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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.” (John 16:33)

Are you asking the reason for your suffering, believer? Look upward to your heavenly Father, and behold him pure and holy. Do you know that you will one day be like him? Will you be conformed to his image easily? Will you not require much refining in the furnace of affliction to purify you? Will it be an easy thing to get rid of your corruptions, and make you perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect?

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Kibet of Chad.

The Kibet are subsistence farmers living off of the food they are able to grow themselves. Droughts make their life difficult.

Pray that God would send rain and provide for the Kibet.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK

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“You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.” (Deuteronomy 28:6)

The blessings of the law are not cancelled. Jesus confirmed the promise when he bore the penalty. If I keep the commands of my Lord, I may appropriate this promise without question.

Today I can come into my house without fear of evil tidings and I will expect to hear good news from my Lord. I will not be afraid to “come in” to my own soul with self-examination. I have a good deal of work to do “indoors” within my own soul. There is a blessing upon all of this work: the blessing of the Lord Jesus who has promised to remain with me.

I must also go out. Timidity makes me wish that I could stay within doors and never go into the sinful world again. But I must go out in my calling, and I must go out so that I may be helpful to other Christians and useful to the ungodly. I must be a defender of the faith and an attacker of evil.

Lord, bless my going out today. Let me go where you lead, on your errands, and in the power of your Spirit. Lord Jesus, turn in with me and be my guest; then walk out with me and cause my heart to burn while you speak with me on the road.

Something to think about today if you’re feeling worried about what God is calling you to do: Jesus is with you every moment.