Compass Point

‘It came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.’ —Luke 11:1 ‘Pray’r is the soul’s sincere desire, Utter’d or unexpress’d, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. ‘Pray’r is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear; The upward glancing of an eye, When none...

‘Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings’ —Psalm 17:8 ‘Under his wings I am safely abiding; Tho' the night deepens and tempests are wild, Still I can trust him, I know he will keep me; He has redeemed me and I am his child.                ‘Under his wings, under his wings,              Who from his love can sever?              Under his wings my soul shall abide,...

‘He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.’ —1 John 5:12 ‘Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchased of God, Born of His Spirit, wash'ed in His blood.               ‘This is my story, This is my song,               Praising my Saviour all the day long;               This is my story, this is my song...

‘…I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.’ —2 Timothy 1:12 ‘I know not why God’s wondrous grace        To me He hath made known, Nor why unworthy—Christ in love        Redeemed me for His own.                ‘But “I know Whom I have believed,                      And am persuaded that He is able               To k...

‘Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.’ —Luke 7:47 ‘Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)        That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found,        Was blind, but now I see. ‘ ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,        And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that...

‘In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.’ —Zechariah 13:1 ‘There is a fountain filled with blood        Drawn from EMMANUAL’S veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood        Lose all their guilty stains. ‘The dying thief rejoiced to see        That fountain in his day; And there have I, as vile as he,...

‘If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth’ —1 John 1:6

‘But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.’ —1 John 1:7 ‘While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.  These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.’ —John 12:36 ‘I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on m...

‘If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth’ —1 John 1:6

‘This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.’ —1 John 1:5 ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.’ —James 1:17

‘This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.’ —1 John 1:5 ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?’ — Psalm 27:1

‘Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.’ —Psalm 119:105

‘For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.’ —Psalm 74:12

‘Seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: ‘And he opened his mouth, and taught them’ —Matthew 5:1 & 2 ‘Early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.’ —John 8:2

‘(I) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers’ —Ephesians 1:16

‘Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil’ —Hebrews 6:19

‘But one thing is needful:  and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.’ —Luke 10:42

‘Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:  but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.’ —Proverbs 13:13

‘I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ —Psalm 34:1

‘Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.’ —Romans 14:19

‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.’ —Proverbs 3:13

‘A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: ‘To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.’ —Proverbs 1:5–7 ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy...

‘And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem:  and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.’ —Luke 5:17

‘And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.’ —Acts 9:41

‘It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lᴏʀᴅ, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High’ —Psalm 92:1