Bible Truth Publishers
Daily blogs from Bible Truth Publishers
Daily LightDaily Light on the Daily Path: morning and evening Scripture portions
Comfort of the ScripturesA daily Scripture verse, meditation and poem
Growing in GraceA daily Bible verse and devotional
Christians Daily CalendarScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
Young Christians CalendarA daily meditation for young ChristiansScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
 |
| Exhort one another daily, while it is called Today. (Heb. 3:13) |
| These were more noble … in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11) |
| Bread of our souls, whereon we feed, True manna from on high, Our guide and chart, wherein we read Of realms beyond the sky. |
| Lord, grant us all aright to learn The wisdom it imparts; And to its heavenly teaching turn, With simple, childlike hearts. |
 |
| Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matt. 3:7) |
| Hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. (Rev. 6:16) |
| Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thess. 1:10) |
| What, sinner, can you do? Where, sinner, can you fly? Eternal wrath hangs o’er your head, And judgment lingers nigh. |
| Faith is the way of life; Believe in Christ and live; Fly to the shelter of His blood, And peace with God receive. |
 |
| Yet will I gather others to Him, besides those that are gathered unto Him. (Isa. 56:8) |
| Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice. (John 10:16) |
| Before the emerald circled throne, The thousand choirs fall; Their song of praises echoing on Through heaven’s high palace hall; The throng that none can number, Of every race and tongue, Join like the mighty waters In that eternal song. |
 |
| O God, STRENGTHEN my hands. (Neh. 6:9) |
| My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the STRENGTH of my heart, and my portion forever. (Psa. 73:26) |
| O Lord God, remember me, I pray Thee, and STRENGTHEN me. (Judg. 16:28) |
| Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and STRENGTHEN him. (Deut. 3:28) |
| STRENGTHEN thy brethren. (Luke 22:32) |
| STRENGTHEN the things which remain. (Rev. 3:2) |
| Thy love, most gracious Lord, Our joy and strength shall be; Till Thou shalt speak the gladdening word That bids us rise to Thee. |
 |
| I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night. (Psa. 119:55) |
| 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. (Isa. 45:3) |
| He will keep the feet of His saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness. (1 Sam. 2:9) |
| Our treasures are found in the darkness, And riches are hidden in store; And sorrow oft gives us a song to sing, Unknown to us heretofore. |
| Our God gives us songs in the midnight, When our feet are held fast in the stocks; And sends with the praises He giveth, The unloosing of bars and locks. |
 |
| What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? (1 Sam. 17:26) |
| What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? (Esther 6:6) |
| When they saw Him, they worshipped Him. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. (Matt. 28:17‑18) |
| Exalted, by the Father’s love, All thrones and powers and names above, At God’s right hand in heaven: Wisdom and riches, power divine, Blessing and honor, Lord, are Thine — All things to Thee are given. |
 |
| Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying, When wilt Thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes. (Psa. 119:82‑83) |
| When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path. (Psa. 142:3) |
| He leads us on by paths we did not know; Upward He leads us, though our steps be slow, Though oft we faint and falter on the way, Though storms and darkness oft obscure the day; Yet when the clouds are gone, We know He leads us on. |
|
| CONSIDER the work of God. (Eccl. 7:13) |
| Why take ye thought for raiment? CONSIDER the lilies of the field. (Matt. 6:28) |
| CONSIDER the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap. (Luke 12:24) |
| That they may see, and know, and CONSIDER, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this. (Isa. 41:20) |
| Know therefore this day, and CONSIDER it in thine heart, that the Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. (Deut. 4:39) |
| Consider how great things The Lord has done for you; Oh let your soul take wings And praise His love anew. |
|
| Who then can be saved? (Matt. 19:25) |
| Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. (Acts 16:31) |
| Come, every soul by sin oppressed, There’s mercy with the Lord, And He will surely give you rest, By trusting in His Word. |
| Yes, Jesus is the truth, the way, That leads you into rest; Believe in Him without delay, And you are fully blest. |
|
| Why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Rom. 14:10,12) |
| What image does my spirit bear? Is Jesus formed and living there? And does His character divine In thought and word and action shine? |
| Searcher of hearts, oh search me still; The secrets of my soul reveal; My ills remove; let me appear Before my God and brother clear. |
|
| Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned. (Ruth 2:15‑17) |
| Oh may Thy Spirit guide our souls And mold them to Thy will, That from Thy paths we ne’er may stray, But keep Thy precepts still! |
| Oh largely give, ’tis all Thy own, The Spirit’s goodly fruit: Praise, issuing forth in life, alone Our living Lord can suit. |
|
| He stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it … and the Lord wrought a great victory. (2 Sam. 23:12) |
| O sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory. (Psa. 98:1) |
| Thy victories and Thine endless fame Through the wide world shall run, And everlasting ages sing The triumphs Thou hast won. |
| How blest are we, who have a part In the immortal song; Wonder and joy become our heart, And praise and thanks, our tongue. |
|
| I will raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in Mine heart and in My mind. (1 Sam. 2:35) |
| Christ being come a high priest of good things to come … for if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb. 9:11,13‑14) |
| O God, we come with singing, Because Thy great High Priest Our names to Thee is bringing, Nor e’er forgets the least: For us He wears the mitre, Where “holiness” shines bright; For us His robes are whiter Than heaven’s unsullied light. |
|
| We went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (Psa. 66:12) |
| He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (Job 23:10) |
| Yet our gold shone out with a richer glow, As it mirrored a form above That bent o’er the fire — though unseen by us — With looks of ineffable love. |
| So He waited there with a watchful eye, With a love that is strong and sure; And His gold did not suffer a bit more heat Than was needed to make it pure. |
|
| Many pastors have destroyed My vineyard, they have trodden My portion under foot, they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (Jer. 12:10) |
| I will give you pastors according to Mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer. 3:15) |
| Take heed … to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood. (Acts 20:28) |
| Water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. (Gen. 29:7) |
| Thy Shepherd love impart, That never wearieth — Oh give to me the Shepherd heart That loveth unto death. |
|
| He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. (John 12:35‑36) |
| Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12) |
| Listen, it was not to angels All this wondrous love was given, But to one who scorned, despised Him, Scorned and hated Christ in heaven; From the lowest depths of darkness To His light’s radiant height, Thus in me He told the measure Of His love and His delight. |
|
| The Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. (1 Chron. 29:25) |
| The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. (Hab. 2:14) |
| He will break the swords of the mighty men And shatter their shining spears; He will loose the bands of the prisoners And free them from their fears; He will reign in justice and rule in love, And war shall cease to be; And the glory of God shall cover the earth As the waters cover the sea. |
|
| If they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. (Eccl. 4:10) |
| Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:4) |
| I have a friend so precious, So very dear to me! He loves me with such tender love; He loves so faithfully. |
| Sometimes I’m faint and weary; He knows that I am weak, And as He bids me lean on Him, His help I gladly seek. |
| (Sung in the rocks and caves of France during the persecution of the Huguenots 300 years ago.) |
|
| I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. (Jonah 4:2) |
| His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 117:2) |
| As debtors to mercy alone, Of heavenly mercy we sing; Nor fear to draw near to the throne, Our person and offerings to bring: The wrath of a sin-hating God With us can have nothing to do; The Savior’s obedience and blood Hide all our transgressions from view. |
|
| These things were done, that the SCRIPTURE should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken. (John 19:36) |
| Again another SCRIPTURE saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced. (John 19:37) |
| As yet they knew not the SCRIPTURE, that He must rise again from the dead. (John 20:9) |
| Himself He could not save; Love’s stream too deeply flowed; In love Himself He gave To pay the debt we owed; Obedience to His Father’s will, And love to Him did all fulfill. |
|
| Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. (Prov. 30:5) |
| I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1) |
| What in Thy love possess we not? Our star by night, our sun by day, Our spring of life when parched with drought: Our wine to cheer, our bread to stay, Our strength, our shield, our safe abode, Our robe before the throne of God! |
|
| Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God. (Deut. 31:12) |
| Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is. (Heb. 10:25) |
| Therefore we come with worship and with wonder; Before the Lord we each take our place; Bind us with cords that life nor death can sunder; Draw us together as we seek Thy face. |
|
| There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Prov. 14:12) |
| The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 6:23) |
| Oh what a gift the Father gave When He bestowed His Son! To save poor ruined, guilty man, By sin defiled, undone. |
| Love brings the glorious fullness in, And to the lost makes known Salvation from the power of sin, Through faith in Christ alone. |
|
| According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Phil. 1:20‑21) |
| When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. (Col. 3:4) |
| We shall see Him as He is — Let this hope in us undying, Keep us pure as He is pure, All the wiles of sin defying. |
| Then shall we be satisfied, Ended all the soul’s endeavor; We shall see Him as He is, And shall reign with Him forever. |
|
| Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick. (2 Kings 4:10) |
| Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany. … There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him. (John 12:1‑2) |
| To walk with God, oh fellowship divine! Man’s highest state on earth — Lord, be it mine! With Thee, may I a close communion hold; To Thee, the deep recesses of my heart unfold. |
| Washed in Thy blood, from all my guilt made clean; In Thee, my righteousness, alone I’m seen; Thy home my home — Thy God and Father mine! Dead to the world — my life is hid with Thine. |
|
| I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12) |
| How sweet are Thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. (Psa. 119:103) |
| Words unutterable He speaketh, Words that none can tell; Yet, O Lord, Thy wondrous secret Knows my heart full well. |
| I, in wonder and in silence, Listen and adore, Whilst the heart of God He tells me — Whilst my cup runs o’er. |
|
| That the SCRIPTURE may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me. (John 13:18) |
| That the SCRIPTURE might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture they did cast lots. (John 19:24) |
| The SCRIPTURE was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors. (Mark 15:28) |
| Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the SCRIPTURE might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. (John 19:28) |
|
| Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. (2 Chron. 20:15) |
| Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself. (Psa. 37:7) |
| “Dread not! Faint not!” He has said, “For the battle belongs to Me; Go forth with a song of praise, And My victory thou shalt see”; And where I go, He will go, And He knoweth the way I take; He is with me unto the end, And He will not fail nor forsake. |
|
| Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. (Acts 27:3) |
| Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not. (Prov. 27:10) |
| Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. (Prov. 27:17) |
| Call him your friend who laughs with you When laughter is your choice; The rose-wreathed cup who quaffs with you When bidden to rejoice. |
| Your darker moments share with me When pleasure fails your need; Your burden let me bear with thee And crown me friend indeed. |
|
| If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Rom. 10:9,13) |
| God loved the world so tenderly, His only Son He gave, That all who on His name believe, Its wondrous power will save. |
| O Savior, let their mouths confess, And, Lord, upon Thee call, That whosoever comes to Thee, Shall ever with Thee dwell. |
|
| None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. (Rom. 14:7‑8) |
| He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30) |
| Everything loss for Him below, Taking the cross where’er we go; Showing to all where once He trod, Nothing but Christ — the Christ of God. |
| Nothing save Him, in all our ways, Giving the theme for ceaseless praise; Our whole resource along the road, Nothing but Christ — the Christ of God. |