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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.—PROV. 1:33.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.—He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.—His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Your life is hid with Christ in God.—He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.—Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.—God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear.
Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.—Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.—I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Psa. 90:1. -Psa. 91:1. -Psa. 91:4.Col. 3:3. -Zech. 2:8. -Exo. 14:13,14. -Psa. 46:1,2.Matt. 14:27. -Luke 24:38,39. -II Tim. 1:12.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Fellowship with him.”
1 John 1:6
When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with him, that we were made one with him, and his interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with Christ in his love. What he loves we love. He loves the saints—so do we. He loves sinners—so do we. He loves the poor perishing race of man, and pants to see earth’s deserts transformed into the garden of the Lord—so do we. We have fellowship with him in his desires. He desires the glory of God—we also labour for the same. He desires that the saints may be with him where he is—we desire to be with him there too. He desires to drive out sin—behold we fight under his banner. He desires that his Father’s name may be loved and adored by all his creatures—we pray daily, “Let thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven.” We have fellowship with Christ in his sufferings. We are not nailed to the cross, nor do we die a cruel death, but when he is reproached, we are reproached; and a very sweet thing it is to be blamed for his sake, to be despised for following the Master, to have the world against us. The disciple should not be above his Lord. In our measure we commune with him in his labours, ministering to men by the word of truth and by deeds of love. Our meat and our drink, like his, is to do the will of him who hath sent us and to finish his work. We have also fellowship with Christ in his joys. We are happy in his happiness, we rejoice in his exaltation. Have you ever tasted that joy, believer? There is no purer or more thrilling delight to be known this side heaven than that of having Christ’s joy fulfilled in us, that our joy may be full. His glory awaits us to complete our fellowship, for his Church shall sit with him upon his throne, as his well-beloved bride and queen.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Ezekiel 4
4. Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed
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And you, O mortal, take a brick and set it before you. On it portray a city, Jerusalem;2and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a ramp against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.3Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
4 Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it; you shall bear their punishment for the number of the days that you lie there.5For I assign to you a number of days, three hundred ninety days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment; and so you shall bear the punishment of the house of Israel.6When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, one day for each year.7You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and with your arm bared you shall prophesy against it.8See, I am putting cords on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred ninety days, you shall eat it.10The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.11And you shall drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; at fixed times you shall drink.12You shall eat it as a barley-cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.13The Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread, unclean, among the nations to which I will drive them.”14Then I said, “Ah Lord God! I have never defiled myself; from my youth up until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has carrion flesh come into my mouth.”15Then he said to me, “See, I will let you have cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
16 Then he said to me, Mortal, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.17Lacking bread and water, they will look at one another in dismay, and waste away under their punishment.
New Testament in Four Years - Matthew 12:9-14
12. Lord of the Sabbath
The Man with a Withered Hand
9 He left that place and entered their synagogue;10a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.11He said to them, “Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?12How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.”13Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other.14But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 107:1-9
107. Psalm 107
BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)
Psalm 107
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles
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O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever.
2
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
those he redeemed from trouble
3
and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4
Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to an inhabited town;
5
hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
6
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress;
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he led them by a straight way,
until they reached an inhabited town.
8
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.
9
For he satisfies the thirsty,
and the hungry he fills with good things.