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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

While we stand this morning at the foot of the cross, that we may be crucified with Christ to all the world. Oh that the spear might go through our hearts; that the heart from now on might be dead to all but Christ. And may hands and feet—the instruments of action and of motion—be fastened to his cross, that we may stray no more, and no longer serve the old masters, but may become wholly the Lord’s. We desire, sweet Savior, to feel the power of your death, that we may know the power of your resurrection.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.” (Colossians 2:14–15)

To the eyes of reason, the cross is the center of sorrow and the lowest depth of shame as Jesus dies an evildoer’s death. How different, however, is the view that presents itself to the eyes of faith. Faith knows no shame in the cross. It sees no ground for scorn; but it hurls indignant scorn at sin, the enemy that pierced the Lord. Faith regards the cross not as the emblem of shame but as the token of glory. It tells us that the cross was Jesus Christ’s field of triumph. There he fought and there he conquered, too.

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