Morning

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.

Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?—To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.—I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. . . . Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.—Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do.”

Lam. 3:41; Ps. 113:5, 6; Ps. 25:1; Ps. 143:6-8; Ps. 63:3, 4; Ps. 86:4, 5; John 14:13 (Read full verses...)

Evening

“Watchman, what time of the night?”

The hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. . . . Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

Isa. 21:11; Rom. 13:11, 12; Matt. 24:32, 33, 35; Ps. 130:5, 6; Rev. 22:20; Matt. 25:13 (Read full verses...)

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Excerpted from Daily Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.