Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, you have not taken away your blessing from us. We rejoice in this: every day you aid us—glory be to your name! And you provide for all the work of the church and send prosperity to it in every part. Therefore we fear and tremble, because of all the goodness which you make to pass before us; and our heart is jealous with a godly jealousy, lest in anything we should vex the Spirit of God. Oh Lord, grant us to be holy, grant us to be accepted in the Beloved, and Thou shalt have all the praise.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.” (Jeremiah 33:9)

Why fear and tremble? Is not this in part a holy awe of God’s presence? When God has come very near to you in a blaze of mercy, when he has done things that you looked not for; when your mouth has been filled with laughter, and your tongue with singing because of his goodness, have you not at the same time felt overcome by the excess of his favor? Have you not been able to sympathize with Peter when, at the sight of his boat full of fish, he cried “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

A New Book Points Kids to Jesus

My family has been loving a new rhyming book for kids, Your Amazing Hands by Abbey Wedgeworth. This book encourages kids to glorify God with their hands, rather than using them for selfish purposes, all while pointing our kids to Jesus, whose hands were stretched out on a cross so that we could be forgiven.

This book is a robust call to kindness without moralism, because it shows kids that our only hope to please God is in Christ alone. This is a great way to address your kids’ fights and shoving from the heart.

I was thrilled to receive a review copy of this book, and I know you will want to order your copy before it releases on June 1.

Pre-Order Your Amazing Hands:

• Amazon (Hardback Edition)

• ChristianBook (Hardback Edition)