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Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

Thanks for praying with us this week. We’ll be back on Monday.

• This week, the newsletter focused on God’s knowledge. Read all the newsletters here.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Let all this, our beloved country, know Christ, and come to his feet; let the dark places of this huge city be enlightened with the sweet name of Jesus. And then let the heathen know you and the uttermost parts of the earth hear of you. Oh, from the tree declare your salvation, and from the throne let it be published in proclamations of a king. “Let the people praise you, oh God; yes, let all the people praise you.”

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.” (1 John 4:6)

Many profess to be the followers of Christ, but they say that they do not agree with Paul and with John. If you reject any part of the Word of God, the spirit of error is within you. Truth is one, and the revelation of God is one; let us not break it apart, let us hold fast by it all, and so prove that the Spirit of truth is in us.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Runga of Chad.

Christ is forever praised because he “purchased people for God by [his] blood from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9). If this is true (and we know it is!), then there are future Christians among the Runga, brothers and sisters who are lost without knowing the God of all grace.

Pray that the Runga would know God.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Knowing God leads to lasting joy

This week, we have reflected on knowing God. As Spurgeon has reminded us several times, this isn’t just an abstract head-knowledge; knowing God is a deep friendship that produces real and lasting joy.

I love how the book Enjoying God by Tim Chester teaches this truth in a practical way that will actually bring real transformation in your life. Each chapter of the book explains how the character of God can bring real joy in the mundane of everyday life AND the worst of trials.

If you want to discover a deeper joy in God before the year ends, I hope you’ll grab a copy of this book today.

Buy Enjoying God:

• Amazon (Paperback, audiobook, or Kindle editions)

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