Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

Thanks for praying with us this week. We’ll be back on Monday.

• This week, the newsletter focused on God’s gifts. Read all the newsletters here.

• Thanks to the Good Book Company for sponsoring Pray with Spurgeon this month — you can grab The Risen King, a new devotional by Spurgeon, for 25% off when you use code SPURGEON here.

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

And now, Lord Jesus, we have a thousand things to ask of you and of your Father; but you know what we have need of before we ask. Give to each one of your own, that special gift most needed; we may not even know what it is, but according to your own wisdom and prudence, deal out of your treasury things new and old, for the enrichment and comfort of your people.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.” (Matthew 6:8)

God does not need us to pray for his information, for he “knows the things you need;” nor to repeat the prayer over and over for his persuasion, for as our Father he is willing to bless us. Therefore let us not be superstitious and dream that there is virtue in “much speaking.” In the multitude of words, even in prayer, sin is unavoidable (Proverbs 10:19).

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Matpa in Bhutan.

God will be “exalted among the nations” (Psalm 46:10), but he has never been exalted among the Matpa, a nation which has never heard of Jesus.

Pray that the gospel would reach the Matpa for the first time.

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An Update on Pray with Spurgeon Plus

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