Our praise will never end

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SpurgeonBooks
September 18, 2024

Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Glorious Lord God, our inmost hearts worship you; for you are high above the heavens and yet you humbled yourself to behold the things that are in heaven and that are on earth. And in your condescension you have regard for the very lowest of mankind. Many of us can sing “he has regarded my low estate,” for you raise the poor out of the dust and the needy out of the dunghill, that you might set them among princes, even the princes of the people.

Who is a God like you? Hallelujah, our praises shall never cease. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, and all through the night watches, the Lord’s name is to be praised.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“… the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever….” (Revelation 4:10)

Adoration is the employment of heaven and nothing can be desired more honorable or delightful. How happy shall we be when we too shall stand and bow before the throne in concert with that mighty host.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

Mili funerals are 2–3 day-long events where the dead body lays in the home to be honored and taken care of so that the surviving family members maintain communion with their deceased ancestors and to help the deceased be “nourished” for their journey into the afterlife.

Pray that the Mili would learn that only Christ can conquer death.

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