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Morning

“The LORD will provide.”

“God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”

Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear.—“The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.—Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.—He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”—The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Gen. 22:14; Gen. 22:8; Isa. 59:1; Rom. 11:26; Ps. 146:5; Ps. 33:18, 19; Phil. 4:19; Heb. 13:5, 6; Ps. 28:7 (Read full verses…)

Evening

He grazes among the lilies.

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”—“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”

Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.—I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey.—But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”—“Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”—[Being] filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Song 2:16; Matt. 18:20; John 14:23; John 15:10; Song 4:16; Song 5:1; Gal. 5:22, 23; John 15:8; John 15:2; Phil. 1:11 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 9 | Mar 10 | Mar 11 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

God . . . richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

“Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them . . . then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God . . . for it is he who gives you power to get wealth.”

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.—For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.—There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”

1 Tim. 6:17; Deut. 8:11, 12, 14, 18; Ps. 127:1, 2; Ps. 44:3; Ps. 4:6 (Read full verses…)

Evening

They were singing a new song.

The new and living way that he opened for us.—Not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.—For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory.—To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.—“You were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”— After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number . . . crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Rev. 14:3; Heb. 10:20; Titus 3:5, 6; Eph. 2:8, 9; Ps. 115:1; Rev. 1:5, 6; Rev. 5:9; Rev. 7:9, 10 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 8 | Mar 9 | Mar 10 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
News Publishers.

Morning

You have cast all my sins behind your back.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

“For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer.—“I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.—The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Isa. 38:17; Mic. 7:18, 19; Isa. 54:7, 8; Jer. 31:34; Ps. 32:1, 2; 1 John 1:7 (Read full verses…)

Evening

I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able.

Able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think.

Able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Able to help those who are being tempted.

Able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.

Able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” . . . “Yes, Lord.” “According to your faith be it done to you.”

2 Tim. 1:12; Eph. 3:20; 2 Cor. 9:8; Heb. 2:18; Heb. 7:25; Jude 24; 2 Tim. 1:12; Phil. 3:21; Matt. 9:28, 29 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 7 | Mar 8 | Mar 9 >>

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Morning

“For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name.”

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.—You shall no more be termed Forsaken . . . but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her . . . for the LORD delights in you . . . and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.—He has sent me . . . to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; . . . as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

“And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.”

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Isa. 54:5; Eph. 5:32; Isa. 62:4, 5; Isa. 61:1-3; Isa. 61:10; Hos. 2:19; Rom. 8:35 (Read full verses…)

Evening

My times are in your hand.

“All his holy ones were in his hand.”—And the word of the LORD came to [Elijah], “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” . . . Then the word of the LORD came to him, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. . . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.—Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Ps. 31:15; Deut. 33:3; 1 Kings 17:2-4, 8, 9; Matt. 6:25, 32; Prov. 3:5, 6; 1 Pet. 5:7 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 6 | Mar 7 | Mar 8 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

Watching over the way of his saints.

The LORD your God . . . went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.—Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the LORD alone guided him.—The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.—Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.—For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.—And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.—“With us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.”

The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness.

Prov. 2:8; Deut. 1:32, 33; Deut. 32:11, 12; Ps. 37:23, 24; Ps. 34:19; Ps. 1:6; Rom. 8:28; 2 Chron. 32:8; Zeph. 3:17 (Read full verses…)

Evening

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace . . . and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. . . . stricken for the transgression of my people. . . . Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief.

Jesus our Lord . . . was delivered up for our trespasses.—For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.—He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

Matt. 27:46; Isa. 53:5, 6, 8, 10; Rom. 4:24, 25; 1 Pet. 3:18; 1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 5 | Mar 6 | Mar 7 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God.—Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!—For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm.

Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Isa. 38:14; Ps. 123:1, 2; Ps. 61:1-4; Isa. 25:4; 1 Pet. 2:21-23 (Read full verses…)

Evening

Fight the good fight of the faith.

We were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.—“Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”—Strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

“You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”—“This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. . . . He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.”—Our sufficiency is from God.

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.—Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

For time would fail me to tell of [those] who through faith conquered kingdoms. . . . were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Cor. 7:5; 2 Kings 6:16; Eph. 6:10; 1 Sam. 17:45; 2 Sam. 22:33, 35; 2 Cor. 3:5; Ps. 34:7; 2 Kings 6:17; Heb. 11:32-34 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 4 | Mar 5 | Mar 6 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.— “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

For we walk by faith, not by sight.—So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.—An inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

Col. 3:2; 1 John 2:15; Matt. 6:19-21; 2 Cor. 5:7; 2 Cor. 4:16-18; 1 Pet. 1:4 (Read full verses…)

Evening

“He bowed his shoulder to bear.”

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.—Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.—And Aaron held his peace.—“It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you.—Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Gen. 49:15; Jas. 5:10; 1 Cor. 10:11; Job 2:10; Lev. 10:3; 1 Sam. 3:18; Ps. 55:22; Isa. 53:4; Matt. 11:28-30 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 3 | Mar 4 | Mar 5 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.—And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

Prov. 3:5, 6; Ps. 62:8; Ps. 32:8-10; Isa. 30:21; Ex. 33:15-16 (Read full verses…)

Evening

The prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

“You will have treasure in heaven; . . . come, follow me.”—“Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”—And they will reign forever and ever.

You will receive the unfading crown of glory.—The crown of life.—The crown of righteousness.—They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me.”—So we will always be with the Lord.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Phil. 3:14; Matt. 19:21; Gen. 15:1; Matt. 25:21; Rev. 22:5; 1 Pet. 5:4; Jas. 1:12; 2 Tim. 4:8; 1 Cor. 9:25; John 17:24; 1 Thess. 4:17; Rom. 8:18 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 2 | Mar 3 | Mar 4 >>

Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

“For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.

Now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.—But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me.

Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

Gen. 41:52; 2 Cor. 1:3-5; 1 Pet. 1:6, 7; 2 Tim. 4:17; 1 Pet. 4:19 (Read full verses…)

Evening

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

“There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.”

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” . . . “They . . . rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep . . .” Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened.—We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Heb. 4:9; Job 3:17, 18; Rev. 14:13; John 11:11, 13; 2 Cor. 5:4; Rom. 8:23-25 (Read full verses…)

<< Mar 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 3 >>

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Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
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Morning

But the fruit of the Spirit is love.

God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.—God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.—So the honor is for you who believe.—We love because he first loved us.—For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

You yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.—“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”—Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.—And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Gal. 5:22; 1 John 4:16; Rom. 5:5; 1 Pet. 2:7; 1 John 4:19; 2 Cor. 5:14, 15; 1 Thess. 4:9; John 15:12; 1 Pet. 4:8; Eph. 5:2 (Read full verses…)

Evening

The LORD is my banner.

If God is for us, who can be against us?—The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

You have set up a banner for those who fear you.

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? . . . Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

“Behold, God is with us at our head.”—The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

“They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them.”

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? . . . He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.—Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

Ex. 17:15; Rom. 8:31; Ps. 118:6; Ps. 60:4; Ps. 27:1, 3; 2 Chron. 13:12; Ps. 46:7; Rev. 17:14; Ps. 2:1, 4; Isa. 8:10 (Read full verses…)

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Excerpted from Daily
Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good
News Publishers.