Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We confess before you, oh God, the sin we have committed, mourning over it. Touch each of our hearts now with tenderness so that everyone of us may lament that you have charges to bring against us. Oh Lord, if you have so kept us by your grace that there have been but a few things against us, yet help us to express great regret for them.

Oh infinite love, can we sin against you at all? How debased is our nature then! Forgive, sweet savior, forgive sins against your love and blood, against your wounds and death, and give us your Spirit more fully, that we may live you life while we are here among the sons of men, for may we be as you are in this world, and we wish the parallel to become more close and perfect every day!

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13)

The sinner’s business is to confess and forsake. The two must go together. Confession must be honestly made to the Lord himself; and it must include within itself acknowledgment of the wrong, sense of its evil, and the abhorrence of it. We must not throw the fault upon others, nor blame circumstances, nor plead natural weakness. Furthermore, we must forsake the evil. Having owned our fault, we must disown all present and future intent to abide in it. We cannot remain in rebellion and yet dwell with the King’s Majesty. The habit of evil must be quitted, together with all places, companions, pursuits, and books which might lead us astray. Not for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them, we find pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

The Maba live in a region with very poor water quality. They cannot drink the water.

Pray that Christians would bring water filtration technology to the Maba.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Teaching our kids to confess their sin and trust Christ

This week, as we reflect on the confession of sin, I know that I’m not the only parent who is longing that my kids will one day see their own sinfulness and honestly confess their sin instead of hiding it.

If this is your desire, the most important way to help your kids see their sinfulness and trust in Christ is to show them the holiness of God in his Word. It’s in Scripture that God the Holy Spirit is at work to “convict the world [including our kids!] about sin, righteousness, and judgment” (John 16:8). Our kids don’t need a guilt-trip, they need to see the incredible beauty of God in the pages of the Bible.

If you want a guide to teaching your kids (the entire) Bible, I hope you’ll check out God Centered Family. This is my series of family devotionals that seek to lay a foundation for lifelong faith by teaching kids the entire Bible and empowering them to understand it for themselves. I believe that studying the Bible with your kids will be one of the most powerful things you can do in 2025. I hope you’ll take this work seriously.

Learn more and subscribe today.