APRIL 1 - evening
Jehovah‑shalom: (The Lord send peace.)
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unt ... read more
APRIL 1 - morning
The fruit of the Spirit is joy.
Joy in the Holy Ghost. Unspeakable and full of glory.
Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ... exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. We glory in tribulations.
Jesus the author and finishe ... read more
APRIL 10 - evening
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother and the daughter‑in‑law against her mother‑in‑law. And a ... read more
APRIL 10 - morning
I am black, but comely.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord G ... read more
APRIL 11 - evening
Teach me thy way, O Lord.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the ... read more
APRIL 11 - morning
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty: and he that ... read more
APRIL 12 - evening
All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. How can he be clean that is bo ... read more
APRIL 12 - morning
What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of t ... read more
APRIL 13 - evening
There shall be no night there.
The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the ... read more
APRIL 13 - morning
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.
He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Upon the first day of the week let ever ... read more
APRIL 14 - evening
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be a ... read more
APRIL 14 - morning
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
How precious ... are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how grea ... read more
APRIL 15 - evening
Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; who, being i ... read more
APRIL 15 - morning
Their Redeemer is strong.
I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. I have laid help upon one that is mighty. The Lord ... thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Mighty to save. Able to keep you from ... read more
APRIL 16 - evening
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him.
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 ... read more
APRIL 16 - morning
I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eves: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflo ... read more
APRIL 17 - evening
Draw me, we will run after thee.
I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. I, if I be lifted up from the eaith, will draw all men u ... read more
APRIL 17 - morning
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye d ... read more
APRIL 18 - evening
Everlasting consolation.
I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. He is able to ... read more
APRIL 18 - morning
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
[Moses] stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid. There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, ... read more
APRIL 19 - evening
His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Necessity is laid upon me; yea woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! What is my reward then? Verily that, when I ... read more
APRIL 19 - morning
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. Christ ... hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. The way in ... read more
APRIL 2 - evening
When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall from the faith.
Preach the word; be instant in s ... read more
APRIL 2 - morning
If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Come out from among ... read more
APRIL 20 - evening
Who art thou Lord? I am Jesus.
It is I; be not afraid. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee: and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither ... read more
APRIL 20 - morning
There shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand.
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lus ... read more
APRIL 21 - evening
Enoch walked with God.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Having made peace through the blood of his cross ...You, that were some-times alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in th ... read more
APRIL 21 - morning
Stand fast in the Lord.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
The Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserv ... read more
APRIL 22 - evening
Great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art ... read more
APRIL 22 - morning
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. ... read more
APRIL 23 - evening
All we like sheep have gone astray.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth. They are all gone out of the way, they are toget ... read more
APRIL 23 - morning
The Lord was my stay.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my stre ... read more
APRIL 24 - evening
The eyes of all wait upon thee.
He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather ... read more
APRIL 24 - morning
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. God will s ... read more
APRIL 25 - evening
Our Lord Jesus Christ, ... though he was rich, yet for your sakes ... became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell. The brightness of his glory, and the express image ... read more
APRIL 25 - morning
Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins
Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins. That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. He is able also to save them to the uttermo ... read more
APRIL 26 - evening
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
The church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it ... read more
APRIL 26 - morning
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Underneath are the everlasting arms. When [Peter] saw the wind bois-terous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus ... read more
APRIL 27 - evening
A new name.
The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Ye are bought with ... read more
APRIL 27 - morning
Brethren, the time is short.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: b ... read more
APRIL 28 - evening
I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect. Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foun ... read more
APRIL 28 - morning
Behold the Lamb of God.
It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt ... read more
APRIL 29 - evening
That blessed hope, ... the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil: whither the forerunner is for u ... read more
APRIL 29 - morning
Consider how great things He hath done for you.
Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest ... read more
APRIL 3 - evening
Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? We had th ... read more
APRIL 3 - morning
Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither a ... read more
APRIL 30 - evening
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; b ... read more
APRIL 30 - morning
Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.
The God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in eve ... read more
APRIL 4 - evening
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep ... read more
APRIL 4 - morning
Fear not; I am the first and the last.
Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, but ye are come unto mount Sion, ... to God the Judge of all, and to the ... read more
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