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Daily Light's Morning Reading
I know their sorrows.—EXO. 3:7.
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.—Touched with the feeling of our infirmities.
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.—Jesus being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well.
When Jesus . . . saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. Jesus wept.—For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
He hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.—He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.—When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.—In all their affliction he was afflicted; and the angel of his presence saved them.
Isa. 53:3. -Heb. 4:15.Matt. 8:17. -John 4:6.John 11:33,35. -Heb. 2:18.Psa. 102:19,20. -Job 23:10. -Psa. 142:3.Zech. 2:8. -Isa. 63:9.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“The breaker is come up before them.”
Micah 2:13
Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had he never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he has slain thine enemies. Dost thou dread sin? He has nailed it to his cross. Dost thou fear death? He has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of hell? He has barred it against the advent of any of his children; they shall never see the gulf of perdition. Whatever foes may be before the Christian, they are all overcome. There are lions, but their teeth are broken; there are serpents, but their fangs are extracted; there are rivers, but they are bridged or fordable; there are flames, but we wear that matchless garment which renders us invulnerable to fire. The sword that has been forged against us is already blunted; the instruments of war which the enemy is preparing have already lost their point. God has taken away in the person of Christ all the power that anything can have to hurt us. Well then, the army may safely march on, and you may go joyously along your journey, for all your enemies are conquered beforehand. What shall you do but march on to take the prey? They are beaten, they are vanquished; all you have to do is to divide the spoil. You shall, it is true, often engage in combat; but your fight shall be with a vanquished foe. His head is broken; he may attempt to injure you, but his strength shall not be sufficient for his malicious design. Your victory shall be easy, and your treasure shall be beyond all count.
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Old Testament Chapter a Day - Joshua 14
14. Land West of Jordan
The Distribution of Territory West of the Jordan
14
These are the inheritances that the Israelites received in the land of Canaan, which the priest Eleazar, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the Israelites distributed to them.2Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.3For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan; but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.4For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only towns to live in, with their pasture lands for their flocks and herds.5The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
Hebron Allotted to Caleb
6 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal; and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him an honest report.8But my companions who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.9And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’10And now, as you see, the Lord has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel was journeying through the wilderness; and here I am today, eighty-five years old.11I am still as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war, and for going and coming.12So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day; for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord said.”
13 Then Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.14So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.15Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba; this Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
New Testament in Four Years - Galatians 1:10-12
1. Paul Called by God
10 Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship
11 For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin;12for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 34
34. Psalm 34
Psalm 34
Praise for Deliverance from Trouble
Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3
O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5
Look to him, and be radiant;
so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6
This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from every trouble.
7
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.
9
O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
for those who fear him have no want.
10
The young lions suffer want and hunger,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11
Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12
Which of you desires life,
and covets many days to enjoy good?
13
Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14
Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
15
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
16
The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.
20
He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21
Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22
The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.