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Daily Light's Morning Reading
The kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods . . . to every man according to his several ability.—MATT. 25:14,15.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey?
All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.—As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.—It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. —Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have commited much, of him they will ask the more.
Who is sufficient for these things?—I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Rom. 6:16.I Cor. 12:11,7. -I Pet. 4:10. -I Cor. 4:2. -Luke 12:48.II Cor. 2:16. -Phi. 4:13.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Jesus said unto them, If ye seek me, let these go their way.”
John 18:8
Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in his hour of trial, towards the sheep of his hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns himself to the enemy, but he interposes a word of power to set his disciples free. As to himself, like a sheep before her shearers he is dumb and opened not his mouth, but for his disciples’ sake he speaks with almighty energy. Herein is love, constant, self-forgetting, faithful love. But is there not far more here than is to be found upon the surface? Have we not the very soul and spirit of the atonement in these words? The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, and pleads that they must therefore go free. The Surety is bound, and justice demands that those for whom he stands a substitute should go their way. In the midst of Egypt’s bondage, that voice rings as a word of power, “Let these go their way.” Out of slavery of sin and Satan the redeemed must come. In every cell of the dungeons of Despair, the sound is echoed, “Let these go their way,” and forth come Despondency and Much-afraid. Satan hears the well-known voice, and lifts his foot from the neck of the fallen; and Death hears it, and the grave opens her gates to let the dead arise. Their way is one of progress, holiness, triumph, glory, and none shall dare to stay them in it. No lion shall be on their way, neither shall any ravenous beast go up thereon. “The hind of the morning” has drawn the cruel hunters upon himself, and now the most timid roes and hinds of the field may graze at perfect peace among the lilies of his loves. The thunder-cloud has burst over the Cross of Calvary, and the pilgrims of Zion shall never be smitten by the bolts of vengeance. Come, my heart, rejoice in the immunity which thy Redeemer has secured thee, and bless his name all the day, and every day.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Exodus 1
1. The Israelites Oppressed
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These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.5The total number of people born to Jacob was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt.6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and that whole generation.7But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
The Israelites Are Oppressed
8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.9He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we.10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.13The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites,14and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,16“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live.”17But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and allowed the boys to live?”19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”20So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every boy that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.”
New Testament in Four Years - Romans 11:11-16
11. The Remnant of Israel
The Salvation of the Gentiles
11 So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.12Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry14in order to make my own people jealous, and thus save some of them.15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead!16If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; and if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 63
63. Psalm 63
Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
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O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
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Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
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So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
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My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips
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when I think of you on my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
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for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
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My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
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But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
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they shall be given over to the power of the sword,
they shall be prey for jackals.
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But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.