Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Oh infinitely glorious Lord, to praise you is our delight. We never feel so blessed as when we are either at the foot of the cross or at the foot of the throne, and we bless you that we know both places. Our eyes are better than our lips in this adoration, for we can weep to the praise of the mercy which we see in the bleeding Son of God; but still at the foot of the Throne we would worship him who lives forever. All glory be to our creator, preserver, redeemer, comforter. It is he who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. We would worship and bow down; we would kneel before the Lord our maker in the reverence of our hearts. All honor and glory and power and dominion be unto him who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever!

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” (1 John 3:16)

The Son of God had no relationship to us until he chose to assume one out of his infinite compassion. There was no more relation between him and us than between the potter and the clay. If the clay on the pottery wheel is misshapen, what does the potter do but discard the clay? So might the great Creator have done with us. Yet with no claims on himself, of his own free will, he yielded to death because of his amazing love for us.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Duano of Indonesia.

The Duano are victims of racial prejudice from surrounding groups. They need to hear that Jesus has died for people from EVERY tribe.

Pray that missionaries would bring the good news of Jesus to the Duano.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Enjoying Jesus with refreshed life*

Have you ever read a book or heard a sermon about Christ that left you slightly skeptical, “Can Jesus REALLY be that good?” Our wandering hearts tend to believe that Christ’s mercy can’t really go as far as our sin has taken us. We doubt his power to save because we don’t really believe that he really is that kind.

It’s so foolish. And that’s why we need solid teaching to constantly retrain our hearts to remember… yes, Jesus REALLY IS that good.

Last month, I read one of those “almost-too-good-to-be-true” books that is actually true, rooted in biblical truth: Enjoying Jesus by Tim Chester.

This book is an absolutely breathtaking invitation to ENJOY Christ and his grace, not just know the truth about it. If your faith is feeling stale, if you see that your passion for God is waning, or if you know that prayer is becoming a discipline without delight… the solution is to sit down for a Bible-saturated feast on the goodness of Jesus. And that’s exactly what Enjoying Jesus is.

This book has been such a blessed reminder to me, and I know it will encourage you as well.

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