God, may I glorify you... whatever it takes

🛐 Daily Prayer: "Perhaps this may involve deeper trial, but let it be if we can glorify God."

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SpurgeonBooks
February 24, 2025

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

O blessed pilot of the future as of the past, we are so happy to give everything to you; but in giving all to you we have one wish and it is that you would glorify the Father’s name in us more than in any other year of our lives. Perhaps this may involve deeper trial, but let it be if we can glorify God. Perhaps this may involve being cast aside from the service that we love; but we would prefer to be laid aside if we could glorify you better. Perhaps this may involve the ending of all life’s pleasant work and being taken home—well, your children make no sort of stipulations with their God, but this one prayer ascends from all true hearts this morning, “Father, glorify your name.” Will you glorify yourself, great Father, by making us more holy?

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Father, glorify your name.” (John 12:28)

When you do not know how to pray, you may always present that petition, “Father, glorify your name.” When you have a dear one at home who is very ill; you would be glad if the precious life might be spared, yet you are not sure whether you may ask for it. Well then, say, “Father, glorify your name.” Possibly, you are passing through a great trial and you would be glad to escape from it; yet you do not know whether it is the divine will that you should do so. Well then, you may, at any rate, put up this prayer, “Father, glorify your name. Whatever would glorify you the most, let that be my will as it is your will.”

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

The Tubu are a group of 100,000 Sunni Muslims. There are zero Christians among them. They have no way of hearing the gospel unless someone brings it to them from the outside.

Pray that God would send missionaries to the Tubu.

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Glorify God in your home

This week, as we pray about glorifying God, parents need to think about how we are glorifying God in the way we lead our kids.

As parents, we don’t merely want our kids to accumulate facts and stories about Jesus — we want their entire lives to be marked by Jesus. We want our family to be centered on God and his Word.

Think about that: Is God just a PART of your family’s life or the CENTER of your family’s life?

The secret to making God the CENTER of your family’s life is making him the center of every day by cultivating daily rhythms, routines, or habits that actually shape our homes around God and his Word. That’s why I’m such a firm believer in daily family devotions — gathering your entire family once every day to hear God’s Word, talk about it, pray together, and sing praise to God. It’s a simple habit. It takes less than 10 minutes every day. And it will have an eternal impact on your kids.

For a simple guide (that your kids will LOVE), check out God Centered Family, my series of family devotionals on every book of the Bible. These devotionals will give you everything you need to teach the whole Bible to the whole family.

Make God the center of your home by making him the center of every day.