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Daily Light's Morning Reading
I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me.—SONG 7:10.
I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.—I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.—Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of then is lost.
The Lord taketh pleasure in his people.—My delights were with the sons of men.—His great love wherewith he loved us.—Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.—Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
II Tim. 1:12. -Rom. 8:38,39. -John 17:12.Psa. 149:4. -Prov. 8:31. -Eph. 2:4. -John 15:13.I Cor. 6:20. -Rom. 14:8.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?”
Jonah 4:9
Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, “Doest thou well to be angry?” It may be that we can answer, “YES.” Very frequently anger is the madman’s firebrand, but sometimes it is Elijah’s fire from heaven. We do well when we are angry with sin, because of the wrong which it commits against our good and gracious God; or with ourselves because we remain so foolish after so much divine instruction; or with others when the sole cause of anger is the evil which they do. He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it. Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it. God himself is angry with the wicked every day, and it is written in His Word, “Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.” Far more frequently it is to be feared that our anger is not commendable or even justifiable, and then we must answer, “NO.” Why should we be fretful with children, passionate with servants, and wrathful with companions? Is such anger honourable to our Christian profession, or glorifying to God? Is it not the old evil heart seeking to gain dominion, and should we not resist it with all the might of our newborn nature? Many professors give way to temper as though it were useless to attempt resistance; but let the believer remember that he must be a conqueror in every point, or else he cannot be crowned. If we cannot control our tempers, what has grace done for us? Some one told Mr. Jay that grace was often grafted on a crab-stump. “Yes,” said he, “but the fruit will not be crabs.” We must not make natural infirmity an excuse for sin, but we must fly to the cross and pray the Lord to crucify our tempers, and renew us in gentleness and meekness after His own image.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Deuteronomy 6
6. Love the Lord
The Great Commandment
6
Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy,2so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life, and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.6Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.7Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.8Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead,9and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Caution against Disobedience
10 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,11houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you have eaten your fill,12take care that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.13The Lord your God you shall fear; him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.14Do not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are all around you,15because the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a jealous God. The anger of the Lord your God would be kindled against you and he would destroy you from the face of the earth.
16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.17You must diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his decrees, and his statutes that he has commanded you.18Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may go in and occupy the good land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give you,19thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.
20 When your children ask you in time to come, “What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?”21then you shall say to your children, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.22The Lord displayed before our eyes great and awesome signs and wonders against Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his household.23He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land that he promised on oath to our ancestors.24Then the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our lasting good, so as to keep us alive, as is now the case.25If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right.”
New Testament in Four Years - 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
2. Paul's Change of Plans
Paul’s Anxiety in Troas
12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;13but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia.
14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;16to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?17For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 145
145. Psalm 145
Psalm 145
The Greatness and the Goodness of God
Praise. Of David.
1
I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2
Every day I will bless you,
and praise your name forever and ever.
3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
4
One generation shall laud your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
5
On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6
The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,
and I will declare your greatness.
7
They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8
The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9
The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made.
10
All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your faithful shall bless you.
11
They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,
and tell of your power,
12
to make known to all people your mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The Lord is faithful in all his words,
and gracious in all his deeds.
14
The Lord upholds all who are falling,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15
The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16
You open your hand,
satisfying the desire of every living thing.
17
The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings.
18
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19
He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
he also hears their cry, and saves them.
20
The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
21
My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.