Evening, March 15
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He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.  — 2 Chronicles 31:21
Bible League: Living His Word
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
— Psalm 119:74 ESV

Of all the millions and billions of words that have made their way to paper and that vie for the attention of men, there are only a relative few that we can have confidence in. Which ones are they? God's Word.

There are myriad other words out there that you could have placed your hope in, but you see them for what they are, the words of men. You know that the Word of God is different. You placed your hope in it.

It was a good decision. Indeed, it was the best decision you've ever made and ever will make. It changed you and it changed your life forever. God's Word can rescue from a slimy pit. When every attempt made to crawl out, leads to a slippery slide back down to the bottom, it is God's Word that turns things around. God saw your faith in His Word, He heard your cry to Him, "Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope" (Psalm 119:49), and He lifted you out of that horrid place.

By faith in God's Word you can be set in a solid and secure situation, standing on a rock instead of the slippery slope of the slimy pit (Psalm 40:1-2). Is it any wonder, then, that you began to sing God's praises? You placed your hope in His word, and His salvation forced a new song out of your mouth, a hymn of praise to Him. It was a song that went out into the world and told of what happened to you. Many people heard it and were encouraged to place their hope in God's word for themselves (Psalm 40:3).

That's when those that fear God saw what happened to you and heard the song that you were singing. It made them happy. It reminded them of how much God had done for them. They, too, had been stuck in a pit. They, too, were saved by God. They rejoiced that you were spreading the word that could save other people just like them.
Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Deuteronomy 26, 27


Deuteronomy 26 -- Offering First Fruits and Tithes

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Deuteronomy 27 -- The Altar and Curses on Mount Ebal

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New Testament Reading
Mark 15:1-26


Mark 15 -- Jesus before Pilate; Mocked by Soldiers; Crucifixion; Burial

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations
        even as I am praying for them!
Insight
David was angry at being attacked by evil people who slandered him and lied. Yet David remained a friend and a man of prayer.
Challenge
While we must hate evil and work to overcome it, we must love everyone, including those who do evil, because God loves them. We are called to hate the sin, but love the person. Only through God's strength will we be able to follow David's example.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
2 Chronicles 31:21  He did it with all his heart and prospered.

This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labor leaving half their hearts behind them. God does not give harvests to idle men except harvests of thistles, nor is he pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field to find its hid treasure. It is universally confessed that if a man would prosper, he must be diligent in business. It is the same in religion as it is in other things. If you would prosper in your work for Jesus, let it be heart work, and let it be done with all your heart. Put as much force, energy, heartiness, and earnestness into religion as ever you do into business, for it deserves far more. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but he does not encourage our idleness; he loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The men who do what they undertake for God with all their hearts. Who are the most successful Sabbath-school teachers? The most talented? No; the most zealous; the men whose hearts are on fire, those are the men who see their Lord riding forth prosperously in the majesty of his salvation. Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, "It is the Lord's work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in his strength I will accomplish it." Christian, art thou thus "with all thine heart" serving thy Master? Remember the earnestness of Jesus! Think what heart-work was his! He could say, "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." When he sweat great drops of blood, it was no light burden he had to carry upon those blessed shoulders; and when he poured out his heart, it was no weak effort he was making for the salvation of his people. Was Jesus in earnest, and are we lukewarm?

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Exodus 20:11  "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Psalm 19:1  For the choir director. A Psalm of David. The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 33:6,9  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. • For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Isaiah 40:15  Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Hebrews 11:3  By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

Psalm 8:3,4  When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; • What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

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