Archive for October, 2008

Daily Light for October 31

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Morning
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.”
Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows him his counsel?—God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what [...]

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Daily Light for October 30

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Morning
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
“Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”—I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for [...]

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Daily Light for October 29

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Morning
He is altogether desirable.
May my meditation be pleasing to him.—My beloved is . . . distinguished among ten thousand.—“A cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”—You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips.—God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the [...]

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Daily Light for October 28

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Morning
He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation.
Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the [...]

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Daily Light for October 27

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Morning
“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
“The priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. He shall take the [...]

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Daily Light for October 26

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Morning
The LORD reigns.
“Do you not fear me? declares the LORD; do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.”—Not from the east or from the west [...]

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Daily Light for October 25

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Morning
“Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
“If two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”—“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he [...]

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Daily Light for October 24

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Morning
“I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.”
Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget [...]

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Daily Light for October 23

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Morning
“One’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.—Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.—Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment. . . . But if we have food and clothing, [...]

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Daily Light for October 22

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Morning
My heart is steadfast, O God!
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.—He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [...]

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