Monday, April 22, 2013




My Daily Meditations
Be Ready, Be Prepared

2 Be awake, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy work perfect before God.
5 He that overcometh, shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his Name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his Angels. (a)
8  know thy works: behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my Name.
11 Behold, I come shortly: hold that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the Name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and I will write upon him my new Name. (b)
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried by the fire, that thou mayest be made rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock, If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I overcame, and sit with my Father in his throne.
The Revelation of Saint John the Apostle Chapter 3:2, 5, 8, 11-12, 18-21

(a) Editor’s notation - Read The Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 10:22, The Gospel According to Luke 12:8
(b) Editor’s notation - Read The Book of Genesis Chapter 28:22




Read One Psalm a Day
Psalm One Hundred Seven

A Psalm of Praise and Thanksgiving to God for His Loving Kindness and Mercy

1 Praise the Lord, because he is good: for his
mercy endureth forever.
2 Let them, which have been redeemed of the
Lord, show how he hath delivered them from the
hand of the oppressor,
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the
East and from the West, from the North and from
the South.
4 When they wandered in the desert and wilderness
out of the way, and found no city to dwell in,
5 Both hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in
them.
6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress,
7 And led them forth by the right way, that they
might go to a city of habitation.
8 Let them therefore confess before the Lord his
loving kindness, and his wonderful works before the
sons of men. (c)
9 For he satisfied the thirsty soul, and filled the
hungry soul with goodness.
10 They that dwell in darkness and in the shadow
of death, being bound in misery and iron,
11 Because they rebelled against the words of the
Lord, and despised the counsel of the most High,
12 When he humbled their heart with heaviness,
then they fell down, and there was no helper.
13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress. (d)
14 He brought them out of darkness, and out of the
shadow of death, and brake their bands asunder.
15 Let them therefore confess before the Lord his
loving-kindness, and his wonderful works before
the sons of men.
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and
burst the bars of iron asunder,
17 Fools by reason of their transgression, and
because of their iniquities are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all meat, and they are
brought to death’s door.(e)
19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivereth them from their distress.
20 He sendeth his word and healeth them, and
delivereth them from their graves.
21 Let them therefore confess before the Lord his
loving kindness, and his wonderful works before the
sons of men,
22 And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and
declare his works with rejoicing. (f)
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, and
occupy by the great waters,
24 They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders
in the deep.
25 For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy
wind, and it lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, and descend to
the deep, so that their soul melteth for trouble.
27 They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a
drunken man, and all their cunning is gone. (g)
28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he bringeth them out of their distress.
29 He turneth the storm to calm, so that the waves
thereof are still.
30 When they are quieted, they are glad, and he
bringeth them unto the haven, where they would be.
31 Let them therefore confess before the Lord his
loving kindness, and his wonderful works before the
sons of men.
32 And let them exalt him in the congregation of the
people, and praise him in the assembly of the Elders.
33 He turneth the floods to a wilderness, and the
springs of waters into dryness,
34 And a fruitful land into barrenness, for the
wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 Again he turneth the wilderness into pools of
water, and the dry land into water springs.
36 And there he placeth the hungry, and they build
a city to dwell in,
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which
bring forth fruitful increase.
38 For he blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly,
and he diminisheth not their cattle.
39 Again men are diminished, and brought low
by oppression, evil and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth
them to err in desert places out of the way.
41 Yet he raiseth up the poor out of misery, and
maketh him families like a flock of sheep.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice, and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Who is wise that he may observe these things?
for they shall understand the loving kindness of the
Lord. (h)

(c) Editor’s notation - Read the Epistle to the Romans Chapter 10:8-11
(d) Editor’s notation - Read the First Epistle of John Chapter 1:9
(e) Editor’s thought - This is to say that they refuse to (metaphorically) eat or accept the Word of God that is food for the soul, and necessary for salvation.  As a result they are accumulating the wages of sin, that being death, and stand in it’s shadow. 
(f) Editor’s notation - Read The Epistle to the Hebrews Chapter 13:15
(g) Editor’s notation - Read The Epistle to the Ephesians Chapter 4:14, The Epistle of James Chapter 1:6
(h) Editor’s notation - Read The Book of Psalms Chapter 111:10, The Book of Proverbs Chapter 1:7, Chapter 9:10, The Gospel According to Mark Chapter 4:9, The Second Epistle to Timothy Chapter 3:15, The Epistle of James Chapter 3:13

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