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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Brethren, the time is short.—I COR. 7:29.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.—The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.—As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Death is swallowed up in victory.—Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.—To live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Cast not away . . . your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.—The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.—The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Job. 14:1,2. -I John 2:17. -I Cor. 15:22,54. -Rom. 14:8. -Phi. 1:21.Heb. 10:35-37. -Rom. 13:12. -I Pet. 4:7.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“God, even our own God.”
Psalm 67:6
It is strange how little use we make of the spiritual blessings which God gives us, but it is stranger still how little use we make of God himself. Though he is “our own God,” we apply ourselves but little to him, and ask but little of him. How seldom do we ask counsel at the hands of the Lord! How often do we go about our business, without seeking his guidance! In our troubles how constantly do we strive to bear our burdens ourselves, instead of casting them upon the Lord, that he may sustain us! This is not because we may not, for the Lord seems to say, “I am thine, soul, come and make use of me as thou wilt; thou mayst freely come to my store, and the oftener the more welcome.” It is our own fault if we make not free with the riches of our God. Then, since thou hast such a friend, and he invites thee, draw from him daily. Never want whilst thou hast a God to go to; never fear or faint whilst thou hast God to help thee; go to thy treasure and take whatever thou needest—there is all that thou canst want. Learn the divine skill of making God all things to thee. He can supply thee with all, or, better still, he can be to thee instead of all. Let me urge thee, then, to make use of thy God. Make use of him in prayer. Go to him often, because he is thy God. O, wilt thou fail to use so great a privilege? Fly to him, tell him all thy wants. Use him constantly by faith at all times. If some dark providence has beclouded thee, use thy God as a “sun;” if some strong enemy has beset thee, find in Jehovah a “shield,” for he is a sun and shield to his people. If thou hast lost thy way in the mazes of life, use him as a “guide,” for he will direct thee. Whatever thou art, and wherever thou art, remember God is just what thou wantest, and just where thou wantest, and that he can do all thou wantest.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 10
10. Job Replies
Job: I Loathe My Life
10
“I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.
3
Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the schemes of the wicked?
4
Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as humans see?
5
Are your days like the days of mortals,
or your years like human years,
6
that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7
although you know that I am not guilty,
and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?
8
Your hands fashioned and made me;
and now you turn and destroy me.
9
Remember that you fashioned me like clay;
and will you turn me to dust again?
10
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11
You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12
You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
13
Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.
14
If I sin, you watch me,
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
15
If I am wicked, woe to me!
If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look upon my affliction.
16
Bold as a lion you hunt me;
you repeat your exploits against me.
17
You renew your witnesses against me,
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.
18
“Why did you bring me forth from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
19
and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20
Are not the days of my life few?
Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
21
before I go, never to return,
to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
22
the land of gloom and chaos,
where light is like darkness.”
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Peter 1:1-5
1. Praise to God for a Living Hope
Salutation
1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,2who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.
A Living Hope
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,5who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 87
87. Psalm 87
Psalm 87
The Joy of Living in Zion
Of the Korahites. A Psalm. A Song.
1
On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
2
the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God.Selah
4
Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia—
“This one was born there,” they say.
5
And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in it”;
for the Most High himself will establish it.
6
The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.”Selah
7
Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”