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Leaning on Christ alone

Leaning on Christ alone

🛐 Daily Prayer: "May we just lean on Christ as hard as we can, with a full weight of weakness and sin and sorrow, and just swoon away into his eternal love and there lie passive in his hand."

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May 22, 2026

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Take every doubt from the heart of your people; let not a single thought of mistrust abide with any one of us. May we just lean on Christ as hard as we can, with a full weight of weakness and sin and sorrow, and just swoon away into his eternal love and there lie passive in his hand. To know no will but his, to not be active until he makes us so by his own power. May our confidence become strong, that our peace may be like a river, and our righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

He cannot come to a God who to his own mind is non-existent; he must believe that he is. You must believe that God hears prayer. You must believe that he will punish the guilty, and that he will reward the righteous. Without this sure faith, you cannot come to him.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

Jesus has said that the “forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations” (Luke 24:47). This good news hasn’t yet been proclaimed to the Mengwu.

Pray that the Mengwu would hear and believe the good news.

TOMORROW IN THE WEEKEND EDITION

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Prayer for the Church — Prepare for Sunday with this prayer for the worship service
Q&A with Spurgeon — What is Repentance?
Spurgeon’s Letters — A letter of gratitude sent to a friend.

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LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“Unbelief will destroy the best of us. Faith will save the worst of us.” — Charles Spurgeon