Praising God with every breath

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SpurgeonBooks
September 11, 2024

Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Many days have passed since first we knew the grace of God and many changes we have seen, but we have never lost our hold on Christ; nor has he ever lost his hold of us; and here we are still, to weep to the praise of the mercy that we have found, and to tell others, as we have breath to speak, that the Lord is a great sin-pardoning God.

There is none like him, passing by transgression, iniquity, and sin; and, for Jesus’ sake, receiving the vilest of the vile to his bosom and casting out none that comes to him; taking up even the blasphemer and the drunkard, yes, the very worst, and washing even these from their crimson sins, and making them whiter than newly-fallen snow. Oh Lord, we sometimes wish that we could sing like cherubim and seraphim. Then would we praise you better. But as it is, human voices are all we have, but they shall be used to the praise of “free grace and dying love,” to which we owe all that we have, and all we ever hope to have.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.” (Acts 17:25)

What can he need who is owner of all things and able to create as he wills? Thus overwhelmingly does the Lord pour forth his arguments upon formalists.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Balti of Pakistan.

The Balti live in territory claimed by both India and Pakistan. The region is closed to foreign travelers, preventing missionaries from accessing it.

Pray that the conflict between India and Pakistan would end so that the gospel is able to spread freely.

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