Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

Thanks for praying with us this week! (Don’t miss the weekend edition tomorrow!)

• This week, the newsletter focused on the Holy Spirit. Read all the newsletters here.

• Next week, we’ll focus on forgiveness of sins.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We pray fervently and earnestly for those who do not currently know you. Oh Spirit of God, convince men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come; and especially convince the human heart of the sin of not believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, make this to be very clear to the heart, that not believing in Jesus is the highest act of enmity against God.

The rejection of God, when he becomes man and dies, out of infinite love—surely this is the highest crime and misdemeanor against the great King. Oh that this might strike, like an arrow, into the heart of some. If they cannot accuse themselves of any gross sin of the body, yet may this grossest of all sins be laid, like a millstone, upon their conscience, that they have refused the Son of God and slandered his precious blood, and how shall they escape if they neglect so great salvation!

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“When [the Holy Spirit] comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment…” (John 16:8)

A promise is here made to the servants of Christ, that when they go forth to preach the gospel the Holy Ghost will be with them to convict men. By this is meant, not so much to save them as to silence them. When the minister of Christ stands up to plead his Master’s cause, another advocate appears in court, whose pleadings would make it hard for men to resist the truth. It was not that a few disciples testified to the sin of the race, but the Holy Spirit himself made men tremble as by his deeds of power he bore witness to the Lord Jesus, and exhibited the fact that in crucifying him the world had put to death the incarnate Son of God. Do you not see the incredible power with which the first disciples were thus armed?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Published for the First Time: Spurgeon’s Poems*

Many people don’t know that Spurgeon had a private hobby of writing poetry. And that’s because most of Spurgeon’s poems have never been published anywhere. They’ve only been available in the form of a hand-written notebook, only accessible by Spurgeon scholars.

But in just a few weeks, that’s going to change! Geoff Chang (Spurgeon scholar/professor at Midwestern Seminary) and B&H Academic are releasing Christ Our All: Poems for the Christian Pilgrim, which collects all of Spurgeon’s poetry in one volume.

This collection is going to be an invaluable resource to stir up love for God in your heart. These poems are seriously a treasure trove of gospel-infused beauty.

Plus, there are related Scripture passages listed alongside each poem to help you continue to reflect on the glorious truths of God.

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