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Daily Light's Evening Reading

Fellowship in the gospel.PHI. 1:5.

As the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.—That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.—These words spake Jesus. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.

I Cor. 12:12,13.I Cor. 1:9. -I John 1:3.I John 1:7. -John 17:1,20,21.

Spurgeon's Evening Reading

“And he requested for himself that he might die.”

1 Kings 19:4

It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that he should not see death—should thus pray, “Let me die, I am no better than my fathers.” We have here a memorable proof that God does not always answer prayer in kind, though he always does in effect. He gave Elias something better than that which he asked for, and thus really heard and answered him. Strange was it that the lion-hearted Elijah should be so depressed by Jezebel’s threat as to ask to die, and blessedly kind was it on the part of our heavenly Father that he did not take his desponding servant at his word. There is a limit to the doctrine of the prayer of faith. We are not to expect that God will give us everything we choose to ask for. We know that we sometimes ask, and do not receive, because we ask amiss. If we ask for that which is not promised—if we run counter to the spirit which the Lord would have us cultivate—if we ask contrary to his will, or to the decrees of his providence—if we ask merely for the gratification of our own ease, and without an eye to his glory, we must not expect that we shall receive. Yet, when we ask in faith, nothing doubting, if we receive not the precise thing asked for, we shall receive an equivalent, and more than an equivalent, for it. As one remarks, “If the Lord does not pay in silver, he will in gold; and if he does not pay in gold, he will in diamonds.” If he does not give you precisely what you ask for, he will give you that which is tantamount to it, and that which you will greatly rejoice to receive in lieu thereof. Be then, dear reader, much in prayer, and make this evening a season of earnest intercession, but take heed what you ask.

Old Testament Chapter a Day - Leviticus 15

Leviticus 15

15. Discharges Causing Uncleanness

Concerning Bodily Discharges

15

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:2Speak to the people of Israel and say to them:

When any man has a discharge from his member, his discharge makes him ceremonially unclean.3The uncleanness of his discharge is this: whether his member flows with his discharge, or his member is stopped from discharging, it is uncleanness for him.4Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.5Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.6All who sit on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.7All who touch the body of the one with the discharge shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.8If the one with the discharge spits on persons who are clean, then they shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.9Any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.10All who touch anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening, and all who carry such a thing shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.11All those whom the one with the discharge touches without his having rinsed his hands in water shall wash their clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.12Any earthen vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

13 When the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, he shall count seven days for his cleansing; he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in fresh water, and he shall be clean.14On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.15The priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord for his discharge.

16 If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.17Everything made of cloth or of skin on which the semen falls shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.18If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

19 When a woman has a discharge of blood that is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.20Everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.21Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.22Whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening;23whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.24If any man lies with her, and her impurity falls on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25 If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.26Every bed on which she lies during all the days of her discharge shall be treated as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.27Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.28If she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean.29On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.30The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the Lord for her unclean discharge.

31 Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.

32 This is the ritual for those who have a discharge: for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby,33for her who is in the infirmity of her period, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.

New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

1 Corinthians 6:18-20

6. Lawsuits Among Believers

18Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself.19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?20For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

 

Psalm a Day - Psalm 106:1-15

Psalm 106:1-15

106. Psalm 106

Psalm 106

A Confession of Israel’s Sins

1

Praise the Lord!

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever.

2

Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord,

or declare all his praise?

3

Happy are those who observe justice,

who do righteousness at all times.

 

4

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;

help me when you deliver them;

5

that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,

that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,

that I may glory in your heritage.

 

6

Both we and our ancestors have sinned;

we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.

7

Our ancestors, when they were in Egypt,

did not consider your wonderful works;

they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,

but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

8

Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,

so that he might make known his mighty power.

9

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry;

he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10

So he saved them from the hand of the foe,

and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

11

The waters covered their adversaries;

not one of them was left.

12

Then they believed his words;

they sang his praise.

 

13

But they soon forgot his works;

they did not wait for his counsel.

14

But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,

and put God to the test in the desert;

15

he gave them what they asked,

but sent a wasting disease among them.

 

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