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Daily Light's Evening Reading
Thou compassest my path and my lying down.—PSA. 139:3.
Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only, makest me dwell in safety.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.—When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.—So he giveth his beloved sleep.
Gen. 28:16,17.II Chr. 16:9.Psa. 4:8.Psa. 91:9-11. -Prov. 3:24. -Psa. 127:2.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“Straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.”
Mark 1:18
When they heard the call of Jesus, Simon and Andrew obeyed at once without demur. If we would always, punctually and with resolute zeal, put in practice what we hear upon the spot, or at the first fit occasion, our attendance at the means of grace, and our reading of good books, could not fail to enrich us spiritually. He will not lose his loaf who has taken care at once to eat it, neither can he be deprived of the benefit of the doctrine who has already acted upon it. Most readers and hearers become moved so far as to purpose to amend; but, alas! the proposal is a blossom which has not been knit, and therefore no fruit comes of it; they wait, they waver, and then they forget, till, like the ponds in nights of frost, when the sun shines by day, they are only thawed in time to be frozen again. That fatal to-morrow is blood-red with the murder of fair resolutions; it is the slaughter-house of the innocents. We are very concerned that our little book of “Evening Readings” should not be fruitless, and therefore we pray that readers may not be readers only, but doers, of the word. The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it. Should the reader be impressed with any duty while perusing these pages, let him hasten to fulfil it before the holy glow has departed from his soul, and let him leave his nets, and all that he has, sooner than be found rebellious to the Master’s call. Do not give place to the devil by delay! Haste while opportunity and quickening are in happy conjunction. Do not be caught in your own nets, but break the meshes of worldliness, and away where glory calls you. Happy is the writer who shall meet with readers resolved to carry out his teachings: his harvest shall be a hundredfold, and his Master shall have great honour. Would to God that such might be our reward upon these brief meditations and hurried hints. Grant it, O Lord, unto thy servant!
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Numbers 19
19. Water of Cleansing
Ceremony of the Red Heifer
19
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:2This is a statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish and on which no yoke has been laid.3You shall give it to the priest Eleazar, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.4The priest Eleazar shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times towards the front of the tent of meeting.5Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.6The priest shall take cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson material, and throw them into the fire in which the heifer is burning.7Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he may come into the camp; but the priest shall remain unclean until evening.8The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water; he shall remain unclean until evening.9Then someone who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for the water for cleansing. It is a purification offering.10The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
This shall be a perpetual statute for the Israelites and for the alien residing among them.11Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.12They shall purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean; but if they do not purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day, they will not become clean.13All who touch a corpse, the body of a human being who has died, and do not purify themselves, defile the tabernacle of the Lord; such persons shall be cut off from Israel. Since water for cleansing was not dashed on them, they remain unclean; their uncleanness is still on them.
14 This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.15And every open vessel with no cover fastened on it is unclean.16Whoever in the open field touches one who has been killed by a sword, or who has died naturally, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.17For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt purification offering, and running water shall be added in a vessel;18then a clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the furnishings, on the persons who were there, and on whoever touched the bone, the slain, the corpse, or the grave.19The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean ones on the third day and on the seventh day, thus purifying them on the seventh day. Then they shall wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water, and at evening they shall be clean.20Any who are unclean but do not purify themselves, those persons shall be cut off from the assembly, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water for cleansing has not been dashed on them, they are unclean.
21 It shall be a perpetual statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water for cleansing shall wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for cleansing shall be unclean until evening.22Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 14:6-12
14. Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues
6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you in some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?7It is the same way with lifeless instruments that produce sound, such as the flute or the harp. If they do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is being played?8And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?9So with yourselves; if in a tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.10There are doubtless many different kinds of sounds in the world, and nothing is without sound.11If then I do not know the meaning of a sound, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.12So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for building up the church.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 122
122. Psalm 122
Psalm 122
Song of Praise and Prayer for Jerusalem
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
2
Our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly together.
4
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5
For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
the thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7
Peace be within your walls,
and security within your towers.”
8
For the sake of my relatives and friends
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.