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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday April 29th 2016

TOPIC: OVERCOMING TRIALS II

Memorize: Submit yourself therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

Read: James 4:7-10,

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Kings 10-11, Proverbs 17:1-14

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Thursday April 28th 2016

TOPIC: OVERCOMING TRIALS I

Memorize: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which he Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12

Read: Proverbs 1:11-15,

¹¹ If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

¹² Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

¹³ We shall find all precious substance; we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

 Bible in one year: 1^st Kings 8:22-9:28, Proverbs 16:20-33

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday April 27th 2016

TOPIC: KNOW YOUR ENEMY II

Memorize: O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Romans 7:24

Read: Romans 7:18-25,

¹⁸ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

¹⁹ For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

²⁰ Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

²¹ I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

²² For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

²³ But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

²⁴ O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

²⁵ I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

 Bible in one year:  1^st Kings 7:1-8:21, Proverbs 16:6-19

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Tuesday April 26th 2016

TOPIC: KNOW YOUR ENEMY I

Memorize: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1:10

Read: Genesis 3:1-5,

¹ Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

² And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

⁴ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

 Bible in one year:  1^st Kings 4-6, Proverbs 15:25-16:5

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Monday April 25th 2016

TOPIC: BELATED OFFERING?

Memorize: Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. Luke 24:1

Read: Luke 24:1-8,

¹ Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

² And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

³ And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

⁴ And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

⁵ And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

⁶ He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

⁷ Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

⁸ And they remembered his words,

 Bible in one year: 1^st Kings 2:13-3:28, Proverbs 15:11-24

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Saturday April 23rd 2016

TOPIC: UNGODLY SORROW

Memorize: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:5

Read: Matthew 27:3-8,

³ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴ Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

⁵ And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

⁶ And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

⁷ And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

⁸ Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 23-24, Proverbs 14:18-31

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday April 22nd 2016

TOPIC: GODLY SORROW?

Memorize: For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2^nd Corinthians 7:10

Read: Luke 22:60-62,

⁶⁰ And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

⁶¹ And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

⁶² And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 21-22, Proverbs 14:4-17

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Thursday April 21st 2016

TOPIC: DENYING JESUS?

Memorize: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalms 1:1

Read: Luke 22:54-60,

⁵⁴ Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.

⁵⁵ And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

⁵⁶ But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

⁵⁷ And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

⁵⁸ And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

⁵⁹ And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.

⁶⁰ And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 19:16-20:26, Proverbs 13:15-14:3

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday April 20th 2016

TOPIC: A BETRAYER?

Memorize: But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. Luke 22:21

Read: Luke 22:19-23,

¹⁹ And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

²⁰ Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

²¹ But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

²² And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

²³ And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 18:1-19:15, Proverbs 13:1-14

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Tuesday April 19th 2016

TOPIC: IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

Memorize: And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 1^st Corinthians 11:24

Read: 1^st Corinthians 11:23-29,

²³ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

²⁴ And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

²⁵ After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

²⁶ For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

²⁷ Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

²⁸ But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

²⁹ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 16:17, Proverbs 12:15-28

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Monday April 18th 2016

TOPIC: LESSONS FROM THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY

Memorize: Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. Mark 11:10

Read: Matthew 21:1-9,

¹ And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

² Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

³ And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

⁴ All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

⁶ And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

⁷ And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

⁸ And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 14-15, Proverbs 12:1-14

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday April 15th 2016

TOPIC: LET GOD HELP YOU I

Memorize: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. Isaiah 1:19

Read: Isaiah 1:18-20,

¹⁸ Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁹ If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

²⁰ But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 5:17-8:14, Proverbs 10:22-11:3

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Thursday April 14th 2016

TOPIC: WHEN YOU NEED A MIRACLE

Memorize: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalms 50:15

Read: 1^st Samuel 1:9-13,

⁹ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.

¹⁰ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

¹² And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

¹³ Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 3:1-5:16, Proverbs 10:8-21

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday April 13th 2016

TOPIC: THE SOVEREIGN GOD

Memorize: I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Isaiah 43:21

Read: Daniel 5:20-21,

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

²¹ And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

 Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 1-2, Proverbs 9:13-10:7

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Tuesday April 12th 2016

TOPIC: THE UNCHANGEABLE CHANGER

Memorize: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Read: Genesis 32:24-32,

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁵ And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

²⁷ And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

²⁹ And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Penuel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

³¹ And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

³² Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 29-31, Proverbs 9:1-12

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Monday April 11th 2016

TOPIC: THE NEW MAN II

Memorize: And that ye put on the new man, which after God created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:24

Read: Ephesians 4:22-25,

²² That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

²³ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

²⁴ And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

²⁵ Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 26-28, Proverbs 8:22-36

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Saturday April 9th 2016

TOPIC: THE DANGER OF PRIDE

Memorize: But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. James 4:6

Read: Isaiah 14:12-15,

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 21:23, Proverbs 7:10-27

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday April 8th 2016

TOPIC: SPIRITUAL PACESETTERS

Memorize: Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1^stCorinthians 11:1

Read: Hebrews 6:9-15,

⁹ But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

¹¹ And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

¹² That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

¹⁴ Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

¹⁵ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 18:17-20:42, Proverbs 6:28-7:9

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Thursday April 7th 2016

TOPIC: VICTORY IN HOLINESS

Memorize: Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34

Read: Daniel 6:19-23,

¹⁹ At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 
20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

²¹ Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! 
22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

²³ The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 17:1-18:16, Proverbs 6:16-27

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Wednesday April 6th 2016

TOPIC: DEMON-INVITING HABIT

Memorize: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

Read: Proverbs 23:29-35,

²⁹ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

³⁰ They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

³¹ Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

³² At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

³³ Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

³⁴ Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

³⁵ They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 14:47-16:23, Proverbs 6:1-15

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Tuesday April 5th 2016

TOPIC: THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Memorize: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon

you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8

Read: John 7:37-39, 

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

³⁹ (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

 Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 13:8-14:46, Proverbs 5:7-23

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Monday April 4th 2016

TOPIC: THE ELECT OF GOD

Memorize: And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? Luke 18:7

Read: Colossians 3:12-17, 

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

¹³ Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

¹⁴ And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

¹⁷ And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 10:17-13:7, Proverbs 4:20-5:6

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Saturday April 2nd 2016

TOPIC: ETERNAL DAMNATION

Memorize: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

Read: Mark 16:15-18,

 ¹⁵ And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

¹⁷ And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

¹⁸ They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 6:1-8:18, Proverbs 3:28-4:9

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OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday April 1st 2016

TOPIC: DIVINE ALTERNATIVE 

Memorize: And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 1^st Samuel 15:28

Read: Acts 1:15-26,

¹⁵ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

¹⁶ Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

¹⁷ For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

¹⁸ Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

¹⁹ And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

²⁰ For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

²¹ Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

²² Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

²³ And they appointed two, Joseph called Barnabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

²⁴ And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

²⁵ That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

²⁶ And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 3-5, Proverbs 3:13-27