Compass Point

‘Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.’ —Jude 2

‘Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:  and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear’ —1 Peter 3:15

‘As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.’ —Acts 24:25

‘He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.’ —Nahum 2:1 ‘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 your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.’ —Phil...

‘The angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.’ —Exodus 3:2

‘Lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. ‘And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ‘And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates’...

‘As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.’ —Matthew 22:31 & 32

‘In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. ‘But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.’ —John 4:31 & 32

‘Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.’ —Philippians 4:6

‘Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again’ —John 3:7

‘Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.’ —Proverbs 17:6

‘The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered:  because joy is withered away from the sons of men. ‘… ‘Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?’ —Joel 1:12 & 16

‘While I live will I praise the Lᴏʀᴅ:  I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.’ —Psalm 146:2

‘They all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.’ —Mark 6:50 ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’ —Psalm 46:1

‘Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:  but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.’ —John 14:17

‘It came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.’ —Mark 1:9 ‘…Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places:  and they came to him from every quarter.’ —Mark 1:45

‘Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.’ —John 11:1 ‘For indeed he was sick nigh unto death:  but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.’ —Philippians 2:27

‘He himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lᴏʀᴅ, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.’ —1 Kings 19:4

‘And [all the elders of Israel] said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways:  now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. ‘… ‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee:  for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.’ —1 Samuel 8:5 & 7

‘Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.’ —2 Peter 3:18

‘Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity:  for God loveth a cheerful giver.’ —2 Corinthians 9:7

‘He is not here:  for he is risen, as he said.  Come, see the place where the Lord lay.’ —Matthew 28:6

‘All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ‘… ‘Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:  when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.’ —Isaiah 53:6 & 10

‘He bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: ‘Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.’ —John 19:17-18 ‘Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.’ —John 20:28

‘When they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand:  and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ‘And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.’ —Matthew 27:29 & 30 ‘Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth...