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🛐 Daily Prayer: "Adoration will be the employment of heaven. It is certainly our greatest enjoyment on earth."

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SpurgeonBooks
October 23, 2025

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Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

God Most High, the one God of Israel, we are longing to adore you. Adoration will be the employment of heaven. It is certainly our greatest enjoyment on earth. But we are not worthy to come into your presence or to present our praises to you. We would therefore, first, in lowly reverence, make confession of our guilt. We are fallen creatures, even by nature. We have come short of the glory of God and have offended you in many things. We dare not look to you apart from the way which you have provided for our looking to you, that is, through the mediator, Jesus Christ.

God, if you had driven us from your presence long ago and had forbidden us to think of worship, what could we have said? How shall we dare to tread your courts on the grounds of our own merit; for surely if you laid your justice to the line and your righteousness to the plummet, there is not one of us that could stand.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.” (John 14:3)

That is the first and simplest idea of heaven, to be with Christ; and I think it is the last and greatest idea of heaven, too: to be with Christ: “here I am you may be also.”

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Mjuniang of China.

The Chinese Communist Party tries to control the activities of churches and change the truth of Jesus. Some Christians refuse to disobey God and continue to spread the gospel.

Pray that the reign of the CCP would end so that the gospel can spread more openly.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Stay faithful to Christ in midlife*

For many Christians, our 50’s and 60’s are decades characterized by spiritual backsliding rather than spiritual growth. While you may not have the same youthful energy to serve God in this season, you DO have unique opportunities to serve God in it.

Not Old, Not Young, Not Done is a new book about what it looks like to follow Jesus in your 50’s and 60’s. This book is faithful to Scripture (from beginning to end, it’s packed with solid Bible teaching) and will challenge you to remain faithful throughout midlife.

The book brings the full force of the Bible’s wisdom to bear on a number of challenging topics, always calling you to fix your eyes on Christ. Here’s just a few of the topics addressed:

  • Caring for elderly parents

  • How to think about and plan for retirement

  • Maintaining friendships

  • Pursuing healthy relationships with adult kids

  • Keeping your prayer life exciting

  • Navigating menopause

I know God is going to do great things in your life as his Word is unfolded and his glory is revealed through this book — I can’t wait to hear about it!

LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“In heaven the whole glory of salvation will be to the wounds of Jesus and nothing else.” — Charles Spurgeon