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God has opened our eyes to sin
š Daily Prayer: "You know, Lord, that sin is our greatest curse; we would sooner suffer anything than sin."
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April 03, 2025
Pray with Spurgeon
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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We bless you this morning that we can pray for holiness, for there was a time when it never struck us that there was much wrong with us, when sin was not a concern to us; when we lived even in outward sin with only a slight accusation of conscience and certainly without any pain at heart. You know, Lord, that sin is our greatest curse; we would sooner suffer anything than sin, at least when we are in our right mind we feel so.
Oh God, deliver us from sin! At the very thought of its coming near to us we cry, āoh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me;ā and we only find comfort in the blessed truth that you give us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let that victory be very apparent, may it be very clear to our own consciousness, very much displayed in our lives.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
āWhat a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!ā (Romans 7:24ā25)
The more holy a man gets the more he cries in this fashion. While he is low down, he puts up with sin and he is uneasy, but when he gets to see Christ and get somewhat like him, the more nearly he approximates to the image of his Master, the more the presence of the least sinful thought is horrifying to him. He would, if he could, never look on sin againānever have the slightest inclination to it, but he finds his heart getting abroad and wandering when he would tie it down, if he could, to the cross and crucify it there. And so the more happy he is in Christ the more desperately does he cry against the wretchedness of being touched with sin, even in the least degree.
PRAY FOR THE NATIONS
This week, weāre praying for the Idaksahak in Mali.
Their nomadic lifestyle, along with the language barrier, has made education nearly non-existent.
Pray that Christians would bring educational resources (and the gospel!) to the Idaksahak.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Godās grace will grow you. Hereās a practical guide.
This week, as we pray about conquering sin, itās important to remember that we pray about this because canāt grow without Godās help.
God didnāt just start your salvation, heās going to complete it as well. Accordingly, the path to true growth is not just trying harder, but by pressing deeper into the truths of Godās saving, sanctifying grace.
Thatās the point of Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners by Dane Ortlund. In this book, Dane (author of Gentle and Lowly) offers a beautiful, biblical picture of what it looks like to actually grow in godliness. The teaching is incredibly practical and will leave you amazed at the wonder of Godās grace to change you.
I hope youāll grab a copy of Deeper and use it to slay sin in your life, by Godās grace.
LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON
āWhen we deal seriously with our sin, God will deal gently with us.ā ā Charles Spurgeon
