Daily Lightning

June 12

June 12 Everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. - Numbers 31:23 For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. - Deuteronomy 13:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD. - Malachi 3:3 Each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. - 1 Corinthians 3:13 I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. - Isaiah 1:25 “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of the sin of my people? - Jeremiah 9:7 You, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. - Psalm 66:10, 12 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. - Isaiah 43:2-3 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 11

June 11 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. - Luke 15:20 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. - Psalm 103:8-13 You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. - Romans 8:15-16 Now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. - Ephesians 2:13 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. - Ephesians 2:19 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 10

June 10 The younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. - Luke 15:13 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. - 1 Corinthians 6:11 We all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. - Ephesians 2:3-6 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. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. - Romans 5:8, 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 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]