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Daily Light's Evening Reading
My cup runneth over.—PSA. 23:5.
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.—His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.—Whether . . . the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's.—Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.—Godliness with contentment is great gain.—My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Psa. 34:8-10. -Lam. 3:22,23.Psa. 16:5,6. -I Cor. 3:22. -Eph. 1:3.Phi. 4:11. -I Tim. 6:6. -Phi. 4:19.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“The people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.”
Mark 9:15
How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness, and he put a veil over his face, for the people could not endure to look upon his glory. Not so our Saviour. He had been transfigured with a greater glory than that of Moses, and yet, it is not written that the people were blinded by the blaze of his countenance, but rather they were amazed, and running to him they saluted him. The glory of the law repels, but the greater glory of Jesus attracts. Though Jesus is holy and just, yet blended with his purity there is so much of truth and grace, that sinners run to him amazed at his goodness, fascinated by his love; they salute him, become his disciples, and take him to be their Lord and Master. Reader, it may be that just now you are blinded by the dazzling brightness of the law of God. You feel its claims on your conscience, but you cannot keep it in your life. Not that you find fault with the law, on the contrary, it commands your profoundest esteem, still you are in nowise drawn by it to God; you are rather hardened in heart, and are verging towards desperation. Ah, poor heart! turn thine eye from Moses, with all his repelling splendour, and look to Jesus, resplendent with milder glories. Behold his flowing wounds and thorn-crowned head! He is the Son of God, and therein he is greater than Moses, but he is the Lord of love, and therein more tender than the lawgiver. He bore the wrath of God, and in his death revealed more of God’s justice than Sinai on a blaze, but that justice is now vindicated, and henceforth it is the guardian of believers in Jesus. Look, sinner, to the bleeding Saviour, and as thou feelest the attraction of his love, fly to his arms, and thou shalt be saved.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Joshua 16
16. Allotment for Ephraim
The Territory of Ephraim
16
The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;2then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;3then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.
4 The Josephites—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.
5 The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,6and the boundary goes from there to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary makes a turn toward Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah,7then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.8From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the Wadi Kanah, and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites by their families,9together with the towns that were set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.10They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
New Testament in Four Years - Galatians 1:18-24
1. Paul Called by God
18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days;19but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother.20In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,22and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;23they only heard it said, “The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.”24And they glorified God because of me.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 35:19-28
35. Psalm 35
19
Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me,
or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
20
For they do not speak peace,
but they conceive deceitful words
against those who are quiet in the land.
21
They open wide their mouths against me;
they say, “Aha, Aha,
our eyes have seen it.”
22
You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent!
O Lord, do not be far from me!
23
Wake up! Bestir yourself for my defense,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24
Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.
25
Do not let them say to themselves,
“Aha, we have our heart’s desire.”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you up.”
26
Let all those who rejoice at my calamity
be put to shame and confusion;
let those who exalt themselves against me
be clothed with shame and dishonor.
27
Let those who desire my vindication
shout for joy and be glad,
and say evermore,
“Great is the Lord,
who delights in the welfare of his servant.”
28
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all day long.