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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.—COL. 3:1.
Get wisdom, get understanding.—The wisdom that is from above.—The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.—We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.—God . . . hath quickened us together with Christ, . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.—Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness.
Prov. 4:5. -Jas. 3:17. -Job 28:14. -Rom. 6:4,5.Heb. 12:1. -Eph. 2:4-6.Heb. 11:14. -Zeph. 2:3.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“And when he thought thereon, he wept.”
Mark 14:72
It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise: “Though all men shall forsake thee, yet will not I.” We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance. When we think of what we vowed we would be, and of what we have been, we may weep whole showers of grief. He thought on his denying his Lord. The place in which he did it, the little cause which led him into such heinous sin, the oaths and blasphemies with which he sought to confirm his falsehood, and the dreadful hardness of heart which drove him to do so again and yet again. Can we, when we are reminded of our sins, and their exceeding sinfulness, remain stolid and stubborn? Will we not make our house a Bochim, and cry unto the Lord for renewed assurances of pardoning love? May we never take a dry-eyed look at sin, lest ere long we have a tongue parched in the flames of hell. Peter also thought upon his Master's look of love. The Lord followed up the cock’s warning voice with an admonitory look of sorrow, pity, and love. That glance was never out of Peter’s mind so long as he lived. It was far more effectual than ten thousand sermons would have been without the Spirit. The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when he recollected the Saviour’s full forgiveness, which restored him to his former place. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Isaiah 11
11. Branch From Jesse
The Peaceful Kingdom
11
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
2
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide by what his ears hear;
4
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
5
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
6
The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
7
The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
9
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
Return of the Remnant of Israel and Judah
10 On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
11 On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
12
He will raise a signal for the nations,
and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13
The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
the hostility of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not be hostile towards Ephraim.
14
But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west,
together they shall plunder the people of the east.
They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites shall obey them.
15
And the Lord will utterly destroy
the tongue of the sea of Egypt;
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind;
and will split it into seven channels,
and make a way to cross on foot;
16
so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 10
10. Psalm 10
Psalm 10
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
1
Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
3
For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart,
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.
4
In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5
Their ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
as for their foes, they scoff at them.
6
They think in their heart, “We shall not be moved;
throughout all generations we shall not meet adversity.”
7
Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.
8
They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9
they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.
10
They stoop, they crouch,
and the helpless fall by their might.
11
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
12
Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.
13
Why do the wicked renounce God,
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
14
But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.
15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
seek out their wickedness until you find none.
16
The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations shall perish from his land.
17
O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear
18
to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.