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Daily Light's Morning Reading
My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.—EXO. 33:14.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. The Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.—Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.—In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.—Our sufficiency is of God.
Lead us not into temptation.—O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.—My times are in thy hand.
Deut. 31:6,8. -Josh. 1:9. -Prov. 3:6.Heb. 13:5,6. -II Cor. 3:5.Matt. 6:13. -Jer. 10:23. -Psa. 31:15.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Sanctified by God the Father.”
Jude 1
“Sanctified in Christ Jesus.”
1 Corinthians 1:2
“Through sanctification of the Spirit.”
1 Peter 1:2
Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of Jesus as if he were the embodiment of everything lovely and gracious, while the Father they regard as severely just, but destitute of kindness. Equally wrong are those who magnify the decree of the Father, and the atonement of the Son, so as to depreciate the work of the Spirit. In deeds of grace none of the Persons of the Trinity act apart from the rest. They are as united in their deeds as in their essence. In their love towards the chosen they are one, and in the actions which flow from that great central source they are still undivided. Specially notice this in the matter of sanctification. While we may without mistake speak of sanctification as the work of the Spirit, yet we must take heed that we do not view it as if the Father and the Son had no part therein. It is correct to speak of sanctification as the work of the Father, of the Son, and of the Spirit. Still doth Jehovah say, “Let us make man in our own image after our likeness,” and thus we are “his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” See the value which God sets upon real holiness, since the Three Persons in the Trinity are represented as co-working to produce a Church without “spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.” And you, believer, as the follower of Christ, must also set a high value on holiness—upon purity of life and godliness of conversation. Value the blood of Christ as the foundation of your hope, but never speak disparagingly of the work of the Spirit which is your meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. This day let us so live as to manifest the work of the Triune God in us.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Deuteronomy 5
5. The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
5
Moses convened all Israel, and said to them:
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing to you today; you shall learn them and observe them diligently.2The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.3Not with our ancestors did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.4The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the fire.5(At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to declare to you the words of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;7you shall have no other gods before me.
8 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me,10but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
12 Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.13Six days you shall labor and do all your work.14But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
17 You shall not murder.
18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
19 Neither shall you steal.
20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.
21 Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife.
Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Moses the Mediator of God’s Will
22 These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.23When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders;24and you said, “Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.25So now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die.26For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and remained alive?27Go near, you yourself, and hear all that the Lord our God will say. Then tell us everything that the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and do it.”
28 The Lord heard your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: “I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you; they are right in all that they have spoken.29If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!30Go say to them, ‘Return to your tents.’31But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes and the ordinances, that you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.”32You must therefore be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left.33You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.
New Testament in Four Years - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11
2. Paul's Change of Plans
Forgiveness for the Offender
5 But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but to some extent—not to exaggerate it—to all of you.6This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person;7so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.8So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.9I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything.10Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.11And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 144
144. Psalm 144
Psalm 144
Prayer for National Deliverance and Security
Of David.
1
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
2
my rock and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues the peoples under me.
3
O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them,
or mortals that you think of them?
4
They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.
5
Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains so that they smoke.
6
Make the lightning flash and scatter them;
send out your arrows and rout them.
7
Stretch out your hand from on high;
set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters,
from the hand of aliens,
8
whose mouths speak lies,
and whose right hands are false.
9
I will sing a new song to you, O God;
upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
10
the one who gives victory to kings,
who rescues his servant David.
11
Rescue me from the cruel sword,
and deliver me from the hand of aliens,
whose mouths speak lies,
and whose right hands are false.
12
May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars,
cut for the building of a palace.
13
May our barns be filled,
with produce of every kind;
may our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,
14
and may our cattle be heavy with young.
May there be no breach in the walls, no exile,
and no cry of distress in our streets.
15
Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall;
happy are the people whose God is the Lord.