Compass Point

‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.’ —Luke 2:11

‘And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.’ —Luke 2:7

‘I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lᴏʀᴅ:  I will keep thy statutes. ‘… ‘I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.’ —Psalm 119:145 & 176

‘All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.’ ‘… ‘For ever, O Lᴏʀᴅ, thy word is settled in heaven.’ —Psalm 119:86 & 89

‘Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.’ ‘… ‘It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. ‘… ‘I know, O Lᴏʀᴅ, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.’ —Psalm 119:67, 71, & 75

‘Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.’ —Psalm 119:49 ‘Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel’ —2 Timothy 2:8

‘Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ‘… ‘My soul melteth for heaviness:  strengthen thou me according unto thy word.’ —Psalm 119:18 & 28

‘Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. ‘… ‘Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.’ —Psalm 119:2 & 9

‘But godliness with contentment is great gain. ‘… ‘And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.’ —1 Timothy 6:6 & 8

‘For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.’ —1 John 3:11 ‘A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.’ —John 13:34

‘We love him, because he first loved us.’ —1 John 4:19

‘And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.’ —1 John 4:16 ‘And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.’ —Romans 5:5

‘Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.’ —1 John 4:10 ‘I am crucified with Christ:  nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:  and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.’ —Galatians 2:20

‘In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.’ —1 John 4:9 ‘But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us’ —Ephesians 2:4

‘Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.’ —1 John 3:1

‘His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.’ —John 2:5

‘Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced:  for God had made them rejoice with great joy:  the wives also and the children rejoiced:  so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.’ —Nehemiah 12:43

‘And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! ‘And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:  nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lᴏʀᴅ.’ —2 Samuel 23:15 & 1...

‘Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.  But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.’ —Exodus 2:15 ‘And Moses was content to dwell with the man:  and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.’ —Exodus 2:21

‘And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.’ —Genesis 29:2 ‘And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.’ —Genesis 29:20

‘And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.’ —Genesis 24:21

‘And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.’ —Genesis 16:7 ‘And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me:  for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?’ —Genesis 16:13

‘And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord:  but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.’ —Jeremiah 45:5 ‘But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister’ —Mark 10:43

‘And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains:  and the keepers before the door kept the prison. ‘And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.  And his chains fell off from his hands. ‘And the ang...

‘And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants:  and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.’ —Genesis 40:20