*** There is no fault in the human character but that the grace of God can help us to overcome. God is never frustrated or thwarted in His purposes.

*** If God doesn't give guidance as to the path of faith no one else can, and if God does no one else need.

*** The Lord Jesus in becoming a man took on Him a body capable of death but not subject to it.

*** Don't go to bed at night with an unkind and unjudged thought toward anyone in the world.

*** Much self-judgement makes a man slow to judge others; and the very gentleness of such an one gives a keen edge to his rebukes.

*** How long should we bear and forbear in the path of devotedness and faithfulness to Christ? Until we get home to glory.

Choose
Now Playing: What are we choosing to do?
Topic: Choices
The following situations required choices, either for good or for ill. May we always weigh our options before the Lord and make the right choices.

"(v.2) Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, 'Give us water that we may drink.' And Moses said unto them, 'Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?'

(v.3) And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, 'Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?'

(v.4) And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, 'What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.'

(v.5) And the LORD said unto Moses, 'Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.'

(v.6) Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

(v.7) And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, 'Is the LORD among us, or not?'

(v.8) Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

(v.9) And Moses said unto Joshua, 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.'

(v.10) So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

(v.11) And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

(v.12) But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

(v.13) And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

(v.14) And the LORD said unto Moses, 'Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'

(v.15) And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:

(v.16) For he said, 'Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation'."

Exodus 17:2-16

"(v.6)For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

(v.7) The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

(v.8) But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

(v.9) Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"

Deuteronomy 7:6-9

"(v.5) But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even unto his Habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

(v.6) And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

(v.7) And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

(v.8) Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

(v.9) For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

(v.10) But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

(v.11) Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

(v.12) And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

(v.13) Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

(v.14) But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Deuteronomy 12:5-14

"(v.5) And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

(v.6) And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

(v.7) And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

(v.8) And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

(v.9) And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

(v.10) If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

(v.11) For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

(v.12) It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?'
Rom 10:6

(v.13) Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?'
Rom 10:7

(v.14) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Rom 10:8

(v.15) See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

(v.16) In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

(v.17) But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

(v.18) I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

(v.19) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

(v.20) That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Deuteronomy 30:5-20

May we always seek to choose His way in every aspect of our lives!

Walk in the Epistles
Now Playing: How should we walk to please God?
The following are some verses from the New Testament on how we should (and should not) walk as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:4)

"That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:4)

"Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." (Romans 13:13-14)

"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"
(1 Corinthians 3:3)

"But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches."
(1 Corinthians 7:17)

"(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
(2 Corinthians 5:17)

"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, 'I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people'." (2 Corinthians 6:16)

"(v.3) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (v.4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (v.5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;" (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)

"This I say then, 'Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh'." (Galations 5:16)

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." (Galations 5:25)

"And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." (Galations 6:16)

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10)

"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called," (Ephesians 4:1)

"This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind," (Ephesians 4:17)

"And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." (Ephesians 5:2)

"For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:" (Ephesians 5:8)

"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise," (Ephesians 5:15)

"Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing." (Philippians 3:16)

"Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample." (Philippians 3:17)

"(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:"
(Philippians 3:18)

"That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;" (Colossians 1:10)

"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:" (Colossians 2:6)

"Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time." (Colossians 4:5)

"That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory." (1 Thes. 2:12)

"Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more." (1 Thes. 4:1)

"That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."
(1 Thes. 4:12)

"For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies." (1 Thes. 3:11)

"But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities." (2 Peter 2:10)

"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:" (1 John 1:6)

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)

"He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked." (1 John 2:6)

"And this is love, that we walk after His commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." (2 John 1:6)

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." (3 John 4)

"How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts." (Jude 18)

"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy." (Rev. 3:4)

Ways of God
Now Playing: How can we understand what is right?
Topic: Guidance
As we have learned from previous circumstances (Genesis 30:27), we must search the scriptures (Luke 24:45) for the divine principles to guide our footsteps (Psalm 17:5), and resist the enemy's attempt to flood our mind (Isaiah 59:19) with the leaven of matters not rightly belonging to us (Leviticus 10:10, Deuteronomy 23:14). The Spirit of God has to give discernment as to what scriptures apply in each difficulty which arises amongst His people (John 16:13-15, John 7:14-18, Hebrews 5:12-14).

The enemy would work to leaven our conscience with that which defiles (Hebrews 12:15), while the Lord will work to awaken our conscience (1 Timothy 1:19) as to His ways (Psalm 103:7) and purposes (Ecclesiastes 3:17) in these sorrows through which we must pass. We are not God's earthly people, and we have a heavenly calling (Ephesians 2:19-22, 1 Peter 2:9-10), yet the moral ways of God are the same (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8) and we do well to meditate on His Word (1 Timothy 4:15) so that we are equipped (2 Timothy 3:17) to deal with the devices of the enemy (2 Corinthians 2:11). The following scriptures have been a help (Psalm 60:11) in my own soul to understand more of the ways of God with His people (Deuteronomy 10:12, Joshua 22:5) and the scriptural principles applicable in the assembly (1 Timothy 3:15, 4:16, Titus 1:9, 1 Corinthians 5:4).

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Hebrews 4

(v.12) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Psalm 31

(v.3) For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
(v.4) Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

Psalm 32

(v.6) For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
(v.7) Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
(v.8) I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Psalm 78

(v.72) So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

Psalm 107

(v.21) Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
(v.22) And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
(v.23) They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
(v.24) These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

(v.25) For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
(v.26) They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
(v.27) They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

(v.28) Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
(v.29) He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
(v.30) Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Exodus 15

(v.11) Who is like unto thee, O LORD... who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
(v.13) Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Isaiah 54

(v.17) No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD...

2 Corinthians 10

(v.3) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
(v.4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
(v.5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Ephesians 6

(v.10) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
(v.11) Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
(v.12) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
(v.13) Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
(v.14) Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth...

Psalm 25

(v.8) Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
(v.9) The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
(v.10) All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
(v.11) For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

(v.12) What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
(v.13) His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
(v.14) The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

2 Kings 22

(v.18) Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
'As touching the words which thou hast heard;

(v.19) Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place,
and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse,
and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me;
I also have heard thee,' saith the LORD.

Nehemiah 1

(v.2) I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
(v.3) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
(v.4) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

(v.5) And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
(v.6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
(v.7) We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

(v.8) Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
(v.9) But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

(v.10) Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
(v.11) O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name:

Daniel 9

(v.7) O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
(v.8) O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
(v.9) To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
(v.10) Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
(v.11) Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
(v.12) And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

(v.13) As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
(v.14) Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
(v.15) And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

(v.16) O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
(v.17) Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
(v.18) O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
(v.19) O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

1 Chronicles 12

(v.32) And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding
of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred;
and all their brethren were at their commandment.

(v.38) All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron,
to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

2 Chronicles 6

(v.24) And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
(v.25) Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
(v.26) When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

(v.27) Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast
taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land,
which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
(v.28) If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
(v.29) Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

(v.30) Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
(v.31) That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
(v.32) Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

(v.33) Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
(v.34) If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
(v.35) Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Chronicles 30

(v.11) Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
(v.12) Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them
one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes,
by the word of the LORD.

Jeremiah 32

(v.37) I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
(v.38) And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
(v.39) And I will give them one heart, and one way,
that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

(v.40) And I will make an everlasting covenant with them,
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
(v.41) Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and
I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Acts 20

(v.27) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
(v.28) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

(v.29) For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
(v.30) Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
(v.31) Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
(v.32) And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Hebrews 2

(v.1) Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

1 Timothy 6

(v.3) If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
(v.4) He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words,
whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

2 Corinthians 1

(v.12) For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
(v.13) For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

2 Corinthians 11

(v.2) For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
(v.3) But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

2 Timothy 1

(v.12) I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
(v.13) Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
(v.14) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

2 Timothy 2

(v.14) Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
(v.15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
(v.16) But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
(v.17) And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
(v.18) Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

(v.19) Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, 'The Lord knoweth them that are his'. And, 'Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity'.
(v.20) But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
(v.21) If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
(v.22) Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

(v.23) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
(v.24) And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
(v.25) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
(v.26) And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

2 Timothy 3

(v.14) But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

Luke 11

(v.34) The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
(v.35) Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
(v.36) If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Romans 15

(v.5) Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be
likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
(v.6) That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2

(v.1) If there be therefore any consolation in Christ,
if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
(v.2) Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded,
having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

1 Peter 3

(v.8) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Ephesians 4

(v.1) I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy
of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
(v.2) With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
(v.3) Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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May we be given wisdom to apply His Word as those found in 1 Kings 3:9, Judges 20:16, 1 Chronicles 12:2, & Ezekiel 44:23

Proverbs 4
Now Playing: Where do our feet take us?
Topic: Verses

We have much wisdom for our pathway given for us to consider in the divinely inspired words of Solomon recorded in Proverbs chapter 4 (selected verses).

(v.5) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

(v.6) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

(v.7) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

(v.10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

(v.11) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

(v.12) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

(v.13) Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

(v.14) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

(v.15) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

(v.16) For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

(v.17) For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

(v.18) But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

(v.19) The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

(v.20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

(v.21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

(v.22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

(v.23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

(v.24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

(v.25) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

(v.26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

(v.27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Psalms
Now Playing: What paths do we take?
Topic: Verses

Below are a number of wonderful verses from the Psalms on which to meditate this week:

Psalms 16:11 - Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms 17:4 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Psalms 23:3 - He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.

Psalms 25:4 - Shew me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths.

Psalms 25:10 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Psalms 27:11 - Teach me Thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Psalms 77:19 - Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are not known.

Psalms 119:35 - Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Psalms 119:105 - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalms 139:3 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Psalms 142:3 - When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Psalms 17:5 - Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Plain Path
Now Playing: Can we find it?
Topic: Pathway
In the fields of mathematics and science there are some questions for which there ARE answers, and some questions for which there ARE NOT (given our current knowledge). We can be thankful, that God has given us everything we need to know in His Word. This is the beginning of a meditation on the path of the believer, 1) Can we find it? 2) What is it? and 3) What can we use to guide us?

In the book of Job, chapter 28, he is searching for wisdom, and searching for answers. In verse 7 (see also Proverbs 4:11) it is recorded, "There is a Path" (King James Version). Has the Divine Creator given us enough information so we can walk in this complex, modern world? In verses 12 and 20, Job asks "where shall wisdom be found...where is the place of understanding". We believe God has given us some guidance. This will be taken up over a period of many weeks. God's truth can take time to sink in, and we want to give careful attention to everything He has given us in His Word (Colossians 2:3, Hebrews 2:1).