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 the forgiveness of sins. Read all the newsletters here.

• Thanks to Harvest USA for sponsoring “Pray with Spurgeon” this month — you can download Sexual Faithfulness, a free Bible study to help women fight sexual sin and walk in purity here.

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We present ourselves before the Throne of God, in the name of Jesus Christ our great High Priest. And first, we ask for pardon through the blessed blood. You have already pardoned some of us; give us a new sense of it. Continue to pardon us; let us feel as if we came every day to the “fountain filled with blood,” and as if the washing were new every day.

But have pity upon those who have never been pardoned. Hear the cry of sinners as they seek your face, and wherever there is a penitent spirit, be pleased speedily to send it relief and let forgiveness of sin be felt wherever the burden of sin weighs down the spirit.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.” (Ephesians 1:7)

The ​​apostle spoke of present blessings, matters of actual experience. The grace of the eternal past is a matter of faith, but here is something within our grasp and enjoyment. The other we believe, but this we actually and literally receive. We do not hope for it, but we have it. We do not merely think so, but we know we have it. We are redeemed. We are free from bondage. We are forgiven and are no longer under condemnation.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week we’re praying for the Baheng of China.

The Apostle Paul wrote that Christ must be “preached among the nations” (1 Timothy 3:16). This has not happened for the Baheng nation.

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

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Prepare for Christmas by setting your heart on Christ.

At Christmas, some parents feel a lot of pressure to give our kids certain experiences, gifts, and more. Those things are wonderful blessings from God, but they’re not what Christmas is really all about.

This Christmas and Advent, don’t get so caught up in the details of the celebration that you forget the reason for it all: Christ has come.

To help parents like you stay focused on Christ this Christmas, and invite your kids to enjoy God’s greatest Christmas gift, I’ve created a new Advent devotional for families — The King is Coming.

This simple 31-day devotional (designed to begin on December 1) walks through the Bible’s big story — focused on the theme of God’s promise that a King was coming to make everything right again.

My hope is that walking through the Old Testament and seeing God’s people LONGING for a King to set them free will help your kids understand why the birth of King Jesus was such a big deal.

Then, after Christmas, we’ll spend the rest of December looking for King Jesus to come back by reading passages from Revelation that describe the Second Coming.

You’ll read 31 Scripture passages (not just retellings) that are short enough for the squirmiest kiddos. (My hope is that ANY family can use this devotional to train their kids for a daily habit of family devotionals.)

I’m really excited about this family devotional. The promised king coming from the line of David is one of my FAVORITE themes in Scripture and fits perfectly with Christmas. I can’t wait to use this devotional with my kids and I can’t wait to hear about how God uses it in your family.

Download The King is Coming here.