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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphim were standing above him; they each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.” (Isaiah 6:1–2)

There are the spirits that dwell in the presence of God, nearest to him, and as he is a consuming fire they come to be like him, for the seraphims are burning ones, consumers, burning and shining lights, who wait upon God, who is light of life. Notice how humble they are in that presence; they cover themselves before that Infinite Majesty.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Harzani of Iran.

Missionaries from the U.S. will likely not be able to get into Iran for years to come. Thankfully, the U.S. is not the Savior.

Pray that missionaries would go to the Harzani soon.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK

Spurgeon’s classic devotional, The Chequebook of the Bank of Faith, contains a promise of God for every day of the year. Pray with Spurgeon Plus subscribers receive the daily readings every weekday.

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“… the prayer of the upright is his delight.” (Proverbs 15:8)

This is as good as a promise for it declares a present fact which will be the same throughout all ages. God takes great pleasure in the prayers of upright people; he even calls them his delight. Our first concern is to be upright. We must not bend this way nor that, but continue in uprightness; not crooked with policy nor laying down by yielding to evil, be upright in strict integrity and straightforwardness. If we begin to shuffle and shift, we shall be left to shift for ourselves. If we try crooked ways, we shall find that we cannot pray and if we pretend to do so, we shall find our prayers shut out of heaven.

Are we acting in a straight line and thus following out the Lord’s revealed will? Then let us pray much and pray in faith. If our prayer is God’s delight, let us not be stingy with that which gives him pleasure. He does not consider the grammar of your prayer, nor the metaphysics of it, nor the rhetoric of it; for all of those things other people might despise it. He, as a Father, takes pleasure in the lispings of his own babies, the stammerings of his newborn sons and daughters. Should we not delight in prayer since the Lord delights in it? Let us make errands to the throne. The Lord finds us enough reasons for prayer, and we ought to thank him that it is so.

Something to think about today if you’re feeling ignored or overlooked: God hears every one of your prayers by grace.