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September 20, 2024

Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

Thanks for praying with us this week. We’ll be back on Monday.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We ask especially for this Sunday, the Lord’s Day, that we may be in the Spirit, and know the fullness of his quickening power. May we do nothing after the dead manner of formality. May there be no dead hymn, nor dead prayer. Lord, give the preacher life. Oh, give the hearers life. Oh may this be living worship this morning, the bowing not of heads alone, but of hearts, and the closing not alone of the eyes to things that can be seen, but the closing of the eyelids of the thought to everything worldly.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“The whole earth will worship you and sing praise to you. They will sing praise to your name.” (Psalm 66:4)

 The nature and works of God will be the theme of earth’s universal song, and he himself shall be the object of the joyful adoration of our emancipated race. Acceptable worship not only praises God as the mysterious Lord, but it is rendered fragrant by some measure of knowledge of his name or character. God would not be worshiped as an unknown God, nor have it said of his people, “You worship you do not know.” May the knowledge of the Lord soon cover the earth, so that the universality of intelligent worship may be possible.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Mili of China.

Jesus said, “This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations” (Matthew 24:14). The gospel MUST be proclaimed to all nations, including the Mili.

Pray that the Mili would hear the gospel and believe in Christ.

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Happy Birthday to Charles Spurgeon’s Sons

Today is the birthday of Charles Spurgeon’s twin sons, Thomas and Charles Jr. The boys — Spurgeon’s only children — were born on September 20, 1856.

We know Spurgeon for his preaching and faithful ministry, but he was also a faithful father.

Despite his busy schedule, everyone that knew him knew that 6 p.m. every night was the most carefully-guarded hour of his day, for that was when he read and discussed the Bible, prayed, and sang with his wife and boys.

I think having family worship like this as a daily routine is an incredibly important habit for any Christian family.

It bore fruit in the life of the Spurgeon boys — they were devoted to the Lord for the rest of their lives and his son Thomas even succeeded his father as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London.

I believe this kind of daily habit will bear fruit in YOUR family too. To help you make it a reality, I’ve put together a simple worksheet, “How to (Actually) Make Family Devotions a Daily Habit.” Parents, print this out and follow all six steps — this is an easy-to-use tool that I really believe can change your household forever and for the better.