Daily Light on the Daily Path
June 23
Morning
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper . . . even the Spirit of truth.”
“It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.”
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.—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 helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.—Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
John 14:16, 17; John 16:7; Rom. 8:16; Rom. 8:15; Rom. 8:26; Rom. 15:13; Rom. 5:5; 1 John 4:13
LORD, I ask for comfort for those who mourn.
I ask for strength for those who are experiencing the depth of our utter helplessness without you.
Encourage us by your Word and Spirit and we will walk uprightly before you.
Help us to carry out our determination to obey you in all things.
Thank you for working your good pleasure in our lives and bringing us to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our LORD.
In His name we exult and rejoice and pray.
Amen.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/h/thouwalm.htm
Thou, whose almighty Word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And, where the Gospel’s day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light!
Thou, who didst come to bring
On Thy redeeming wing
Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O now, to all mankind,
Let there be light!
Spirit of truth and love,
Life giving, holy Dove,
Speed forth Thy flight;
Move on the water’s face
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And, in earth’s darkest place,
Let there be light!
Blessèd and holy Three,
Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, love, might!
Boundless as ocean’s tide,
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the world far and wide,
Let there be light!
—John Mariott, 1813
Psa 121:1...I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
Psa 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
1Co 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1Co 1:26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
1Co 1:27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
1Co 1:28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
1Co 1:29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
1Co 1:30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1Co 1:31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
LORD, I know that your help comes from the unlikely source so that no one may boast in the work that YOU do.
When we are weak, then you are strong.
2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Psa 118:23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
THANK YOU MOST HOLY LORD AND FATHER, SAVIOUR, REDEEMER AND KING.
BTTT