For Thursday, July 9, 2026.

Week Twenty-seven,

Thursday.

Morning.


My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.


I will say unto God, Do not condemn me: shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.


Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress?  That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands?


Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?


Are thy days as the days of man? Are thy years as man’s days,


That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?


Job x. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.



Evening.


O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.


Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.


But Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.


Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb: yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget them. 

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 

Isa. liv. 11. 

Isa. xlix. 13, 14, 15. 16. 

bible/homepreacher/dayintheyear.htm 

July 9.

"But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid." 

— John vi. 20.

But to the unbeliever, this "it is I" is the very element of terror in his hour of suffering, for he hears in it the voice of an offended God. O Saviour, may we so know Thee, and so love Thee, that in all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth, no voice may be so welcome to our hearts as this, "It is I!"

"O Saviour, then in all my need

Be near, be near to me!

And let my soul by steadfast faith

Find life and heaven in Thee."

July Ninth. 

"Jesus said, I thank Thee and Praise Thee, O Lord of Heaven."  

-- Matt. 11:25.


    OUR Father, we thank Thee for all Thy gracious care, new every morning and continued every evening; for life and health; for food and raiment and home; for Thy presence which sanctifies and blesses all our human relationships.

    May we spend this day as in Thy sight. Keep us, we pray, pure in heart and clean in life. Make us strong in temptation, brave in danger, patient and courageous in sorrow or trial, faithful in every trust. Preserve undimmed the light that glows on our home altar. Guard our lips, that we may speak no unkind or thoughtless word; our hearts, that we may think unselfish and generous thoughts; and our hands, that we may help one another.

    If it be best for us, keep us from sickness and death, that in gladness we may serve Thee; but if misfortune befall us, do Thou draw us close to Thyself and comfort us, that our faith may not fail.

    Bless all homes. Have compassion on the homeless. Through human kindness make Thy love known to all men, and in mercy grant us a place at length in Thy Heavenly home, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.