Daily Lightning

Daily Lightning

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Daily Lightning is a daily reading of passages from the Holy Bible, arranged around common themes. Building on the foundation of “Daily Light”, published in 1794 by Samuel Bagster, these readings are bursting with life and potential, redolent of the atmosphere of Heaven. Join me, and let’s savor the words of the Lord together, and be forever changed. dailylightning.substack.com

9h ago

October 5

October 5 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. - Psalms 50:15 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. - Psalms 42:11 O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed. - Psalms 10:17-18 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. - Psalms 86:5 So Jacob said to his household… let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone. - Genesis 35:2-3 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. - Psalms 103:2 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!” - Psalms 116:1-4 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
1d ago

October 4

October 4 Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. - Exodus 34:29 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory. - Psalms 115:1 Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? - Matthew 25:37 In humility count others more significant than yourselves. - Philippians 2:3 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another. - 1 Peter 5:5 [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. - Matthew 17:2 All who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. - Acts 6:15 The glory that you have given me I have given to them. - John 17:22 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. - 2 Corinthians 3:18 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. - Matthew 5:14-15 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
2d ago

October 3

October 3 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood… - Revelation 1:5 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it… love is strong as death… - Song of Solomon 8:7,6 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. - 1 Peter 2:24 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. - Ephesians 1:7 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 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. - 1 Peter 2:9 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. - Romans 12:1 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
3d ago

October 2

October 2 O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath…1 Kings 8:23 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.Jeremiah 10:6 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.Psalm 86:8-10 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.John 12:32 …the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.2 Cor 4:4 The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.1 John 3:8 Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”Hosea 6:1-3 Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory!Psalm 24:7-10 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
4d ago

October 1

October 1 But the fruit of the Spirit is… self-control. - Galatians 5:22-23 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. - 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. - Ephesians 5:18 If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. - Matthew 16:24 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 Renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. - Titus 2:12-13 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
5d ago

September 30

September 30 He knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. - Job 23:10 He knows our frame… - Psalms 103:14 He does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men. - Lamentations 3:33 God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. - 2 Timothy 2:19-21 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 I will put [them] into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’” - Zechariah 13:9 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
6d ago

September 29

September 29 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. - 1 John 3:16 The love of Christ that surpasses knowledge… - Ephesians 3:19 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. - 2 Corinthians 8:9 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. - 1 John 4:11 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Ephesians 4:32 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. - Colossians 3:12-13 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. - Mark 10:45 Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. - 1 Peter 2:21 You also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. - John 13:14-15 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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
Sep 28

September 28

September 28 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. - Psalms 18:3 O LORD our God, masters besides You have had dominion over us; but by You only we make mention of Your name. - Isaiah 26:13 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be in awe of you. - Deuteronomy 28:10 The LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself. - 1 Samuel 12:22 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. - Daniel 9:19 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake! Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” - Psalms 79:9-10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. - Proverbs 18:10 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you. - Psalms 50:15 Adapted from “Daily Light”, originally 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

Daily Lightning is a daily reading of passages from the Holy Bible, arranged around common themes. Building on the foundation of “Daily Light”, published in 1794 by Samuel Bagster, these readings are bursting with life and potential, redolent of the atmosphere of Heaven. Join me, and let’s savor the words of the Lord together, and be forever changed. dailylightning.substack.com

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