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Daily Light's Evening Reading
The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.—MATT. 27:51.
The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.—The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing.
A new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; let us draw near.
I Cor. 11:23,24. -John 6:51.John 6:53,54,56,57,61-63.Heb. 10:20,22.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“Why go I mourning?”
Psalm 42:9
Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told thee that the night would never end in day? Who told thee that the sea of circumstances would ebb out till there should be nothing left but long leagues of the mud of horrible poverty? Who told thee that the winter of thy discontent would proceed from frost to frost, from snow, and ice, and hail, to deeper snow, and yet more heavy tempest of despair? Knowest thou not that day follows night, that flood comes after ebb, that spring and summer succeed winter? Hope thou then! Hope thou ever! For God fails thee not. Dost thou not know that thy God loves thee in the midst of all this? Mountains, when in darkness hidden, are as real as in day, and God’s love is as true to thee now as it was in thy brightest moments. No father chastens always: thy Lord hates the rod as much as thou dost; he only cares to use it for that reason which should make thee willing to receive it, namely, that it works thy lasting good. Thou shalt yet climb Jacob’s ladder with the angels, and behold him who sits at the top of it—thy covenant God. Thou shalt yet, amidst the splendours of eternity, forget the trials of time, or only remember them to bless the God who led thee through them, and wrought thy lasting good by them. Come, sing in the midst of tribulation. Rejoice even while passing through the furnace. Make the wilderness to blossom like the rose! Cause the desert to ring with thine exulting joys, for these light afflictions will soon be over, and then “forever with the Lord,” thy bliss shall never wane.
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“Faint not nor fear, his arms are near, He changeth not, and thou art dear; Only believe and thou shalt see, That Christ is all in all to thee.” |
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Deuteronomy 14
14. Clean and Unclean Food
Pagan Practices Forbidden
14
You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.2For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
Clean and Unclean Foods
3 You shall not eat any abhorrent thing.4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,5the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.6Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.7Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cleft you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.8And the pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.
9 Of all that live in water you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.10And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
11 You may eat any clean birds.12But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,13the buzzard, the kite of any kind;14every raven of any kind;15the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;16the little owl and the great owl, the water hen17and the desert owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,18the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.19And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.20You may eat any clean winged creature.
21 You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to aliens residing in your towns for them to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God.
You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
Regulations concerning Tithes
22 Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field.23In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.24But if, when the Lord your God has blessed you, the distance is so great that you are unable to transport it, because the place where the Lord your God will choose to set his name is too far away from you,25then you may turn it into money. With the money secure in hand, go to the place that the Lord your God will choose;26spend the money for whatever you wish—oxen, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your household rejoicing together.27As for the Levites resident in your towns, do not neglect them, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you.
28 Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns;29the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.
New Testament in Four Years - 2 Corinthians 5:1-5
5. Our Heavenly Dwelling
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For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.2For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling—3if indeed, when we have taken it off we will not be found naked.4For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.5He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 3
3. Psalm 3
Psalm 3
Trust in God under Adversity
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
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many are saying to me,
“There is no help for you in God.”Selah
3
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
4
I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy hill.Selah
5
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.
6
I am not afraid of ten thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.
7
Rise up, O Lord!
Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
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Deliverance belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people!Selah