Joshua Generation Ministries Audio Podcast: Recent Episodes
Pastor Rajesh Mathew
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker—travelers can’t see a thing; they fall flat on their faces.
You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness.
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
I know all about the marvelous destiny I have in store for you, a future planned out in detail. My intention is not to harm you but to surround you with peace and prosperity and to give you a beautiful future, glistening with hope
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall.
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel.
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for 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.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
By faith Abraham when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed and he went out not knowing whither he went
And he said unto her Daughter thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace and be whole of thy plague
That ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God which is new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us 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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God
But what saith it The word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads we went through fire and through water but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place
And the Lord was with Joseph and he was a prosperous man and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand And Joseph found grace in his sight and he served him and he made him overseer over his house and all that he had he put into his hand
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written The just shall live by faith
Likewise ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder Yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God
In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men they marvelled and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah in the twelfth month on the seven and twentieth day of the month that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison And he spake kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon And changed his prison garments and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king a daily rate for every day all the days of his life
Beloved when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father
And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion When God bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad
To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me
And Jesus said unto him Go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich
I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ Grace unto you and peace be multiplied
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren and his mother called his name Jabez saying Because I bare him with sorrow And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest keep me from evil that it may not grieve me And God granted him that which he requested
I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give it him
I will remember the works of the Lord surely I will remember thy wonders of old I will meditate also of all thy work and talk of thy doings Thy way O God is in the sanctuary who is so great a God as our God Thou art the God that doest wonders thou hast declared thy strength among the people
We then as workers together with him beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is before Jordan And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening and he drank of the brook And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land And the word of the Lord came unto him saying Arise get thee to Zarephath which belongeth to Zidon and dwell there behold I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee So he arose and went to Zarephath And when he came to the gate of the city behold the widow woman was there gathering of sticks and he called to her and said Fetch me I pray thee a little water in a vessel that I may drink And as she was going to fetch it he called to her and said Bring me I pray thee a morsel of bread in thine hand
Now when the turn of Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter was come to go in unto the king she required nothing but what Hegai the king 039 s chamberlain the keeper of the women appointed And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her
And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning for he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees
And he saith unto them Draw out now and bear unto the governor of the feast And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine and knew not whence it was but the servants which drew the water knew the governor of the feast called the bridegroom And saith unto him Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men have well drunk then that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine until now This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested forth his glory and his disciples believed on him
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart And was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not be faint
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not be faint
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not be faint
But other fell into good ground and brought forth fruit some an hundredfold some sixtyfold some thirtyfold Who hath ears to hear let him hear
But when the fulness of the time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law To redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him Thus saith the Lord Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the Lord
I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine handmaid for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God and the souls of thine enemies them shall he sling out as out of the middle of a sling
Now in the twelfth month that is the month Adar on the thirteenth day of the same when the king 039 s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them though it was turned to the contrary that the Jews had rule over them that hated them
See what I 039 ve given you Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions and protection from every assault of the Enemy No one can put a hand on you All the same the great triumph is not in your authority over evil but in God rsquo s authority over you and presence with you Not what you do for God but what God does for you mdash that 039 s the agenda for rejoicing
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it
And the Lord said unto Samuel How long wilt thou mourn for Saul seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel fill thine horn with oil and go I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite for I have provided me a king among his sons
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God had translated him for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease Now the names of the twelve apostles are these The first Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother James the son of Zebedee and John his brother
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren and his mother called his name Jabez saying Because I bare him with sorrow And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest keep me from evil that it may not grieve me And God granted him that which he requested
And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn
Then said David to the Philistine Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts the God of the armies of Israel whom thou hast defied
For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God Not of works lest any man should boast
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said ldquo Mighty hero the Lord is with you rdquo
Don rsquo t worry about anything instead pray about everything Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done Then you will experience God rsquo s peace which exceeds anything we can understand His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy father 039 s house shall be destroyed and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands upon him and the children of Israel hearkened unto him and did as the Lord commanded Moses
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed he went into his house and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God as he did aforetime
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write These things saith he that is holy he that is true he that hath the key of David he that openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth I know thy works behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons saying On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel saying unto them The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel and I will bless them
And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him and a light shined in the prison and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up saying Arise up quickly And his chains fell off from his hands When they were past the first and the second ward they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city which opened to them of his own accord and they went out and passed on through one street and forthwith the angel departed from him
Fear not thou worm Jacob and ye men of Israel I will help thee saith the Lord and thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel Behold I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth thou shalt thresh the mountains and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff
Is this not the carpenter the Son of Mary and brother of James Joses Judas and Simon And are not His sisters here with us rdquo So they were offended at Him
The righteous should choose his friends carefully For the way of the wicked leads them astray
And he said unto me My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me
So the king did not listen to the people for the turn of events was from the Lord that He might fulfill His word which the Lord had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat
And he lighted upon a certain place and tarried there all night because the sun was set and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep And he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel none went out and none came in And the Lord said unto Joshua See I have given into thine hand Jericho and the king thereof and the mighty men of valour
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden and from thence it was parted and became into four heads The name of the first is Pison that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold And the gold of that land is good there is bdellium and the onyx stone
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden and from there it parted and became four riverheads 11 The name of the first is Pishon it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah where there is gold 12 And the gold of that land is good Bdellium and the onyx stone are there 13 The name of the second river is Gihon it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush
The name of the third river is Hiddekel it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria The fourth river is the Euphrates
But God the Master says ldquo It won rsquo t happen Nothing will come of it Because the capital of Aram is Damascus and the king of Damascus is a mere man Rezin As for Ephraim in sixty-five years it will be rubble nothing left of it The capital of Ephraim is Samaria and the king of Samaria is the mere son of Remaliah If you don rsquo t take your stand in faith you won rsquo t have a leg to stand on rdquo
ldquo I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away and every branch that bears fruit He prunes that it may bear more fruit You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you 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 ldquo 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 If anyone does not abide in Me he is cast out as a branch and is withered and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned If you abide in Me and My words abide in you you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you
You will be adorned with beauty and grace and wisdom rsquo s glory will wrap itself around you making you victorious in the race
You will be adorned with beauty and grace and wisdom rsquo s glory will wrap itself around you making you victorious in the race
Fear not little flock for it is your Father 039 s good pleasure to give you the kingdom
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice and I am persuaded that in thee also Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind
But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha saying Thy servant my husband is dead and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen And Elisha said unto her What shall I do for thee tell me what hast thou in the house And she said Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house save a pot of oil
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up
Turn you to the strong hold ye prisoners of hope even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee
Behold ye among the heathen and regard and wonder marvelously for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe though it be told you
I can do all things which He has called me to do through Him who strengthens and empowers me to fulfill His purpose mdash I am self-sufficient in Christ rsquo s sufficiency I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers as it is this day
And God blessed them and God said unto them Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth
And the patriarchs moved with envy sold Joseph into Egypt but God was with him And delivered him out of all his afflictions and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he went out through the land of Egypt where I heard a language that I understood not
Give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again
He is not here but is risen remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee rdquo
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying ldquo Eli Eli lama sabachthani rdquo that is ldquo My God My God why have You forsaken Me rdquo
And they said one to another Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way and while he opened to us the scriptures
And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn
We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believed and therefore have I spoken we also believe and therefore speak
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all Amen
On the morrow as they went on their journey and drew nigh unto the city Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations but now is made manifest to his saints To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory Whom we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Whereunto I also labour striving according to his working which worketh in me mightily
Unto me who am less than the least of all saints is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God who created all things by Jesus Christ
And Jacob said Nay I pray thee if now I have found grace in thy sight then receive my present at my hand for therefore I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God and thou wast pleased with me
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the princes and all the congregation by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation saying Our father died in the wilderness and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah but died in his own sin and had no sons Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family because he hath no son Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father And Moses brought their cause before the Lord And the Lord spake unto Moses saying The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father 039 s brethren and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance and there shall be holiness and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions
And the Lord said unto him Surely I will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man And he said unto him If now I have found grace in thy sight then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me Depart not hence I pray thee until I come unto thee and bring forth my present and set it before thee And he said I will tarry until thou come again
But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me
Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself Do you remember the Scripture that says ldquo Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree rdquo That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross He became a curse and at the same time dissolved the curse And now because of that the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham rsquo s blessing is present and available for non-Jews too We are all able to receive God rsquo s life his Spirit in and with us by believing mdash just the way Abraham received it
Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our profession For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring And they shall spring up as among the grass as willows by the water courses One shall say I am the Lord 039 s and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord and surname himself by the name of Israel
And the Lord said unto Moses Wherefore criest thou unto me speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward
And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there and behold the word of the Lord came to him and he said unto him What doest thou here Elijah
My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand My Father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father 039 s hand I and my Father are one
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest even the hard pathways overflow with abundance
For all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God
But thou Bethlehem Ephratah though thou be little among the thousands of Judah yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting
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
Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on what lies before you Mark out a straight path for your feet stay on the safe path Don rsquo t get sidetracked keep your feet from following evil
But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ To him be glory both now and for ever Amen
Arise shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee For behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee
While the earth remaineth seedtime and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away and David rescued his two wives And there was nothing lacking to them neither small nor great neither sons nor daughters neither spoil nor any thing that they had taken to them David recovered all
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all Amen
Remember me O Lord with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation
So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field There were twelve teams of oxen in the field and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham had Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son while he yet lived eastward unto the east country
Now when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man heard them speak in his own language
For if by one man 039 s offence death reigned by one much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ
Art not thou our God who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever
Art not thou our God who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever
And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord 039 s house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it
And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord 039 s house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it
Before she travailed she brought forth before her pain came she was delivered of a man child Who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once for as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth saith the Lord shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb saith thy God
Before she travailed she brought forth before her pain came she was delivered of a man child Who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once for as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth saith the Lord shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb saith thy God
God will open the way for them and lead them out of exile They will break out of the city gates and go free Their king the Lord himself will lead them out
God will open the way for them and lead them out of exile They will break out of the city gates and go free Their king the Lord himself will lead them out
The inhabitants of the villages ceased they ceased in Israel until that I Deborah arose that I arose a mother in Israel
For out of His fullness abundance we have all received all had a share and we were all supplied with one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift heaped upon gift
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers as Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch and Saul As they ministered to the Lord and fasted the Holy Ghost said Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost departed unto Seleucia and from thence they sailed to Cyprus
Then Elisha said Hear ye the word of the Lord Thus saith the Lord To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said Behold if the Lord would make windows in heaven might this thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write These things saith he that is holy he that is true he that hath the key of David he that openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth I know thy works behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name
For God speaketh once yea twice yet man perceiveth it not In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men in slumberings upon the bed Then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction
For if by one man 039 s offence death reigned by one much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed to Cyrus whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him and I will loose the loins of kings to open before him the two leaved gates and the gates shall not be shut I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight I will break in pieces the gates of brass and cut in sunder the bars of iron And I will give thee the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places that thou mayest know that I the Lord which call thee by thy name am the God of Israel
And now Lord behold their threatenings and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word By stretching forth thine hand to heal and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus And when they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled together and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper as he sat at meat there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious and she brake the box and poured it on his head And Jesus said Let her alone why trouble ye her she hath wrought a good work on me For ye have the poor with you always and whensoever ye will ye may do them good but me ye have not always She hath done what she could she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying Verily I say unto you Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her
Now that we know what we have mdash Jesus this great High Priest with ready access to God mdash let rsquo s not let it slip through our fingers We don rsquo t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality He rsquo s been through weakness and testing experienced it all mdash all but the sin So let rsquo s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give Take the mercy accept the help
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
And Joseph said unto his brethren I die and God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel saying God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones from hence
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain so the Lord shall make bright clouds and give them showers of rain to every one grass in the field
In whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his ears
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you
Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men
And the word of the Lord came unto him saying Get thee hence and turn thee eastward and hide thyself by the brook Cherith that is before Jordan And it shall be that thou shalt drink of the brook and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him The eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power
Who when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord
And from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen
As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people I have found David my servant with my holy oil have I anointed him With whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn be exalted
Then he answered and spake unto me saying This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel saying Not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord of hosts Who art thou O great mountain before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings crying Grace grace unto it
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord
As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen
And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee and thou shalt prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled behold there were twins in her womb And the first came out red all over like an hairy garment and they called his name Esau And after that came his brother out and his hand took hold on Esau 039 s heel and his name was called Jacob and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn I shall be anointed with fresh oil
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet was he preserved
And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham and said unto him Abraham and he said Behold here I am
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel none went out and none came in And the Lord said unto Joshua See I have given into thine hand Jericho and the king thereof and the mighty men of valour
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not when she had received the spies with peace
O Lord there is none like thee neither is there any God beside thee according to all that we have heard with our ears And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel whom God went to redeem to be his own people to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not when she had received the spies with peace
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year in the fourth month in the fifth day of the month as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God
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
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength And he leaping up stood and walked and entered with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising God And all the people saw him walking and praising God
In the end of the sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre And behold there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men And the angel answered and said unto the women Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified He is not here for he is risen as he said Come see the place where the Lord lay
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men
It came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick and praised the Lord saying For he is good for his mercy endureth for ever that then the house was filled with a cloud even the house of the Lord So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months And he prayed again and the heaven gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit
25 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was just and devout waiting for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost was upon him And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord 039 s Christ And he came by the Spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law Then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For mine eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and largeness of heart even as the sand that is on the sea shore
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem His mother 039 s name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that David his father did He removed the high places and brake the images and cut down the groves and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it and he called it Nehushtan He trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah nor any that were before him For he clave to the Lord and departed not from following him but kept his commandments which the Lord commanded Moses And the Lord was with him and he prospered whithersoever he went forth and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not
So Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had built for Mordecai And the king rsquo s hot anger cooled
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end
And he leaping up stood and walked and entered with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising God And all the people saw him walking and praising God
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many colours And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him And Joseph dreamed a dream and he told it his brethren and they hated him yet the more And he said unto them Hear I pray you this dream which I have dreamed For behold we were binding sheaves in the field and lo my sheaf arose and also stood upright and behold your sheaves stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf
But the path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day
When he finished teaching he said to Simon ldquo Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch rdquo Simon said ldquo Master we rsquo ve been fishing hard all night and haven rsquo t caught even a minnow But if you say so I rsquo ll let out the nets rdquo It was no sooner said than done mdash a huge haul of fish straining the nets past capacity
Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God He noticed two boats tied up The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets He climbed into the boat that was Simon rsquo s and asked him to put out a little from the shore Sitting there using the boat for a pulpit he taught the crowd When he finished teaching he said to Simon ldquo Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch rdquo Simon said ldquo Master we rsquo ve been fishing hard all night and haven rsquo t caught even a minnow But if you say so I rsquo ll let out the nets rdquo It was no sooner said than done mdash a huge haul of fish straining the nets past capacity They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them They filled both boats nearly swamping them with the catch
But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him By faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with fear prepared an ark to the saving of his house by the which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith
Then said he unto me These waters issue out toward the east country and go down into the desert and go into the sea which being brought forth into the sea the waters shall be healed And it shall come to pass that every thing that liveth which moveth whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live and there shall be a very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither for they shall be healed and every thing shall live whither the river cometh
But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me
Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee O let the nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth yield her increase and God even our own God shall bless us God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him
And blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success
Yet there shall be a space between you and it about two thousand cubits by measure come not near unto it that ye may know the way by which ye must go for ye have not passed this way heretofore
And that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed
Prosopagnosia also known as face blindness means you cannot recognise people 039 s faces The same way there is supernatural version of this condition The inability to see and recognise Jesus
Jesus therefore knowing all things that should come upon him went forth and said unto them Whom seek ye
Then Elijah said to Ahab ldquo Go up eat and drink for there is the sound of abundance of rain rdquo
And it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples
Then Esther the queen answered and said If I have found favour in thy sight O king and if it please the king let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench
But the angel said unto him Fear not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm
And he that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with graveclothes and his face was bound about with a napkin Jesus saith unto them Loose him and let him go
And the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him Build thee an house in Jerusalem and dwell there and go not forth thence any whither For it shall be that on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook Kidron thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die thy blood shall be upon thine own head And Shimei said unto the king The saying is good as my lord the king hath said so will thy servant do And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days
And when they were escaped then they knew that the island was called Melita And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness for they kindled a fire and received us every one because of the present rain and because of the cold
And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day And when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of Jacob 039 s thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him And he said Let me go for the day breaketh And he said I will not let thee go except thou bless me
Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek and they fought against him and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites But Adonibezek fled and they pursued after him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his great toes
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it it shall not be put out and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar it shall never go out
And behold I send the promise of my Father upon you but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened and every one 039 s bands were loosed
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy I came that they may have and enjoy life and have it in abundance to the full till it overflows
Which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven
Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt
I know thy works behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name
I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and of death
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest
Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name the righteous shall compass me about for thou shalt deal bountifully with me
Thou shalt be blessed above all people there shall not be male or female barren among you or among your cattle And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which thou knowest upon thee but will lay them upon all them that hate thee
But this is a people robbed and spoiled they are all of them snared in holes and they are hid in prison houses they are for a prey and none delivereth for a spoil and none saith Restore
Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go
Now therefore give me this mountain whereof the Lord spake in that day for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there and that the cities were great and fenced if so be the Lord will be with me then I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said
Arise shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee For behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee And the Gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem And it came to pass when they were come to Bethlehem that all the city was moved about them and they said Is this Naomi And she said unto them Call me not Naomi call me Mara for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty why then call ye me Naomi seeing the Lord hath testified against me and the Almighty hath afflicted me
The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth
He made him ride on the high places of the earth that he might eat the increase of the fields and he made him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock
By faith Abraham when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed and he went out not knowing whither he went
And David came to Baalperazim and David smote them there and said The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me as the breach of waters Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim
But straightway Jesus spake unto them saying Be of good cheer it is I be not afraid And Peter answered him and said Lord if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water And he said Come And when Peter was come down out of the ship he walked on the water to go to Jesus
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate and they said one to another Why sit we here until we die
Then Isaac sowed in that land and received in the same year an hundredfold and the Lord blessed him And the man waxed great and went forward and grew until he became very great
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord and these are their journeys according to their goings out
When Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had been now a long time in that case he saith unto him Wilt thou be made whole
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour
And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day
I will surely assemble O Jacob all of thee I will surely gather the remnant of Israel I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as the flock in the midst of their fold they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men The breaker is come up before them they have broken up and have passed through the gate and are gone out by it and their king shall pass before them and the Lord on the head of them
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up and his train filled the temple Above it stood the seraphims each one had six wings with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet and with twain he did fly And one cried unto another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts the whole earth is full of his glory
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it it shall not be put out and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar it shall never go out
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy I came that they may have and enjoy life and have it in abundance to the full till it a overflows
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind
And Hannah prayed and said My heart rejoiceth in the Lord mine horn is exalted in the Lord my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation
For thus saith the Lord Ye shall not see wind neither shall ye see rain yet that valley shall be filled with water that ye may drink both ye and your cattle and your beasts
Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance
And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail and thou shalt be above only and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day to observe and to do them
And he sent and brought him in Now he was ruddy and withal of a beautiful countenance and goodly to look to And the Lord said Arise anoint him for this is he Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brethren and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah
Be merciful unto me O God for man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me Mine enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many that fight against me O thou most High What time I am afraid I will trust in thee In God I will praise his word in God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel and sought him he was found of them
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end
But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land whereinto he went and his seed shall possess it
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him but there was no sword in the hand of David
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times and strength of salvation the fear of the Lord is his treasure
And when he came to himself he said How many hired servants of my father 039 s have bread enough and to spare and I perish with hunger
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief
And the a angel of the Lord came back the second time and touched him and said ldquo Arise and eat because the journey is too great for you rdquo
14 And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain And if Christ be not raised your faith is vain ye are yet in your sins
And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary there they crucified him and the malefactors one on the right hand and the other on the left When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man eighty years old And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim for he was a very rich man 33 And the king said to Barzillai ldquo Come across with me and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem rdquo 34 But Barzillai said to the king ldquo How long have I to live that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem 35 I am today eighty years old Can I discern between the good and bad Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king 36 Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king And why should the king repay me with such a reward 37 Please let your servant turn back again that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and mother But here is your servant Chimham let him cross over with my lord the king and do for him what seems good to you rdquo
ldquo The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord make His face shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord a lift up His countenance upon you And give you peace rdquo ldquo So they shall b put My name on the children of Israel and I will bless them rdquo
But one of the elders said to me ldquo Do not weep Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah the Root of David has prevailed to open the scroll and a to loose its seven seals rdquo And I looked b and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb as though it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the Son of man am And they said Some say that thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets He saith unto them But whom say ye that I am And Simon Peter answered and said Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Barjona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven And I say also unto thee That thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it
This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do and the glory of the Lord will appear to you
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that ye have seen and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither
Even every one that is called by my name for I have created him for my glory I have formed him yea I have made him
Jesus saith unto her Said I not unto thee that if thou wouldest believe thou shouldest see the glory of God