Not my will, but yours be done

🛐 Daily Prayer: "Though we cry to you day and night, concerning anything, yet, if you see that we err in this, regard not the voice of our cry."

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SpurgeonBooks
August 18, 2026

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, if we at any time press our suit, without a sufficiency of submission to your will, do not regard us; and though we cry to you day and night, concerning anything, yet, if you see that we err in this, regard not the voice of our cry. It is our heart’s desire in our coolest moments, that this prayer might stand on record as long as we live—“Not as I will, but as you will.”

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” (Luke 22:42)

Was he heard? Ah, my brethren he was indeed heard, but especially in that part of his prayer, “nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done;” and that was the most vital part of his prayer; for, as much as he shrank from that bitter cup, still more did he shrink from any thought of going contrary to the will of his Father. That ought to be the heart of all our prayers; whatever we are asking for, chiefly and above all else this should be our cry, “nevertheless not as I will, but as you will.”

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Bindla of India.

The Bindla are a “low caste,” without much respect or many job opportunities.

Pray that the Bindla would come to know that God cares very much about them.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Hope for Women with Body Image Issues*

I was encouraged by this article by Amy Tyson on the Harvest USA website. It breaks down some of the heart issues beneath body image issues and points to lasting hope in Christ.

LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“To submit to a Creator who is too wise to err and too good to be unkind should not be hard.” — Charles Spurgeon