Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Oh Lord, we often question ourselves to know whether we have real faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, and we will now pray asking you to search us, and try us and see that we are really trusting in him; and if we are, Lord increase our faith. But if we have merely a faith in name, rid us from the counterfeit, and give us yet the real, precious gold, which wisdom alone can furnish.

Oh, for a humble and sincere faith in our divine Lord. Lord, if it is necessary to break our hearts in order that we may have it, then let them be broken. If we have to unlearn a thousand things to learn the sweet secret of faith in him, let us become fools that we may be wise, only bring us surely and really to stand upon the Rock of Ages—so to stand there as never to fall, but to be kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.’ This is the LORD’s declaration. ‘For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.’” (Isaiah 55:8–9)

You do not understand, tried child of God, what your heavenly Father is doing with you. A child cannot always comprehend his father’s purposes of love; it is not necessary that he should. Every father may say to his son, “My thoughts are not your thoughts;” but with what great emphasis does our divine Father say it to us!

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

The Naru worship a spirit they believe resides in their kitchen fire-pits. They also worship their ancestors.

Pray that they would turn from idols to worship the living true God.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Grow in wisdom — learn from God

This week, our prayers and Scripture readings are focused on God’s wisdom. God is the wisest being but he promises to share his wisdom with us — he is a great and gracious teacher.

If you want to learn godly wisdom, the book of Proverbs is a great place to start. A fantastic guide to the entire book of Proverbs is Proverbs: Wisdom that Works by Ray Ortlund. So many books on Proverbs turn into legalism (if you do this, you will be blessed), but this book is actually rooted in God’s grace from beginning to end.

I hope you’ll buy a copy of Proverbs: Wisdom that Works and grow in wisdom this year.

Buy Proverbs: Wisdom that Works:

• Amazon (Hardback or Kindle editions)

• ChristianBook (Hardback or ebook editions)