Samuel Bagster's Famous Daily Devotions for Morning and Evening, May 15. GospelWeb.net

May 15

MORNING

God shall wipe away all tears: ... there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, ... for the former things are passed away. Rev. 21:4

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 25:8

Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself. for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Isaiah 60:20

The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. Isaiah 33:24

The voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. Isaiah 65:19

Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Isaiah 35:10

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction. Hosea 13:14

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54

The things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18


EVENING

Raised up together in Christ Jesus. Eph. 2:6

Fear not ... I am he that liveth. Rev. 1:17, 18

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. John 17:24

We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Eph. 5:30

He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead. Col. 1:18

Ye are complete in him, which is the head. Col. 2:10

Forasmuch ... as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil: and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb. 2:14, 15

This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. I Cor. 15:53, 54

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