Pray with Spurgeon

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

God of Israel, God of Jesus Christ, our God forever and ever; help us now by the sacred Spirit, to approach you rightly; with deepest reverence, but not with servile fear; with holiest boldness, but not with presumption. Oh teach us as children to speak to the Father, and yet, as creatures to bow before our Maker.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.” (Psalm 34:11)

As long as they can be taught by word of mouth, we are to communicate the faith and fear of God, instilling the principles and practices of piety to the rising generation. This verse may be the address of every parent to his children.

We must get them away, apart from toys and sports, and try to occupy their minds with better pursuits; for we cannot well teach them while their minds are full of other things. We must drive at the main point always, and keep the fear of the Lord ever uppermost in our teachings, and in so doing we may discreetly cast our own personality into the scale by narrating our own experiences and convictions.

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