Early Rising

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. — read the full passage →

To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Now on the firstdayof the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof. — read the full passage →

And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifestedhimselfon this wise. — read the full passage →

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And as they spake these things, he himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him; — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.

He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.