Samuel Bagster's Famous Daily Devotions for Morning and Evening, March 11. GospelWeb.net

March 11

MORNING

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. Num. 6:24

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Prov. 10:22

Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psa. 5:12

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psa. 121:3, 5, 7, 8

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Isa. 27:3

Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept. John 17:11, 12

The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. II Tim. 4:18


EVENING

Jesus wept. John 11:35

A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Isa. 53:3

We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Heb. 4:15

It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb. 2:10

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Heb. 5:8

I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Isa. 50:5, 6

Behold how he loved. John 11:36

He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. In all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. 2:16, 17

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