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Morning
A servant of Jesus Christ.
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. -- If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. -- Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. -- Being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. -- Thou art no more a servant, but a son.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh.
Rom 1:1; John 13:13; John 12:26; Matt 11:29,30; Phl 3:7; Rom 6:22; John 15:15; Gal 4:7; Gal 5:1,13
Evening
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel.
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor. -- Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding, I have strength. -- Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. -- Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. -- Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. -- He knoweth the way that I take. -- Man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way?
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. -- This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Psa 16:7; Isa 9:6; Prov 8:14; Psa 119:105; Prov 3:5,6; Jer 10:23; Isa 30:21; Prov 16:3; Job 23:10; Prov 20:24; Psa 73:24; Psa 48:14
Jonathan Bagster, the son of Samuel Bagster, created the Daily Light for his own family's daily devotion in 1875