June 12 – Morning

Numbers 31:23
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean.

The LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. ** He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. ** Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. ** I will melt them, and try them.

Thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Numbers 31:23; Deuteronomy 13:3; Malachi 3:3; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Isaiah 1:25; Jeremiah 9:7; Psalm 66:10; Isaiah 43:2

May 30th – Morning

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour to enter into that rest.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction: . . . strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.–The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.–Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you.–Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: . . . for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.–So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.–The LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Hebrews 4:11; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 11:12; John 6:27; 2 Peter 1:10-11; 1 Corinthians 9:24-25; Hebrews 4:10; Isaiah 60:19

May 26 – Morning

Hebrews 13:20
Our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep.

And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor. I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me.

The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice! Once you were like sheep, who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 5:4; John 10:14, 27-28; Psalms 23:1-3; Isaiah 53:6; John 10:11; Ezekiel 34:16; 1 Peter 2:25