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Daily Light's Morning Reading
It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell.—COL. 1:19.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.—God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.—Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.—By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.—And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.—Of his fulness have all we received.
John 3:35. -Phi. 2:9-11. -Eph. 1:21. -Col. 1:16.Rom. 14:9. -Col. 2:10. -John 1:16.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“I will help thee, saith the Lord.”
Isaiah 41:14
This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: “I will help thee.” “It is but a small thing for me, thy God, to help thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not help thee? Why, I bought thee with my blood. What! not help thee? I have died for thee; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee! It is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began I chose thee. I made the covenant for thee. I laid aside my glory and became a man for thee; I gave up my life for thee; and if I did all this, I will surely help thee now. In helping thee, I am giving thee what I have bought for thee already. If thou hadst need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it thee; thou requirest little compared with what I am ready to give. 'Tis much for thee to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. ‘Help thee?’ Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of thy granary asking for help, it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy wheat; and thou art nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all-sufficiency. ‘I will help thee.’”
O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste, gather up thy wants, and bring them here—thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. Behold, this river of God is full for thy supply; what canst thou desire beside? Go forth, my soul, in this thy might. The Eternal God is thine helper!
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“Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismay'd! I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid.” |
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Haggai 1
1. Call to Build the House of the Lord
The Command to Rebuild the Temple
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In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:2Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.3Then the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:4Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?5Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.6You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.8Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord.9You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.10Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.11And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and animals, and on all their labors.
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the Lord.13Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, saying, I am with you, says the Lord.14And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,15on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month.
New Testament in Four Years - Acts 27:27-38
27. Paul Sails For Rome
27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.28So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.29Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.30But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and set it adrift.
33 Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.34Therefore I urge you to take some food, for it will help you survive; for none of you will lose a hair from your heads.”35After he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat.36Then all of them were encouraged and took food for themselves.37(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons in the ship.)38After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 149
149. Psalm 149
Psalm 149
Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel
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Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
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Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
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Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.
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For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory.
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Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their couches.
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Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,
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to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
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to bind their kings with fetters
and their nobles with chains of iron,
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to execute on them the judgment decreed.
This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!