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Daily Light's Morning Reading
The fruit of the Spirit is . . . faith.—GAL. 5:22.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.—Without faith it is impossible to please him.—He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.—Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.—Faith worketh by love.—Faith without works is dead.
We walk by faith, not by sight.—I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.—Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Eph. 2:8. -Heb. 11:6. -John 3:18. -Mark. 9:24.I John 2:5. -Gal. 5:6. -Jas. 2:20.II Cor. 5:7. -Gal. 2:20. -I Pet. 1:8,9.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn.”
Ruth 2:2
Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean today in the broad field of promise. Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take this one: “He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.” Doth not that suit thy case? A reed, helpless, insignificant, and weak, a bruised reed, out of which no music can come; weaker than weakness itself; a reed, and that reed bruised, yet, he will not break thee; but on the contrary, will restore and strengthen thee. Thou art like the smoking flax: no light, no warmth, can come from thee; but he will not quench thee; he will blow with his sweet breath of mercy till he fans thee to a flame. Wouldst thou glean another ear? “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” What soft words! Thy heart is tender, and the Master knows it, and therefore he speaketh so gently to thee. Wilt thou not obey him, and come to him even now? Take another ear of corn: “Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” How canst thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this? Thou mayest gather ten thousand such golden ears as these! “I have blotted out thy sins like a cloud, and like a thick cloud thy transgressions.” Or this, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Or this, “The Spirit and the Bride say, Come, and let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely.” Our Master’s field is very rich; behold the handfuls. See, there they lie before thee, poor timid believer! Gather them up, make them thine own, for Jesus bids thee take them. Be not afraid, only believe! Grasp these sweet promises, thresh them out by meditation and feed on them with joy.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Isaiah 13
13. Prophecy Against Babylon
Proclamation against Babylon
13
The oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw.
2
On a bare hill raise a signal,
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3
I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
have summoned my warriors, my proudly exulting ones,
to execute my anger.
4
Listen, a tumult on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
The Lord of hosts is mustering
an army for battle.
5
They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole earth.
6
Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty!
7
Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt,
8
and they will be dismayed.
Pangs and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
9
See, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the earth a desolation,
and to destroy its sinners from it.
10
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
11
I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant,
and lay low the insolence of tyrants.
12
I will make mortals more rare than fine gold,
and humans than the gold of Ophir.
13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
in the day of his fierce anger.
14
Like a hunted gazelle,
or like sheep with no one to gather them,
all will turn to their own people,
and all will flee to their own lands.
15
Whoever is found will be thrust through,
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16
Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered,
and their wives ravished.
17
See, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18
Their bows will slaughter the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
20
It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
Arabs will not pitch their tents there,
shepherds will not make their flocks lie down there.
21
But wild animals will lie down there,
and its houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ostriches will live,
and there goat-demons will dance.
22
Hyenas will cry in its towers,
and jackals in the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand,
and its days will not be prolonged.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 12
12. Psalm 12
Psalm 12
Plea for Help in Evil Times
To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1
Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;
the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
2
They utter lies to each other;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
4
those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail;
our lips are our own—who is our master?”
5
“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
6
The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,
silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7
You, O Lord, will protect us;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
8
On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among humankind.