9 December

Morning:
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. He hath shewed
thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?--Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than
sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.--To love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as
himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. Therefore turn thou to thy God:
keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.--Mary . . . sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word.--One thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be
taken away from her. It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good
pleasure.
Pr 21:3 Mic 6:8 1Sa 15:22 Mr 12:33 Ho 12:6 Lu 10:39,42 Php 2:13
Evening:
The spirit shall return unto God who gave it. The LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.--[There
is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.--The first man
Adam was made a living soul.--The spirit of man that goeth upward. Whilst we are at home in
the body, we are absent from the Lord. . . . We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.--With Christ; which is far better.--I would
not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
[there] ye may be also.
Ec 12:7 Ge 2:7 Job 32:8 1Co 15:45 Ec 3:21 2Co 5:6,8 Php 1:23 1Th 4:13,14 Joh 14:2,3