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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Consider how great things He hath done for you.—I SAM. 12:24.
Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.—The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.—He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Deut. 8:2,5.Psa. 119:75,71,67. -Psa. 118:18. -Psa. 103:10,11,14.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Thou art my hope in the day of evil.”
Jeremiah 17:17
The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunshine; he has his seasons of darkness and of storm. True, it is written in God’s Word, “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace;” and it is a great truth, that religion is calculated to give a man happiness below as well as bliss above; but experience tells us that if the course of the just be “As the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day,” yet sometimes that light is eclipsed. At certain periods clouds cover the believer’s sun, and he walks in darkness and sees no light. There are many who have rejoiced in the presence of God for a season; they have basked in the sunshine in the earlier stages of their Christian career; they have walked along the “green pastures” by the side of the “still waters,” but suddenly they find the glorious sky is clouded; instead of the Land of Goshen they have to tread the sandy desert; in the place of sweet waters, they find troubled streams, bitter to their taste, and they say, “Surely, if I were a child of God, this would not happen.” Oh! say not so, thou who art walking in darkness. The best of God’s saints must drink the wormwood; the dearest of his children must bear the cross. No Christian has enjoyed perpetual prosperity; no believer can always keep his harp from the willows. Perhaps the Lord allotted you at first a smooth and unclouded path, because you were weak and timid. He tempered the wind to the shorn lamb, but now that you are stronger in the spiritual life, you must enter upon the riper and rougher experience of God’s full-grown children. We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 12
12. Job Replies
Job Replies: I Am a Laughingstock
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Then Job answered:
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“No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
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I am a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who called upon God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.
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Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,
but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
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The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hands.
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“But ask the animals, and they will teach you;
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
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In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of every human being.
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Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
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Is wisdom with the aged,
and understanding in length of days?
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“With God are wisdom and strength;
he has counsel and understanding.
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If he tears down, no one can rebuild;
if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.
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If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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With him are strength and wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leads counselors away stripped,
and makes fools of judges.
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He looses the sash of kings,
and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
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He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
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He deprives of speech those who are trusted,
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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He pours contempt on princes,
and looses the belt of the strong.
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He uncovers the deeps out of darkness,
and brings deep darkness to light.
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He makes nations great, then destroys them;
he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
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He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth,
and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
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They grope in the dark without light;
he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Peter 1:10-12
1. Praise to God for a Living Hope
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry,11inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.12It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!
Psalm a Day - Psalm 89:1-29
89. Psalm 89
Psalm 89
God’s Covenant with David
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
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I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
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You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to my servant David:
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‘I will establish your descendants forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’ ”Selah
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Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
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For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
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a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome above all that are around him?
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O Lord God of hosts,
who is as mighty as you, O Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
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You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.
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You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it—you have founded them.
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The north and the south—you created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
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You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
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Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;
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they exult in your name all day long,
and extol your righteousness.
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For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
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For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
“I have set the crown on one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
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my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
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I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
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My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
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I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
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He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’
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I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
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Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
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I will establish his line forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.