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Daily Light's Morning Reading
I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.—ZECH. 3:4.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.—We are all as an unclean thing.—I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.—Ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.—Not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but . . . the righteousness which is of God by faith.
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him.—The fine linen is the righteousness of saints.—I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.
Psa. 32:1. -Isa. 64:6. -Rom. 7:18.Gal. 3:27. -Col. 3:9,10. -Phi. 3:9.Luke 15:22. -Rev. 19:8. -Isa. 61:10.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Forget not all His benefits.”
Psalm 103:2
It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe his goodness in delivering them, his mercy in pardoning them, and his faithfulness in keeping his covenant with them. But would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to remark the hand of God in our own lives? Ought we not to look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of his goodness and of his truth, as much a proof of his faithfulness and veracity, as the lives of any of the saints who have gone before? We do our Lord an injustice when we suppose that he wrought all his mighty acts, and showed himself strong for those in the early time, but doth not perform wonders or lay bare his arm for the saints who are now upon the earth. Let us review our own lives. Surely in these we may discover some happy incidents, refreshing to ourselves and glorifying to our God. Have you had no deliverances? Have you passed through no rivers, supported by the divine presence? Have you walked through no fires unharmed? Have you had no manifestations? Have you had no choice favours? The God who gave Solomon the desire of his heart, hath he never listened to you and answered your requests? That God of lavish bounty of whom David sang, “Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things,” hath he never satiated you with fatness? Have you never been made to lie down in green pastures? Have you never been led by the still waters? Surely the goodness of God has been the same to us as to the saints of old. Let us, then, weave his mercies into a song. Let us take the pure gold of thankfulness, and the jewels of praise and make them into another crown for the head of Jesus. Let our souls give forth music as sweet and as exhilarating as came from David’s harp, while we praise the Lord whose mercy endureth forever.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Ecclesiastes 10
10. Wisdom Better Than Folly
Miscellaneous Observations
10
Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of a fool to the left.
3
Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense,
and show to everyone that they are fools.
4
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post,
for calmness will undo great offenses.
5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler:6folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.7I have seen slaves on horseback, and princes walking on foot like slaves.
8
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;
and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
9
Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them;
and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
10
If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge,
then more strength must be exerted;
but wisdom helps one to succeed.
11
If the snake bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage in a charmer.
12
Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,
but the lips of fools consume them.
13
The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,
and their talk ends in wicked madness;
14
yet fools talk on and on.
No one knows what is to happen,
and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
15
The toil of fools wears them out,
for they do not even know the way to town.
16
Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant,
and your princes feast in the morning!
17
Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18
Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.
19
Feasts are made for laughter;
wine gladdens life,
and money meets every need.
20
Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
for a bird of the air may carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 139
139. Psalm 139
Psalm 139
The Inescapable God
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1
O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
2
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
3
You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4
Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely.
5
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is so high that I cannot attain it.
7
Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
8
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
9
If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.
11
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light around me become night,”
12
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
15
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
17
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18
I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
I come to the end—I am still with you.
19
O that you would kill the wicked, O God,
and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me—
20
those who speak of you maliciously,
and lift themselves up against you for evil!
21
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22
I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
24
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.