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Daily Light's Evening Reading
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel.—PSA. 16:7.
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor.—Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding, I have strength.—Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.—Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.—Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.—Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.—He knoweth the way that I take.—Man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way?
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.—This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Isa. 9:6. -Prov. 8:14. -Psa. 119:105. -Prov. 3:5,6.Jer. 10:23. -Isa. 30:21. -Prov. 16:3. -Job 23:10. -Prov. 20:24.Psa. 73:24. -Psa. 48:14.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts.”
2 Kings 3:16,17
The armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was a case of human helplessness: not a drop of water could all the valiant men procure from the skies or find in the wells of earth. Thus often the people of the Lord are at their wits’ end; they see the vanity of the creature, and learn experimentally where their help is to be found. Still the people were to make a believing preparation for the divine blessing; they were to dig the trenches in which the precious liquid would be held. The church must by her varied agencies, efforts, and prayers, make herself ready to be blessed; she must make the pools, and the Lord will fill them. This must be done in faith, in the full assurance that the blessing is about to descend. By-and-by there was a singular bestowal of the needed boon. Not as in Elijah’s case did the shower pour from the clouds, but in a silent and mysterious manner the pools were filled. The Lord has his own sovereign modes of action: he is not tied to manner and time as we are, but doeth as he pleases among the sons of men. It is ours thankfully to receive from him, and not to dictate to him. We must also notice the remarkable abundance of the supply—there was enough for the need of all. And so it is in the gospel blessing; all the wants of the congregation and of the entire church shall be met by the divine power in answer to prayer; and above all this, victory shall be speedily given to the armies of the Lord.
What am I doing for Jesus? What trenches am I digging? O Lord, make me ready to receive the blessing which thou art so willing to bestow.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Leviticus 12
12. Purification after Childbirth
Purification of Women after Childbirth
12
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:2Speak to the people of Israel, saying:
If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be ceremonially unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.3On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.4Her time of blood purification shall be thirty-three days; she shall not touch any holy thing, or come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification are completed.5If she bears a female child, she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation; her time of blood purification shall be sixty-six days.
6 When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.7He shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement on her behalf; then she shall be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, male or female.8If she cannot afford a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf, and she shall be clean.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 6:1-6
6. Lawsuits Among Believers
Lawsuits among Believers
6
When any of you has a grievance against another, do you dare to take it to court before the unrighteous, instead of taking it before the saints?2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?3Do you not know that we are to judge angels—to say nothing of ordinary matters?4If you have ordinary cases, then, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?5I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to decide between one believer and another,6but a believer goes to court against a believer—and before unbelievers at that?
Psalm a Day - Psalm 105:1-15
105. Psalm 105
Psalm 105
God’s Faithfulness to Israel
1
O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples.
2
Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wonderful works.
3
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4
Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually.
5
Remember the wonderful works he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he has uttered,
6
O offspring of his servant Abraham,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7
He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8
He is mindful of his covenant forever,
of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9
the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
10
which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11
saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance.”
12
When they were few in number,
of little account, and strangers in it,
13
wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14
he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,
15
saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;
do my prophets no harm.”