June 9

June 9

June 9 The exulting of the wicked [is] short. - Job 20:5 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil. - Hebrews 2:14 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. - Colossians 2:15 Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. - 1 Peter 5:8-9 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. - James 4:7 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. - Psalm 37:12-13 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. - Romans 16:20 The devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur… and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. - Revelation 20:10 Adapted from “Daily Light”, published by Samuel Bagster in 1875. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe [https://dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

June 8

June 8 The LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. - Genesis 39:3 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. - Psalm 128:1-2 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. - Psalm 37:3-4 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9 Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. - Matthew 6:33 As long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. - 2 Chronicles 26:5 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… Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ - Deuteronomy 8:11-17 Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? - 1 Chronicles 22:18 Adapted from “Daily Light”, published by Samuel Bagster in 1875. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe [https://dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

June 7

June 7 Forgive all my sins. - Psalm 25:18 Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. - Isaiah 1:18 Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven. - Matthew 9:2 I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. - Isaiah 43:25 The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. - Matthew 9:6 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. - Ephesians 1:7 He saved 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. - Titus 3:5-6 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. - Colossians 2:13-14 Bless the LORD, O my soul… who forgives all your iniquity. - Psalm 103:2-3 Adapted from “Daily Light”, published by Samuel Bagster in 1875. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe [https://dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

June 6

June 6 The LORD… will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. - Zephaniah 3:17 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the LORD loves you. - Deuteronomy 7:7-8 We love because he first loved us. - 1 John 4:19 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him. - Colossians 1:21-22 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. - 1 John 4:10 God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8 Behold, a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. - Matthew 3:17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. - John 10:17 His Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. - Hebrews 1:2-3 Adapted from “Daily Light”, published by Samuel Bagster in 1875. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe [https://dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

June 5

June 5 When you have done all that you were commanded, say, We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty. - Luke 17:10 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. - Romans 3:27 What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? - 1 Corinthians 4:7 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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. - Ephesians 2:8-10 By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. - 1 Corinthians 15:10 For from him and through him and to him are all things. - Romans 11:36 All things come from you, and of your own have we given you. - 1 Chronicles 29:14 Adapted from “Daily Light”, published by Samuel Bagster in 1875. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe [https://dailylightning.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]