God's mercy sends us never ending streams of love

🛐 Daily Prayer: "We come by the way of Christ our mediator. We could not approach you, O our God, if it were not for him, but in him we come boldly to the throne of heavenly grace."

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SpurgeonBooks
January 31, 2024

Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, we are longing to draw near; may your Spirit draw us near. We come by the way of Christ our mediator. We could not approach you, O our God, if it were not for him, but in him we come boldly to the throne of heavenly grace. Nor can we come without thanksgiving—thanksgiving from the heart, such as the tongue can never express.

You have chosen us from before the foundation of the world, and this fountainhead of mercy sends forth streams of lovingkindness never ceasing. Because we were chosen we have been redeemed with precious blood. Bless the Lord! And we have been called by the Holy Spirit out of the world, and we have been led to obey that wondrous call which has quickened us and renewed us, and made us the people of God, given us adoption into the divine family. Bless the Lord!

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14)

In prayer, we must view the Lord as our strength enabling, and our Redeemer saving, or we shall not pray rightly, and it is well to feel our personal interest so as to use the word my, or our prayers will be hindered. Our near redeemer’s name makes a blessed ending to the psalm; it began with the heavens, but it ends with him whose glory fills heaven and earth.

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