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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be enquired of.—EZEK. 36:37.
Ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.—This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.—If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.—Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.—Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.—Ye shall ask in my name; and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Jas. 4:2.Matt. 7:7,8. -I John 5:14,15. -Jas. 1:5. -Psa. 81:10. -Luke 18:1.Psa. 34:15,17. -John 16:26,27,24.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.”
Ezekiel 34:26
Here is sovereign mercy—“I will give them the shower in its season.” Is it not sovereign, divine mercy?—for who can say, “I will give them showers,” except God? There is only one voice which can speak to the clouds, and bid them beget the rain. Who sendeth down the rain upon the earth? Who scattereth the showers upon the green herb? Do not I, the Lord? So grace is the gift of God, and is not to be created by man. It is also needed grace. What would the ground do without showers? You may break the clods, you may sow your seeds, but what can you do without the rain? As absolutely needful is the divine blessing. In vain you labour, until God the plenteous shower bestows, and sends salvation down. Then, it is plenteous grace. “I will send them showers.” It does not say, “I will send them drops,” but “showers.” So it is with grace. If God gives a blessing, he usually gives it in such a measure that there is not room enough to receive it. Plenteous grace! Ah! we want plenteous grace to keep us humble, to make us prayerful, to make us holy; plenteous grace to make us zealous, to preserve us through this life, and at last to land us in heaven. We cannot do without saturating showers of grace. Again, it is seasonable grace. “I will cause the shower to come down in his season.” What is thy season this morning? Is it the season of drought? Then that is the season for showers. Is it a season of great heaviness and black clouds? Then that is the season for showers. “As thy days so shall thy strength be.” And here is a varied blessing. “I will give thee showers of blessing.” The word is in the plural. All kinds of blessings God will send. All God’s blessings go together, like links in a golden chain. If he gives converting grace, he will also give comforting grace. He will send “showers of blessing.” Look up today, O parched plant, and open thy leaves and flowers for a heavenly watering.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - 2 Chronicles 17
17. Jehoshaphat King of Judah
Jehoshaphat’s Reign
17
His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, and strengthened himself against Israel.2He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had taken.3The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,4but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.5Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.6His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord; and furthermore he removed the high places and the sacred poles from Judah.
7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.8With them were the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram.9They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went around through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
10 The fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands around Judah, and they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; and the Arabs also brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.12Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.13He carried out great works in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty warriors, in Jerusalem.14This was the muster of them by ancestral houses: Of Judah, the commanders of the thousands: Adnah the commander, with three hundred thousand mighty warriors,15and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with two hundred eighty thousand,16and next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the Lord, with two hundred thousand mighty warriors.17Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,18and next to him Jehozabad with one hundred eighty thousand armed for war.19These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
New Testament in Four Years - Hebrews 3:1-6
3. Warning Against Unbelief
Moses a Servant, Christ a Son
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,2was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also “was faithful in all God’s house.”3Yet Jesus is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.4(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)5Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later.6Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 34
34. Psalm 34
Psalm 34
Praise for Deliverance from Trouble
Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3
O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5
Look to him, and be radiant;
so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6
This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from every trouble.
7
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.
9
O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
for those who fear him have no want.
10
The young lions suffer want and hunger,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11
Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12
Which of you desires life,
and covets many days to enjoy good?
13
Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14
Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
15
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
16
The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.
20
He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21
Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22
The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.