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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Hope maketh not ashamed.—ROM. 5:5.
I am the Lord: . . . they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.—Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.—Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.—My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.—I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed.
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us; which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus.
Isa. 49:23. -Jer. 17:7. -Isa. 26:3,4. -Psa. 62:5,6. -II Tim. 1:12.Heb. 6:17-20.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“I have exalted one chosen out of the people.”
Psalm 89:19
Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, “I have a Brother in heaven; I may be poor, but I have a Brother who is rich, and is a King, and will he suffer me to want while he is on his throne? Oh, no! He loves me; he is my Brother.” Believer, wear this blessed thought, like a necklace of diamonds, around the neck of thy memory; put it, as a golden ring, on the finger of recollection, and use it as the King’s own seal, stamping the petitions of thy faith with confidence of success. He is a brother born for adversity, treat him as such.
Christ was also chosen out of the people that he might know our wants and sympathize with us. “He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin.” In all our sorrows we have his sympathy. Temptation, pain, disappointment, weakness, weariness, poverty—he knows them all, for he has felt all. Remember this, Christian, and let it comfort thee. However difficult and painful thy road, it is marked by the footsteps of thy Saviour; and even when thou reachest the dark valley of the shadow of death, and the deep waters of the swelling Jordan, thou wilt find his footprints there. In all places whithersoever we go, he has been our forerunner; each burden we have to carry, has once been laid on the shoulders of Immanuel.
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“His way was much rougher and darker than mine Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine?” |
Take courage! Royal feet have left a blood-red track upon the road, and consecrated the thorny path forever.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Zechariah 6
6. Four Chariots
Eighth Vision: Four Chariots
6
And again I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.2The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,3the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled gray horses.4Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”5The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.6The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.”7When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.8Then he cried out to me, “Lo, those who go toward the north country have set my spirit at rest in the north country.”
The Coronation of the Branch
9 The word of the Lord came to me:10Collect silver and gold from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—who have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.11Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak;12say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch: for he shall branch out in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.13It is he that shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear royal honor, and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.14And the crown shall be in the care of Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
15 Those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.
New Testament in Four Years - Romans 1:8-13
1. God's Wrath Against Mankind
Prayer of Thanksgiving
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.9For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers,10asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.11For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—12or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.13I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 6
6. Psalm 6
Psalm 6
Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness
To the leader: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1
O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger,
or discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
3
My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?
4
Turn, O Lord, save my life;
deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you praise?
6
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7
My eyes waste away because of grief;
they grow weak because of all my foes.
8
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9
The Lord has heard my supplication;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10
All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror;
they shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.