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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:12–13)

Wholeheartedness is the quality required in every true seeker. This means three things:

First, in order to find the Lord, there must be an undivided objective in the seeker’s mind. The objective is one, and only one.

Second, the phrase “with all your heart” indicates seeking God with the entire faculties of our being. A person must seek after God in Christ Jesus with his or her entire nature, including his memory, his conscience, and his will. Leave not a single part of your nature behind you when you come to God, but seek him with your whole heart, with intense eagerness and strong desire.

Third, it signifies awakened energy. It includes getting out of that dull, sluggish, indifferent spirit that seems so common. Indifference to eternal realities seems to impregnate the air we breathe in this world. We are busy with a thousand things but sluggish about our souls.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Belide in Indonesia.

The Belide live in traditional houses, situated close to rivers and raised on wooden or brick columns. They have a unique culture that missionaries will have to study and learn in order to minister among them.

Pray that the missionaries God will send to the Belide would have wisdom to learn the culture well.

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Did you know that Pray with Spurgeon will turn SIX next month?

Sending this newsletter has been a labor of love for the past six years. However, as the list has grown (by God’s grace), the cost of keeping it up has also increased. Earlier this year, I launched Pray with Spurgeon Plus — a new premium subscription to help support this work. I wanted to take a moment to answer some of your questions about this new subscription.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK

Spurgeon’s classic devotional, The Chequebook of the Bank of Faith, contains a promise of God for every day of the year. Pray with Spurgeon Plus subscribers receive the daily readings every weekday.

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“I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.” (Exodus 8:23)

Pharaoh has a people and the Lord has a people. These people may live together and things may seem to be the same for each of them, but there is a division between them and the Lord will make it apparent. The same event will not always happen in the same way to all; there shall be great difference between the people of the world and the people of the Lord’s choice. This may happen in the time of the final judgment, when the Lord becomes the sanctuary of his saints.

It is very clear in the conversion of believers that their sin is put away and forgiven, while unbelievers remain under condemnation. From that moment, believers become a distinct race, come under a new discipline, and enjoy new blessings. Their homes, from then on, are free from the grievous swarms of evils which defile and torment the Egyptians. They are kept from the pollution of lust, the bite of care, the corruption of falsehood, and the cruel torment of hatred, which devour many families.

Rest assured, tried believer, even though you have your troubles, you are saved from swarms of worse ones which infest the homes and hearts of the servants of the world’s prince. The Lord has made a distinction; make sure that you keep up the division in spirit, aim, character and company.

Something to think about today if you’re feeling like other people are getting ahead unfairly: God sees the truth and everything will be made right in the end.