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Daily Light's Morning Reading
How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee!—PSA. 31:19.
Since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.—Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit.—Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Isa. 64:4. -I Cor. 2:9,10. -Psa. 16:11.Psa. 36:7-9.I Tim. 4:8.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Forsake me not, O Lord.”
Psalm 38:21
Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without his constant upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in temptation, we alike need the prayer, “Forsake me not, O Lord.” “Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.” A little child, while learning to walk, always needs the nurse’s aid. The ship left by the pilot drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without continued aid from above; let it then be your prayer today, “Forsake me not. Father, forsake not thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not thy lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake not thy plant, lest it wither and die. ‘Forsake me not, O Lord,’ now; and forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me not in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my sorrows, lest I murmur against thee. Forsake me not in the day of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for without thee I am weak, but with thee I am strong. Forsake me not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot do without thy guidance. The hen forsakes not her brood; do thou then evermore cover me with thy feathers, and permit me under thy wings to find my refuge. ‘Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.’ ‘Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!’”
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“O ever in our cleansed breast, Bid thine Eternal Spirit rest; And make our secret soul to be A temple pure and worthy thee.” |
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Leviticus 21
21. Rules for the Priests
The Holiness of Priests
21
The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:
No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,2except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother;3likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.4But he shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.5They shall not make bald spots upon their heads, or shave off the edges of their beards, or make any gashes in their flesh.6They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the Lord’s offerings by fire, the food of their God; therefore they shall be holy.7They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,8and you shall treat them as holy, since they offer the food of your God; they shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, I who sanctify you, am holy.9When the daughter of a priest profanes herself through prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned to death.
10 The priest who is exalted above his fellows, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the vestments, shall not dishevel his hair, nor tear his vestments.11He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.12He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.13He shall marry only a woman who is a virgin.14A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute, these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own kin,15that he may not profane his offspring among his kin; for I am the Lord; I sanctify him.
16 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:17Speak to Aaron and say: No one of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the food of his God.18For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, one who is blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,19or one who has a broken foot or a broken hand,20or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a blemish in his eyes or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.22He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.23But he shall not come near the curtain or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the Lord; I sanctify them.24Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
7. Sexual Immorality and Marriage
32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord;33but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife,34and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.35I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 108
108. Psalm 108
Psalm 108
Praise and Prayer for Victory
A Song. A Psalm of David.
1
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make melody.
Awake, my soul!
2
Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn.
3
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples,
and I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4
For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let your glory be over all the earth.
6
Give victory with your right hand, and answer me,
so that those whom you love may be rescued.
7
God has promised in his sanctuary:
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem,
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
8
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
9
Moab is my washbasin;
on Edom I hurl my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10
Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11
Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12
O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13
With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.