JUNE 18

MORNING

Thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and there I will meet with thee.

Exodus 25:21,22

The way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest. — Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

Having … brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; … let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat] through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. — Through him we have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Hebrews 9:8. Matthew 27:50,51. Hebrews 10:19,20,22. Hebrews 4:16. Romans 3:24,25.
Ephesians 2:18.

JUNE 18

EVENING

Faith as a grain of mustard seed.

Matthew 17:20

Barak said unto [Deborah], if thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan. — Gideon … feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, … did it by night. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said, … let me prove, I pray thee. And God did so.

Thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. — Who hath despised the day of small things?

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly. — Lord, increase our faith. — I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Judges 4:8,23. Judges 6:27,36,39,40. Revelation 3:8. Zechariah 4:10. 2 Thessalonians 1:3.
Luke 17:5. Hosea 14:5,6.