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I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.—PSA. 71:14.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.—Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God.—The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.—I will bless the Lord all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion.—They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.—Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.—Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.—Rejoice in the Lord, always; and again I say, Rejoice.
Phi. 3:12. -Heb. 6:1. -Prov. 4:18.Psa. 116:1,2. -Psa. 34:1.Psa. 65:1. -Rev. 4:8. -Psa. 50:23. -I Thes. 5:16-18. -Phi. 4:4.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“All the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.”
Ezekiel 3:7
Are there no exceptions? No, not one. Even the favoured race are thus described. Are the best so bad?—then what must the worst be? Come, my heart, consider how far thou hast a share in this universal accusation, and while considering, be ready to take shame unto thyself wherein thou mayst have been guilty. The first charge is impudence, or hardness of forehead, a want of holy shame, an unhallowed boldness in evil. Before my conversion, I could sin and feel no compunction, hear of my guilt and yet remain unhumbled, and even confess my iniquity and manifest no inward humiliation on account of it. For a sinner to go to God’s house and pretend to pray to him and praise him argues a brazen-facedness of the worst kind! Alas! since the day of my new birth I have doubted my Lord to his face, murmured unblushingly in his presence, worshipped before him in a slovenly manner, and sinned without bewailing myself concerning it. If my forehead were not as an adamant, harder than flint, I should have far more holy fear, and a far deeper contrition of spirit. Woe is me, I am one of the impudent house of Israel. The second charge is hardheartedness, and I must not venture to plead innocent here. Once I had nothing but a heart of stone, and although through grace I now have a new and fleshy heart, much of my former obduracy remains. I am not affected by the death of Jesus as I ought to be; neither am I moved by the ruin of my fellow men, the wickedness of the times, the chastisement of my heavenly Father, and my own failures, as I should be. O that my heart would melt at the recital of my Saviour’s sufferings and death. Would to God I were rid of this nether millstone within me, this hateful body of death. Blessed be the name of the Lord, the disease is not incurable, the Saviour’s precious blood is the universal solvent, and me, even me, it will effectually soften, till my heart melts as wax before the fire.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 11
11. Jophar Speaks
Zophar Speaks: Job’s Guilt Deserves Punishment
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
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“Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and should one full of talk be vindicated?
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Should your babble put others to silence,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
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For you say, ‘My conduct is pure,
and I am clean in God’s sight.’
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But O that God would speak,
and open his lips to you,
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and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For wisdom is many-sided.
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
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“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
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It is higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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Its measure is longer than the earth,
and broader than the sea.
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If he passes through, and imprisons,
and assembles for judgment, who can hinder him?
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For he knows those who are worthless;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
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But a stupid person will get understanding,
when a wild ass is born human.
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“If you direct your heart rightly,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.
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If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.
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Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;
you will be secure, and will not fear.
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You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
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And your life will be brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
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And you will have confidence, because there is hope;
you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
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You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;
many will entreat your favor.
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But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.”
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Peter 1:6-9
1. Praise to God for a Living Hope
6In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,7so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.8Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,9for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.Psalm a Day - Psalm 88
88. Psalm 88
Psalm 88
Prayer for Help in Despondency
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
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O Lord, God of my salvation,
when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
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let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.
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For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
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I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,
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like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
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You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves.Selah
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You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
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my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O Lord;
I spread out my hands to you.
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Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades rise up to praise you?Selah
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
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But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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O Lord, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?
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Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
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Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
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They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.
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You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.