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🛐 Daily Prayer: "Lord, hear the confessions of any who have backslidden”

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SpurgeonBooks
March 24, 2026

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, hear the confessions of any who have backslidden, who are distorting your image rather than perfecting it. Hear the prayers of any who are conscious of great defects in their past. Give them peace of mind by pardon, but give them strength of mind also to keep clear of such mischief in the future. Lord, we are sighing and crying more and more for you. The more we have of you, the more we want you; the more we grow like you, the more we perceive our defects, and the more we long for a higher standard, to even reach perfection itself.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Because the LORD is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14)

Let it be remembered, then, that jealousy, like anger, is not evil in itself, or it could never be ascribed to God. His jealousy is ever a pure and holy flame. The passion of jealousy possesses an intense force. It fires the whole nature; its coals are juniper, which have a most vehement flame. Not that God is jealous so as to bring him down to human likeness but that this is the nearest idea we can form of what the divine being feels. If it is right to use even that word toward him—when he beholds his throne occupied by false gods, his dignity insulted, and his glory usurped by others—we cannot speak of God except by using figures drawn from his works, or our own emotions.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Lao Lom in Thailand.

Like most Buddhists in Thailand, the Lao Lom live in fear of many spirits and spend a lot of effort to please them with offerings and worship. They do not know Christ, who rules over all spirits and can save them.

Pray that God would set the Lao Lom free from fear in Christ.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

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LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“Backsliding begins with dusty Bibles.” — Charles Spurgeon