But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.
Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed. JAMES 1:22-25


FAITH, HOPE and LOVE:

And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed. 1 SAMUEL 26:23 ASV.

Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and *thou* standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: ROMANS 11:20 Darby translation.

And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. --And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah. JUDGES 20:36 Darby translation.

unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! ACTS 26:7 ASV.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. GENESIS 29:30 ASV.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind and thy whole strength. MARK 12:30 Weymouth translation.


CREATION:

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. GENESIS 1:14-19 RSV.


THANKSGIVING:

Lord, thankyou for the Bible. There are so many tools to study it which have become available to us through the faithful and diligent work of past Christians - thankyou for the work of these people and for the access we enjoy in this part of the world to their work. Please teach us as Children to study and grow in your Word. Amen.