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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.—JOHN 6:37.
It shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.—I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.—I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.—Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.—Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.
Exo. 22:27. -Lev. 26:44. -Ezek. 16:60.Isa. 1:18. -Isa. 55:7. -Luke 23:42,43.Isa. 42:3.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Grieve not the Holy Spirit.”
Ephesians 4:30
All that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, so also no good thing can come out of you in holy thought, devout worship, or gracious act, apart from the sanctifying operation of the same Spirit. Even if the good seed be sown in you, yet it lies dormant except he worketh in you to will and to do of his own good pleasure. Do you desire to speak for Jesus—how can you unless the Holy Ghost touch your tongue? Do you desire to pray? Alas! what dull work it is unless the Spirit maketh intercession for you! Do you desire to subdue sin? Would you be holy? Would you imitate your Master? Do you desire to rise to superlative heights of spirituality? Are you wanting to be made like the angels of God, full of zeal and ardour for the Master’s cause? You cannot without the Spirit—“Without me ye can do nothing.” O branch of the vine, thou canst have no fruit without the sap! O child of God, thou hast no life within thee apart from the life which God gives thee through his Spirit! Then let us not grieve him or provoke him to anger by our sin. Let us not quench him in one of his faintest motions in our soul; let us foster every suggestion, and be ready to obey every prompting. If the Holy Spirit be indeed so mighty, let us attempt nothing without him; let us begin no project, and carry on no enterprise, and conclude no transaction, without imploring his blessing. Let us do him the due homage of feeling our entire weakness apart from him, and then depending alone upon him, having this for our prayer, “Open thou my heart and my whole being to thine incoming, and uphold me with thy free Spirit when I shall have received that Spirit in my inward parts.”
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Ezekiel 2
2. Ezekiel's Call
The Vision of the Scroll
2
He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.2And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.3He said to me, Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.4The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord God.”5Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.6And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.7You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
8 But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.9I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it.10He spread it before me; it had writing on the front and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
New Testament in Four Years - Matthew 11:25-30
11. Jesus and John the Baptist
Jesus Thanks His Father
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;26yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.27All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28 “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Psalm a Day - Psalm 106:16-33
106. Psalm 106
16
They were jealous of Moses in the camp,
and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the faction of Abiram.
18
Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.
19
They made a calf at Horeb
and worshiped a cast image.
20
They exchanged the glory of God
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
21
They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22
wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23
Therefore he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
24
Then they despised the pleasant land,
having no faith in his promise.
25
They grumbled in their tents,
and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
26
Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27
and would disperse their descendants among the nations,
scattering them over the lands.
28
Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
29
they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30
Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,
and the plague was stopped.
31
And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.
32
They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account;
33
for they made his spirit bitter,
and he spoke words that were rash.