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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Blessed are you, oh God; teach us your statutes! Because you are the infinitely blessed one, you can impart blessing and you are infinitely willing to do so, and therefore do we approach you with great confidence, through Jesus Christ your Son, whom you have made blessed forevermore. Oh, hear the voice of your servants this day, and according to your infinite love and wisdom answer us; according to your riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look—something greater than Solomon is here.” (Matthew 12:42)

The second sign of our Lord’s mission is his kingly wisdom. As the fame of Solomon brought the queen of the south from the farthest parts of the earth, so does the doctrine of our Lord command attention from the outermost islands of the sea. Although Israel did not perceive his glorious wisdom, Ethiopia and Sheba will hear of it and come bowing before him. The queen will rise up again; she will rise up as a witness against unbelieving Jews, for she journeyed far to hear Solomon, while they would not hear the Son of God himself who came into their midst. The superlative excellence of his wisdom stands for our Lord as a sign that can never be defeated.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

The Bible has never been translated in the Naru language. They cannot believe a Bible that they cannot read.

Pray that qualified Bible translators would bring the Word of God to the Naru for the first time.

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