Compass Point

‘To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:  Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.’ —Romans 1:7

‘It came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.’ —Luke 9:28

‘I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:  that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.’ —John 17:26

‘Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.’ —John 4:14

‘Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.’ —Ruth 3:18

‘Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:  thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.’ —Psalm 4:1

‘Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ —Matthew 3:17 ‘We labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.’ —2 Corinthians 5:9

‘Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.’ —Luke 4:8 ‘He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. ‘He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.’ —Psalm 147:3 & 4

‘Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lᴏʀᴅ, that my people is taken away for nought?  they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.’ —Isaiah 52:5 ‘Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth’ —Song of Solomon 1:3

‘Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon:  but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.’ —Daniel 2:49

‘I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.’ —1 Corinthians 3:2

‘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 Lᴏʀᴅ your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: ‘And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.’ —De...

‘It is of the Lᴏʀᴅ's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ‘They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.’ —Lamentations 3:22 & 23

‘There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes:  but what are they among so many? ‘… ‘And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.’ —John 6:9 & 11

‘hou art fairer than the children of men:  grace is poured into thy lips:  therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.’ —Psalm 45:2 ‘And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.  And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?’ —Luke 4:22

‘My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? ‘… ‘Yet the Lᴏʀᴅ will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.’ —Psalm 42:3 & 8

‘As he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.’ —Genesis 32:31

‘Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.’ —Exodus 25:8

‘I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. ‘When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.  In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. ‘I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. ‘I cried unto thee, O Lᴏʀᴅ:  I said, Thou art my refuge and my por...

‘And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ —Matthew 3:17 ‘While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:  and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.’ —Matthew 17:5

‘So he sent his brethren away, and they departed:  and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.’ —Genesis 45:24

‘A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak’ —Ecclesiastes 3:7

‘For I am the Lᴏʀᴅ, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.’ —Malachi 3:6 ‘As for God, his way is perfect:  the word of the Lᴏʀᴅ is tried:  he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.’ —Psalm 18:30

‘Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God’ —Ephesians 6:17

‘Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.’ —Psalm 119:11