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Daily Light's Morning Reading
The Lord delighteth in thee.—ISA. 62:4.
Thus saith the Lord that created thee, . . . Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.—Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of mine hands: thy walls are continually before me.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.—My delights were with the sons of men.—The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.—They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Isa. 43:1. -Isa. 49:15,16.Psa. 37:23. -Prov. 8:31. -Psa. 147:11. -Mal. 3:17.Col. 1:21,22.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,” refers to works that are possible. There are many things which our heart findeth to do which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart; but if we would be eminently useful, we must not be content with forming schemes in our heart, and talking of them; we must practically carry out “whatsoever our hand findeth to do.” One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we “find to do” day by day. We have no other time in which to live. The past is gone; the future has not arrived; we never shall have any time but time present. Then do not wait until your experience has ripened into maturity before you attempt to serve God. Endeavour now to bring forth fruit. Serve God now, but be careful as to the way in which you perform what you find to do—“do it with thy might.” Do it promptly; do not fritter away your life in thinking of what you intend to do to-morrow as if that could recompense for the idleness of today. No man ever served God by doing things to-morrow. If we honour Christ and are blessed, it is by the things which we do today. Whatever you do for Christ throw your whole soul into it. Do not give Christ a little slurred labour, done as a matter of course now and then; but when you do serve him, do it with heart, and soul, and strength.
But where is the might of a Christian? It is not in himself, for he is perfect weakness. His might lieth in the Lord of Hosts. Then let us seek his help; let us proceed with prayer and faith, and when we have done what our “hand findeth to do,” let us wait upon the Lord for his blessing. What we do thus will be well done, and will not fail in its effect.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Ezekiel 7
7. The End Has Come
Impending Disaster
7
The word of the Lord came to me:2You, O mortal, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:
An end! The end has come
upon the four corners of the land.
3
Now the end is upon you,
I will let loose my anger upon you;
I will judge you according to your ways,
I will punish you for all your abominations.
4
My eye will not spare you, I will have no pity.
I will punish you for your ways,
while your abominations are among you.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus says the Lord God:
Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.
6
An end has come, the end has come.
It has awakened against you; see, it comes!
7
Your doom has come to you,
O inhabitant of the land.
The time has come, the day is near—
of tumult, not of reveling on the mountains.
8
Soon now I will pour out my wrath upon you;
I will spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your ways,
and punish you for all your abominations.
9
My eye will not spare; I will have no pity.
I will punish you according to your ways,
while your abominations are among you.
Then you shall know that it is I the Lord who strike.
10
See, the day! See, it comes!
Your doom has gone out.
The rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
11
Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.
None of them shall remain,
not their abundance, not their wealth;
no pre-eminence among them.
12
The time has come, the day draws near;
let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn,
for wrath is upon all their multitude.
13 For the sellers shall not return to what has been sold as long as they remain alive. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not be revoked. Because of their iniquity, they cannot maintain their lives.
14
They have blown the horn and made everything ready;
but no one goes to battle,
for my wrath is upon all their multitude.
15
The sword is outside, pestilence and famine are inside;
those in the field die by the sword;
those in the city—famine and pestilence devour them.
16
If any survivors escape,
they shall be found on the mountains
like doves of the valleys,
all of them moaning over their iniquity.
17
All hands shall grow feeble,
all knees turn to water.
18
They shall put on sackcloth,
horror shall cover them.
Shame shall be on all faces,
baldness on all their heads.
19
They shall fling their silver into the streets,
their gold shall be treated as unclean.
Their silver and gold cannot save them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.20From their beautiful ornament, in which they took pride, they made their abominable images, their detestable things; therefore I will make of it an unclean thing to them.
21
I will hand it over to strangers as booty,
to the wicked of the earth as plunder;
they shall profane it.
22
I will avert my face from them,
so that they may profane my treasured place;
the violent shall enter it,
they shall profane it.
23
Make a chain!
For the land is full of bloody crimes;
the city is full of violence.
24
I will bring the worst of the nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong,
and their holy places shall be profaned.
25
When anguish comes, they will seek peace,
but there shall be none.
26
Disaster comes upon disaster,
rumor follows rumor;
they shall keep seeking a vision from the prophet;
instruction shall perish from the priest,
and counsel from the elders.
27
The king shall mourn,
the prince shall be wrapped in despair,
and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.
According to their way I will deal with them;
according to their own judgments I will judge them.
And they shall know that I am the Lord.
New Testament in Four Years - Matthew 12:30-32
12. Lord of the Sabbath
30Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.31Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.Psalm a Day - Psalm 108
108. Psalm 108
Psalm 108
Praise and Prayer for Victory
A Song. A Psalm of David.
1
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make melody.
Awake, my soul!
2
Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn.
3
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples,
and I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4
For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let your glory be over all the earth.
6
Give victory with your right hand, and answer me,
so that those whom you love may be rescued.
7
God has promised in his sanctuary:
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem,
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
8
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
9
Moab is my washbasin;
on Edom I hurl my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11
Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12
O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13
With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.