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Daily Light's Evening Reading
Great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.—PSA. 86:13.
Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins,—They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: for the redemption of their soul is precious.—I have found a ransom.—God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Matt. 10:28.Isa. 43:1,11,25. -Psa. 49:6-8. -Job 33:24. -Eph. 2:4,5.Acts 4:12.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night.”
Psalm 91:5
What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or death. We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may, the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why should he? Let us put it more closely, why should we? God our Father is here, and will be here all through the lonely hours; he is an almighty Watcher, a sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend. Nothing can happen without his direction, for even hell itself is under his control. Darkness is not dark to him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around his people—and who can break through such a barrier? Worldlings may well be afraid, for they have an angry God above them, a guilty conscience within them, and a yawning hell beneath them; but we who rest in Jesus are saved from all these through rich mercy. If we give way to foolish fear we shall dishonour our profession, and lead others to doubt the reality of godliness. We ought to be afraid of being afraid, lest we should vex the Holy Spirit by foolish distrust. Down, then, ye dismal forebodings and groundless apprehensions, God has not forgotten to be gracious, nor shut up his tender mercies; it may be night in the soul, but there need be no terror, for the God of love changes not. Children of light may walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away, nay, they are now enabled to prove their adoption by trusting in their heavenly Father as hypocrites cannot do.
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“Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from thee; Thou art he, who, never weary, Watchest where thy people be.” |
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 5
5. Eliphaz Speaks
Job Is Corrected by God
5
“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2
Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
3
I have seen fools taking root,
but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.
4
Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
5
The hungry eat their harvest,
and they take it even out of the thorns;
and the thirsty pant after their wealth.
6
For misery does not come from the earth,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
7
but human beings are born to trouble
just as sparks fly upward.
8
“As for me, I would seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.
9
He does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number.
10
He gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11
he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12
He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14
They meet with darkness in the daytime,
and grope at noonday as in the night.
15
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.
16
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
17
“How happy is the one whom God reproves;
therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18
For he wounds, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.
19
He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no harm shall touch you.
20
In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22
At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.
23
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.
24
You shall know that your tent is safe,
you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25
You shall know that your descendants will be many,
and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
26
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
27
See, we have searched this out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for yourself.”
New Testament in Four Years - James 4:7-12
4. Submit Yourselves to God
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.9Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Warning against Judging Another
11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another, speaks evil against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.12There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor?
Psalm a Day - Psalm 82
82. Psalm 82
Psalm 82
A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
1
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2
“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah
3
Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
4
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk around in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6
I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;
7
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince.”
8
Rise up, O God, judge the earth;
for all the nations belong to you!