Compass Point

‘I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.’ —Psalm 16:7 ‘Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.’ —Psalm 119:24 ‘Without counsel purposes are disappointed:  but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.’ —Proverbs 15:22

‘Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them’ —Ecclesiastes 12:1

‘Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.’ —2 Corinthians 7:12

‘And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.  And the women took the child, and nursed it.’ —Exodus 2:9

‘And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them’ —Luke 24:33

‘And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. ‘And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. ‘And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?’ —Luke 24:30–32

‘And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.’ —Luke 24:27

‘And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? ‘And he said unto them, What things?  And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people’ —Luke 24:18, 19

‘And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.’ —Luke 24:15

‘Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity.’ —Romans 12:2 (J. B. Phillips’ translation

‘God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; ‘… ‘That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: ‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.’ —Acts 17:...

‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:  for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ —Psalm 23:4

‘Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ for ever.’ —Psalm 23:6 ‘One thing have I desired of the Lᴏʀᴅ, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lᴏʀᴅ, and to enquire in his temple.’ —Psalm 27:4

‘But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’ —Romans 5:8 ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ —John 3:16

‘Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.’ —Psalm 120:2 ‘Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds’ —Colossians 3:9

‘Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ‘Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. ‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus’ —Philippians 2:3–5

‘Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:  yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.’ —Isaiah 46:11

‘And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you:  and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.’ —Mark 11:2 ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:  behold, thy King cometh unto thee:  he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an a...

‘I am like a pelican of the wilderness:  I am like an owl of the desert.’ —Psalm 102:6

‘And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.’ —Luke 14:17

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ is my shepherd; I shall not want. ‘He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:  he leadeth me beside the still waters. ‘He restoreth my soul:  he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:  for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. ‘Thou preparest a table before m...

‘Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.’ —2 Corinthians 1:4

The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.’ —Job 33:4

‘And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ‘And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.’ —Acts 16:30, 31

‘Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.’ —Psalm 99:6 ‘Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way’ —1 Samuel 12:23