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Daily Light's Evening Reading
The offence of the cross.—GAL. 5:11.
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.—We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.—Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.—I am crucified with Christ.—They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.
Matt. 16:24.Jas. 4:4. -Acts. 14:22.Rom. 9:33. -I Pet. 2:7,8.Gal. 6:1. -Gal. 2:20. -Gal. 5:24.II Tim 2:12.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“We will remember thy love more than wine.”
Song of Solomon 1:4
Jesus will not let his people forget his love. If all the love they have enjoyed should be forgotten, he will visit them with fresh love. “Do you forget my cross?” says he, “I will cause you to remember it; for at my table I will manifest myself anew to you. Do you forget what I did for you in the council-chamber of eternity? I will remind you of it, for you shall need a counsellor, and shall find me ready at your call.” Mothers do not let their children forget them. If the boy has gone to Australia, and does not write home, his mother writes—“Has John forgotten his mother?” Then there comes back a sweet epistle, which proves that the gentle reminder was not in vain. So is it with Jesus, he says to us, “Remember me,” and our response is, “We will remember thy love.” We will remember thy love and its matchless history. It is ancient as the glory which thou hadst with the Father before the world was. We remember, O Jesus, thine eternal love when thou didst become our Surety, and espouse us as thy betrothed. We remember the love which suggested the sacrifice of thyself, the love which, until the fulness of time, mused over that sacrifice, and long for the hour whereof in the volume of the book it was written of thee, “Lo, I come.” We remember thy love, O Jesus as it was manifest to us in thy holy life, from the manger of Bethlehem to the garden of Gethsemane. We track thee from the cradle to the grave—for every word and deed of thine was love—and we rejoice in thy love, which death did not exhaust; thy love which shone resplendent in thy resurrection. We remember that burning fire of love which will never let thee hold thy peace until thy chosen ones be all safely housed, until Zion be glorified, and Jerusalem settled on her everlasting foundations of light and love in heaven.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Zechariah 6
6. Four Chariots
Eighth Vision: Four Chariots
6
And again I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.2The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,3the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled gray horses.4Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”5The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.6The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.”7When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.8Then he cried out to me, “Lo, those who go toward the north country have set my spirit at rest in the north country.”
The Coronation of the Branch
9 The word of the Lord came to me:10Collect silver and gold from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—who have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.11Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak;12say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch: for he shall branch out in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.13It is he that shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear royal honor, and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.14And the crown shall be in the care of Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
15 Those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.
New Testament in Four Years - Romans 1:8-13
1. God's Wrath Against Mankind
Prayer of Thanksgiving
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.9For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers,10asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you.11For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—12or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.13I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 6
6. Psalm 6
Psalm 6
Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness
To the leader: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1
O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger,
or discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
3
My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?
4
Turn, O Lord, save my life;
deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you praise?
6
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7
My eyes waste away because of grief;
they grow weak because of all my foes.
8
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9
The Lord has heard my supplication;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10
All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror;
they shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.