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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins: and in him is no sin.—I JOHN 3:5.
God, . . . hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.—He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold; . . . but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.—The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“And of his fulness have all we received.”
John 1:16
These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for “in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead.” There is a fulness of perfect manhood, for in him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fulness of atoning efficacy in his blood, for “the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” There is a fulness of justifying righteousness in his life, for “there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.” There is a fulness of divine prevalence in his plea, for “He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by him; seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” There is a fulness of victory in his death, for through death he destroyed him that had the power of death, that is the devil. There is a fulness of efficacy in his resurrection from the dead, for by it “we are begotten again unto a lively hope.” There is a fulness of triumph in his ascension, for “when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and received gifts for men.” There is a fulness of blessings of every sort and shape; a fulness of grace to pardon, of grace to regenerate, of grace to sanctify, of grace to preserve, and of grace to perfect. There is a fulness at all times; a fulness of comfort in affliction; a fulness of guidance in prosperity. A fulness of every divine attribute, of wisdom, of power, of love; a fulness which it were impossible to survey, much less to explore. “It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.” Oh, what a fulness must this be of which all receive! Fulness, indeed, must there be when the stream is always flowing, and yet the well springs up as free, as rich, as full as ever. Come, believer, and get all thy need supplied; ask largely, and thou shalt receive largely, for this “fulness” is inexhaustible, and is treasured up where all the needy may reach it, even in Jesus, Immanuel—God with us.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Zechariah 10
10. The Lord Will Care for Judah
Restoration of Judah and Israel
10
Ask rain from the Lord
in the season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,
who gives showers of rain to you,
the vegetation in the field to everyone.
2
For the teraphim utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
the dreamers tell false dreams,
and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer for lack of a shepherd.
3
My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;
for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his proud war-horse.
4
Out of them shall come the cornerstone,
out of them the tent peg,
out of them the battle bow,
out of them every commander.
5
Together they shall be like warriors in battle,
trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight, for the Lord is with them,
and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
6
I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them;
for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
7
Then the people of Ephraim shall become like warriors,
and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and rejoice,
their hearts shall exult in the Lord.
8
I will signal for them and gather them in,
for I have redeemed them,
and they shall be as numerous as they were before.
9
Though I scattered them among the nations,
yet in far countries they shall remember me,
and they shall rear their children and return.
10
I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,
and gather them from Assyria;
I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,
until there is no room for them.
11
They shall pass through the sea of distress,
and the waves of the sea shall be struck down,
and all the depths of the Nile dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
12
I will make them strong in the Lord,
and they shall walk in his name,
says the Lord.
New Testament in Four Years - Romans 1:26-32
1. God's Wrath Against Mankind
26 For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural,27and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done.29They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,31foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.32They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die—yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 10
10. Psalm 10
Psalm 10
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
1
Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
3
For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart,
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.
4
In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5
Their ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
as for their foes, they scoff at them.
6
They think in their heart, “We shall not be moved;
throughout all generations we shall not meet adversity.”
7
Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.
8
They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9
they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.
10
They stoop, they crouch,
and the helpless fall by their might.
11
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
12
Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.
13
Why do the wicked renounce God,
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
14
But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.
15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.
16
The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations shall perish from his land.
17
O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear
18
to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.