"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." - Proverbs 12:10

SIR ISAAC NEWTON AND HIS DOG

Sir Isaac Newton's temper, it is is said, was so equal and mild, that no accident could disturb it; a remarkable instance of which is related as follows:

Sir Isaac had a favorite little dog, which he called Diamond. Being one evening called out of his study into the next room, Diamond was left behind.  When Sir Isaac returned, having been absent but a few minutes, he had the mortification to find that Diamond had overturned a lighted candle among some papers, the nearly finished labour of many years, which were soon in flames, and almost consumed to ashes. This loss, from Newton's advanced age, was irreparable; but, without punishing the dog, he exclaimed, "Oh Diamond, Diamond, you little know the mischief you have dome!"

- The Treasury of Anecdotes Moral and Religious, William P. Nimmo C.1840

HE WAS WITH MANY WILD ANIMALS IN THE WILDERNESS

"And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him."  

- Mark 1:13

ANIMAL WERE PRESENT WHEN HE WAS BORN

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger… And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."

- Luke 2:7, 12

HE HAD COMPASSION FOR THE ANIMALS ON NINEVAH

"Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”  

- Jonah 4:11

ANIMALS WILL BE USED IN HIS RETURN  

"Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses."  

- Revelation 19:11-14

AND THE LORD OPENED THE MOUTH OF THE DONKEY  

"And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”  

- Numbers 22:28

EVERY BEAST OF THE FOREST IS MINE  

"For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine."  

- Psalm 50:10-11 

GOD FORMED ALL THE WILD ANIMALS  

"Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found."  

- Genesis 2:19-20 

ASK THE ANIMAL, THEY WILL TEACH YOU  

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; 8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. 9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? 10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."  

- Job 12:7-10 

THE EYES OF ALL CREATURES LOOK TO YOU  

"The eyes of all creatures look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand, and you satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is fair in all his ways and faithful in everything he does."  

- Psalm 145:15-17

GOD'S COVENANT WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE  

"Later, God told Noah and his sons, “Pay attention! I’m establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you—the flying creatures, the livestock, and all the wildlife of the earth that are with you—all the earth’s animals that came out of the ark. I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth.” Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds, I’ll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings. God also said, “Here’s the symbol that represents the covenant that I’m making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations: I’ve set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds, I’ll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings.”  

- Genesis 9:8-15

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"Whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time." - Acts 3:21

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

- Genesis 1:3

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

- Genesis 1:6

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so."

- Genesis 1:9

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them; and it was so."

- Genesis 1:11

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years."

- Genesis 1:14

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”

- Genesis 1:20

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.

- Genesis 1:24

THEN GOD SAID...

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

- Genesis 1:26

HE SPOKE TO ME

"As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me."

HE SPOKE TO THEM IN A PILLAR OF CLOUD

"He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies and the statute that He gave them."

- Psalm 99:7  

THE LORD UTTERS HIS VOICE

"The Lord utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, for strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome."

- Joel 2:11 

SO SHALL MY WORDS BE

"So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."

- Isaiah 55:11   

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"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way." - Matthew 13:25

LET YOUR SLEEP BE NECESSARY AND HEALTHFUL

"Let your sleep be necessary and healthful, not idle and expensive of time beyond the needs and conveniences of nature; and sometimes be curious to see the preparation the sun makes when he is coming forth from his chambers in the east."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric 

THE DESIRE OF THE LAZY MAN

“The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.”  

- Proverbs 21:25

SUCH IS MAN'S NATURE      

"Such is man's nature, that he is very inactive and lazy unless he is influenced by some affection, either love or hatred, desire, hope, fear, or some other. These affections we see to be the springs that set men agoing, in all the affairs of life, and engage them in all their pursuits: these are the things that put men forward, and carry them along."      

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

WHOEVER IS LAZY REGARDING HIS WORK  

"He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer."  

- Proverbs 18:9

MEN SO INCORRIGIBLY LAZY  

"There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterately dishonest that theft is to them a master passion. When a human being has reached that stage, there is only one course that can be rationally pursued. Sorrowfully, but remorselessly, it must be recognized that he has become lunatic, morally demented, incapable of self-government, and that upon him, therefore, must be passed the sentence of permanent seclusion from a world in which he is not fit to be at large."  

- William Booth (1829-1912) Founder, Salvation Army

THE LAZY MAN THAT WON'T GO OUT TO WORK  

"There is one thing worse than a fool, and that is a man who is conceited. The lazy man won’t go out and work. “There might be a lion outside!” he says. He sticks to his bed like a door to its hinges! He is too tired even to lift his food from his dish to his mouth!"  

- Proverbs 26:12-15 

SLOTHFULNESS CASTS INTO A DEEP SLEEP  

"Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger. He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he that despises his ways shall die."  

- Proverbs 19:15-16

THE LAZY PERSON CLAIMS    

The lazy person claims, There is a lion in the road! There’s a lion in the streets!”  

- Proverbs 26:13 

LAZY HANDS BRING POVERTY   

"Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth. Whoever harvests during summer acts wisely, but the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful."   

 - Proverbs 10:4-5

LIKE A DOOR ON ITS HINGES

"Like a door on its hinges, a lazy man turns back and forth on his bed. Lazy people are too lazy to lift the food from their plate to their mouth. Lazy people think they are seven times smarter than the people who really have good sense."    

- Proverbs 26:14-16

THE APPETITE OF THE SLUGGARD    

"The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied."   

- Proverbs 13:4 

YOU EVIL AND LAZY SERVANT  

“Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven’t planted and gathering where you haven’t scattered any seed. Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what’s yours!’ “His master answered him, ‘You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven’t planted and gathered where I haven’t scattered any seed? Then you should’ve invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would’ve received my money back with interest. Then the master said, ‘Take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents. 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.  30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”  

- Matthew 25:24-28

THE SLUGGARD IS WISER IN HIS OWN EYES  

"The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly."  

- Proverbs 26:16

I WENT BY THE FIELD OF THE LAZY MAN  

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; and there it was, wall overgrown with thorns; its surface was covered with nettles; its stone wall was broken down. When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction."  

- Proverbs 24:30–32

A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE SLUMBER

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest."

- Proverbs 24:33

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The Man Who Rejected a Pardon

In 1833, a case was filed before the Supreme Court (United States v. Wilson, 32 U.S. 150) in which the defendant, George Wilson, was convicted of robbing the U.S. Mail in Pennsylvania and sentenced to death. Wilson's friends had influence with President Andrew Jackson and was granted a pardon. Wilson, however, refused the pardon and the Supreme Court was asked to rule on the case. After much deliberation, a decision was made that if the person does not accept the pardon, it is not in effect: The Supreme Court ruled as follows:  "A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential, and delivery is not complete without acceptance. It may then be rejected by the person to whom it is tendered; and if it is rejected, we have discovered no power in this court to force it upon him." Wilson refused his pardon and was hanged.

OH LORD, PARDON MINE INIQUITY   

"For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great."  

- Psalms 25:11

PARDON, I BESEECH THEE  

"Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."  

- Numbers 14:19   

THERE'S A PARDON FOR EVERYONE  

"There's a pardon for every sinner on the topside of the earth, but you have to call for it by faith before it becomes yours. In other words, you have to trust Christ as your Savior." 

- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) American Bible Teacher 

GOD IS MORE WILLLNG TO PARDON  

"God is more willing to pardon than to punish. Mercy does more multiply in Him than sin in us. Mercy is His nature."  

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher

GOD PARDONS LIKE A MOTHER  

"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."  

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar 

PARDON OUR INIQUITY AND OUR SIN  

"And he said, if now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance."  

- Exodus 34:9 

FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON  

"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."  

- Isaiah 55:7

PARDON MY TRANSGRESSION  

"And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be."   

- Job 7:21 

I WILL PARDON THEM WHO I RESERVE  

"In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve."  

- Jeremiah 50:20 

GOD PARDON OUR IGNORANCE 

   
"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."  

  
-John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian 

I WILL PARDON ALL THEIR INIQUITIES  

"And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me."  

- Jeremiah 33:8 

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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" - Psalm 8:4-6

I AM THE LORD, THE GOD OF ALL MANKIND 

"I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"  

- Jeremiah 32:27

ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MANKIND  

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus."  

- 1 Timothy 2:5

SALVATION GIVEN TO MANKIND  

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."  

- Acts 4:12

GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE 

"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."  

- Genesis 1:27

THE GREATEST BURDEN TO CARRY IN LIFE

"The greatest burden we have to carry in life is self.  The most difficult things we have to manage is self.  Our own daily living, our frames and feelings, our especial weaknesses and temptations, and our peculiar temptations, - our inward affairs of every kind, - these are the things that perplex and worry us more than anything else, and that bring us oftenest into bondage and darkness. In laying off your burdens, therefore, the first one you must get rid of is yourself.  You must hand yourself and all your temperament, your frames and feelings, all over into the care and keeping of your God, and leave them there.  He made you and therefore He understands you, and knows how to manage you, and you must trust Him to do it."

-  J. H. Newman (1801-1890) English Theologian

HIS DEEDS TOWARDS THE SONS OF MEN  

"Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men."  

- Psalm 66:5

MEN WHO HAVE DONE THE MOST FOR CHRIST  

"The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day."  

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

ALL MANKIND WILL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME   

“And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, all mankind will come to bow down before Me, says the Lord." 

- Isaiah 66:23

THE EARTH HE HAS GIVEN TO THE SONS OF MEN   

"The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth He has given to the sons of men."  

- Psalm 115:16

MY SPIRIT WILL NOT STRIVE WITH MAN FOREVER   

"Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."  

- Genesis 6:3

EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND  

"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."  

- 1 Corinthians 1:13

ALL FLESH IS NOT THE SAME FLESH   

"All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish."  

- 1 Corinthians 15:39

IT IS APPOINTED FOR MEN TO DIE ONCE 

   
"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment."  

  
- Hebrews 9:27 

GOD HAS LOOKED DOWN ON THE SONS OF MEN  

"God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks after God."  

- Psalm 53:2

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"When Jesus heard that, he said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." - John 11:4

DR. FRANKLIN AND THE YOUNG MAN

At the time when the celebrated Dr. Franklin lay upon his death-bed, he was visited by a young man who had great respect for his judgement in all things; and having entertained doubts as to the truth of the Scriptures, he thought that this awful period afforded a suitable opportunity of consulting the doctor on this important subject. Accordingly, he introduced it in a solemn and weighty manner, inquiring of Franklin what were his sentiments as to the truth of Scriptures. On the question being put, although he was in a very weak state, and near his disease, he replied.

"Young man, my advice to you is, that you cultivate an acquaintance with, and a firm belief in, the Holy Scripture; this is your certain interest."

- Moral and Religious Anecdotes by Norman Islay Macleod C. 1850s

THE LORD SUSTAINS HIM ON HIS SICKBED  

"The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health."  

- Psalm 41:3 

OUT OF DEATH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE  

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."  

- John 5:24

AN ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE

"There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man as a penal infliction, but to the righteous as a summons to his Father's palace. To the sinner it is an execution, to the saint an undressing from his sins and infirmities. Death to the wicked is the King of terrors. Death to the saint is the end of terrors, the commencement of glory."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher and Author

I WILL TRUST HIM

"I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain."

- John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English Theologian and Scholar

IN SICKNESS THE SOUL BEGINS TO DRESS HERSELF FOR IMMORTALITY

"In sickness the soul begins to dress herself for immortality. And first she unties the strings of vanity that made her upper garments cleave to the world and sit uneasy."

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SICKNESS    

"I venture to say that the greatest earthly blessing that God can give to any of us is health, with the exception of sickness. Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has."    

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE   

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."  

- Romans 6:23

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“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." - Matthew 5:8

THOSE WHO CALL UPON THE LORD WITH A PURE HEART   

"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart." 

- 2 Timothy 2:22

WISDOM FROM ABOVE IS FIRST PURE  

"But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere." 

- James 3:17

THOSE WHO ARE PURE IN HEART   

"Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart."  

- Psalm 73:1

THAT ISSUES FROM A PURE HEART  

"The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith."  

- 1 Timothy 1:5

CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me."

- Psalm 51:10

GOD'S WORD IS PURE AND SURE  

"God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything."  

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

CREATE IN US CLEAN HEARTS  

"He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful." 

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

HAIR OF HIS HEAD LIKE PURE WOOL  

“As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire."  

- Daniel 7:9

BECOME PURE IN HEART 

"Become pure in heart. The pure in heart shall see God. Here, then, is one opening for soul-culture--the avenue through purity of heart to the spiritual seeing of God."  

- Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish Evangelist, Biologist 

HE DISCLOSES HIS MEANING TO PURE HEARTS    

"God walks with the humble; He reveals himself to the lowly; He gives understanding to the little ones; He discloses his meaning to pure minds, but hides His grace from the curious and the proud."  

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

PRAYING AND PURE CONDUCT  

"Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct."  

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

WHETHER ALL THEIR THOUGHTS ARE PURE  

"There is no faithfulness like that which ought to be between a guide of souls and the person directed by him. They ought continually to regard each other in God, and closely to examine themselves, whether all their thoughts are pure, and all their words directed with Christian discretion. Other affairs are only the things of men; but these are peculiarly the things of God."  

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

KEEP YOUR MEMORY CLEAN AND PURE  

"You must keep your memory clean and pure, as it were a wedlock chamber, from all strange thoughts, fancies and imaginations, and it must be trimmed and adorned with holy meditations and virtues of Christ's holy crucified life and passion: That God may continually and ever rest therein."  

- Robert Leighton (1611–1684) Scottish Prelate and Scholar, Archbishop of Glasgow

THE WORDS OF THE LORD  

"The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times."  

- Psalm 12:6 

WHOSE CONSCIENCE IS PURE  

"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure."  

- Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Christian Theologian

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"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." - Acts 17:11

AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU  

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”  

- John 15:7

THE WORD OF GOD WILL STAND FOREVER  

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”  

- Isaiah 40:8

FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE   

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” 

- Hebrews 4:12

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD  

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  

- John 1:1 

DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO THE WORD  

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”  

- James 1:22

EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD  

“But he answered, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”  

- Matthew 4:4

STUDENT OF THE BIBLE  

“I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible.”     

— D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

ISN'T IT AMAZING    

"Isn't it amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?"    

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian 

MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT       

"This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success."      

- Joshua 1:8  

STUDIED BY ALL WHO DELIGHT  

"Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them."  

-  Psalm 111:2  

THE MORE YOU READ THE BIBLE    

"The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it."    

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

READ THE BIBLE OVER     

"A man may read the figures on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun is shining on it; so, we may read the Bible over, but we cannot learn to purpose till the spirit of God shine upon it and into our hearts."   

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher  

GOD WRITES THE GOSPEL

 
"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."  

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian 

BIBLE NEVER FLATTERS ITS HEROES  

"The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.”    

- Alan Redpath (1907-1989) American Minister  

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