Grow in Grace

Read:  Psalm 149 / Proverbs 19 / Job 7 / 2 Peter 3

 

Psalm 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

 

The Lord takes pleasure in His own

And beautifies them with salvation.

He makes His counsel clearly known

With wisdom for each situation.

 

Our days on earth very few

So let us not be weary now,

But grow in grace and knowledge too

Till every knee to Christ shall bow.

 

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Forcible Faith

Read:  Psalm 148 / Proverbs 18 / Job 6 / 2 Peter 2

 

Psalm 148:12,13 ~ Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

Proverbs 18:1 ~ Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Job 6:25 ~ How forcible are right words!

2 Peter 2:9 ~ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly.

 

Both men and maidens, old and youth,

Are called by God to seek His face. 

The Lord will show to them the truth,

And He will save them by His grace. 

 

How forcible is evidence

Which proves that faith in God is right

To every sinner who repents

And turns from darkness to the light! 

 

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Stated in the Stars

Read:  Psalm 147 / Proverbs 17 / Job 5 / 2 Peter 1

 

Psalm 147:4 ~ He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Proverbs 17:17 ~ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Job 5:27 ~ Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

2 Peter 1:19 ~ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.

 

The stars by God have all been numbered,

And He gave each of them a name. 

Their prophecies have never slumbered,

For God fulfilled what they proclaim. 

 

The prophecies we thus explore

Foretold what Jesus came to do.

They stated what God said before,

And all His promises came true.

 

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Happy Hope

Read:  Psalm 146 / Proverbs 16 / Job 4 / 1 Peter 5

 

Psalm 146:5 ~ Happy is he… whose hope is in the LORD.

Proverbs 16:20 ~ Whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Job 4:18 ~ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.

1 Peter 5:6,7 ~ Humble yourselves… that he may exalt you… casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

 

We count them happy who will trust

The Lord our God who cannot fail.

All other hope amounts to dust

Of mortal man to no avail. 

 

How gracious is our Savior’s care

To those who seek Him and are humble.

He hears the brokenhearted prayer

And lifts the downcast when they stumble.

 

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Comfort of Christ

Read:  Psalm 145 / Proverbs 15 / Job 3 / 1 Peter 4

 

Psalm 145:18 ~ The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

Proverbs 15:11 ~ Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

Job 3:24 ~ For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

1 Peter 4:19 ~ Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

 

The Lord is near to those who call,

To all who truly seek His face. 

His searching eyes behold us all;

He longs to save us by His grace.

 

He hears the humble prayer outpoured

To Christ our Savior and Creator.

We have this access to our Lord;

There is no comfort that is greater. 

 

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Ready Reason

Read:  Psalm 144 / Proverbs 14 / Job 2 / 1 Peter 3

 

Psalm 144:1,11 ~ Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight… Rid me, and deliver me from the… children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Proverbs 14:25 ~ A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Job 2:10 ~ In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

1 Peter 3:15 ~ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.

 

The Lord has taught us how to fight

Against this world’s insanity.

He gives us counsel with His light

Exposing lies and vanity. 

 

As Job sinned not when he replied

Regarding trials in their season,

So let our hearts be sanctified 

To answer with a ready reason.

 

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Declare it in Darkness

Read:  Psalm 143 / Proverbs 13 / Job 1 / 1 Peter 2

 

Psalm 143:8 ~ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Proverbs 13:8,17 ~ The ransom of a man's life are his riches… A faithful ambassador is health.

Job 1:21 ~ Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

1 Peter 2:9 ~ Ye are a… royal priesthood… that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

 

We need to hear our Savior’s voice;

In Him alone we find our wealth.

He is our reason to rejoice

As we declare His saving health.

 

Our life on earth is very short;

How soon the morning turns to night!

Let us declare our Lord’s report

In darkness as we shine His light.

 

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