For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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Isaiah 64:4 King James Version

4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“If thou dost continually draw thine impulse, thy life, the whole of thy being from the Holy Spirit, without whom thou canst do nothing; and if thou dost live in close communion with Christ, there will be no fear of thy having a dry heart. He who lives without prayer—he who lives with little prayer—he who seldom reads the Word—he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high—he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren; but he who calls in secret on his God—who spends much time in holy retirement—who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High—whose soul is given up to Christ—who delights in his fullness, rejoices in his all-sufficiency, prays for his second coming, and delights in the thought of his glorious advent—such a man, I say, must have an overflowing heart; and as his heart is, such will his life be. It will be a full life; it will be a life that will speak from the sepulcher, and wake the echoes of the future. “Keep thine heart with all diligence,” and entreat the Holy Spirit to keep it full; for, otherwise, the issues of thy life will be feeble, shallow, and superficial; and thou mayest as well not have lived at all.” ― 

God the Father Almighty…the only wise God…

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1 Timothy 1:17 King James Version

17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.” 

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

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Genesis 1:27 King James Version

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“O my Father, let me unload my heart today of its burdens; the burden of my own sin, the dismay of the world’s widespread evil, the doubts that invade my heart, the cares of my work, the apprehension regarding the future.  Let me gaze upon thee until the sense of thy love and majesty, thy competence and power, soak into my soul and enable me truly to worship thee in spirit and in truth. Amen”

― Excerpt from A House of Prayer, Leslie D. Weatherhead

 Today’s  Daily Readings

 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

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Psalm 91:14-15 King James Version

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

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20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

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Psalm 55:16 King James Version

16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God’s saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God’s mercy and grace.”

― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

 Today’s  Daily Readings

 

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me,

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Psalm 119:132 King James Version

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” 

Great peace have they which love thy law:

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Psalm 119:165 King James Version

165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Yes, the world is broken. But don’t be offended by it. Instead, thank God that He’s intervened in it, and He’s going to restore it to everything it was meant to be. His kingdom is breaking through, bit by bit. Recognize it, and wonder at it.” 

― Brant Hansen, Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better

 Today’s  Daily Readings

 

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

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Luke 19:10 King James Version

10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

As we remember that “when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God,” (Mosiah 2:17) we will not find ourselves in the unenviable position of Jacob Marley’s ghost, who spoke to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s immortal “Christmas Carol.” Marley spoke sadly of opportunities lost. Said he: ‘Not to know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness. Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I!”

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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Colossians 3:12 King James Version

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy:

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Ecclesiastes 2:26 King James Version

26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn’t measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It’s not winning battles that makes you happy, but it’s how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go.”