Post-o-Matic 3.16† 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2009 Morning “As your days, so shall your strength be.” “And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.”—“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” The God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!—He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.—I can do all things through him who strengthens me.—“March on, my soul, with might!” Deut. 33:25; Mark 13:11; Matt. 6:34; Ps. 68:35; Isa. 40:29; 2 Cor. 12:9, 10; Phil. 4:13; Judg. 5:21 (Read full verses...) Evening Awake, O north wind. . . . Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.—The fruit of the Spirit. He removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. 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. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.—But one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Song 4:16; Heb. 12:11; Gal. 5:22; Isa. 27:8; Ps. 103:13; 2 Cor. 4:16-18; Heb. 5:8; Heb. 4:15 (Read full verses...) << Jan 27 | Jan 28 | Jan 29 >> Excerpted from Daily Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:01:00 -0800 at http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/daily.light/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
