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Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.PSA. 119:28.

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou has caused me to hope.—O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.—Ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.—Be strong, . . . and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.—Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Psa. 119:49. -Isa. 38:14.Luke 21:33. -Josh. 23:14.Dan. 10:19.Hag. 2:4. -Zech. 4:6.Eph. 6:10.

Spurgeon's Evening Reading

“And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”

Ruth 2:14

Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host, no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals; our heart is content with Jesus, as the altogether lovely object of affection; our hope is satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus? and our desire is satiated, for what can we wish for more than “to know Christ and to be found in him?” Jesus fills our conscience till it is at perfect peace; our judgment with persuasion of the certainty of his teachings; our memory with recollections of what he has done, and our imagination with the prospects of what he is yet to do. As Ruth was “sufficed, and left,” so is it with us. We have had deep draughts; we have thought that we could take in all of Christ; but when we have done our best we have had to leave a vast remainder. We have sat at the table of the Lord’s love, and said, “Nothing but the infinite can ever satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite merit to wash my sin away;” but we have had our sin removed, and found that there was merit to spare; we have had our hunger relieved at the feast of sacred love, and found that there was a redundance of spiritual meat remaining. There are certain sweet things in the Word of God which we have not enjoyed yet, and which we are obliged to leave for awhile; for we are like the disciples to whom Jesus said, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” Yes, there are graces to which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to Christ which we have not reached; and heights of communion which our feet have not climbed. At every banquet of love there are many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of our glorious Boaz.

Old Testament Chapter a Day - Genesis 44

Genesis 44

44. Silver Cup in a Sack

Joseph Detains Benjamin

44

Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the top of his sack.2Put my cup, the silver cup, in the top of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.4When they had gone only a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, “Go, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you returned evil for good? Why have you stolen my silver cup?5Is it not from this that my lord drinks? Does he not indeed use it for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’ ”

6 When he overtook them, he repeated these words to them.7They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!8Look, the money that we found at the top of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; why then would we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?9Should it be found with any one of your servants, let him die; moreover the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”10He said, “Even so; in accordance with your words, let it be: he with whom it is found shall become my slave, but the rest of you shall go free.”11Then each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.12He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.13At this they tore their clothes. Then each one loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house while he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.15Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one such as I can practice divination?”16And Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; here we are then, my lord’s slaves, both we and also the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”17But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

Judah Pleads for Benjamin’s Release

18 Then Judah stepped up to him and said, “O my lord, let your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.19My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a brother?’20And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’21Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’22We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’23Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’24When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord.25And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’26we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother goes with us, will we go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’27Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;28one left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces; and I have never seen him since.29If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’30Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,31when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.32For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’33Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers.34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”

New Testament in Four Years - Romans 9:30-33

Romans 9:30-33

9. God's Sovereign Choice

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;31but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.32Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,33as it is written,

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall,

and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Psalm a Day - Psalm 56

Psalm 56

56. Psalm 56

Psalm 56

Trust in God under Persecution

To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1

Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;

all day long foes oppress me;

2

my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many fight against me.

O Most High,3when I am afraid,

I put my trust in you.

4

In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I am not afraid;

what can flesh do to me?

 

5

All day long they seek to injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6

They stir up strife, they lurk,

they watch my steps.

As they hoped to have my life,

7

so repay them for their crime;

in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

 

8

You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your record?

9

Then my enemies will retreat

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

10

In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11

in God I trust; I am not afraid.

What can a mere mortal do to me?

 

12

My vows to you I must perform, O God;

I will render thank offerings to you.

13

For you have delivered my soul from death,

and my feet from falling,

so that I may walk before God

in the light of life.

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