Strengthen our faith with a look at Christ

🛐 Daily Prayer: "We want to have a greater longing, hungering, and thirsting after Christ."

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SpurgeonBooks
October 03, 2025

Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

Thanks for praying with us this week. We’ll be back on Monday.

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

There are times when this world creeps in and when gloomy doubts prevail, and we fear to call you ours. Strengthen our faith, that our love may be strengthened too. You know all things; you know that we love you. Oh for grace to love you more! We want to have a greater longing, hungering, and thirsting after Christ. We would not be indifferent to his charms. He has given himself to us. Let us not live as though we did not have such a treasure. He is, we hope, dearer to us than all our senses are, our limbs, our feelings, or our eyes. Oh let us live nearer to him or, when absent, let us mourn as the dove that laments for her mate. If we may not drink of him, give us grace to hunger and thirst after him.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.” (1 Peter 5:9)

But how resist him? By being “firm in your faith.” Seek to obtain a clear knowledge of the doctrines of the gospel, and then get a good grip of them. Be ready to die sooner than give up a particle of God’s revealed truth. This will make you strong. Then take hold of the promises of God, which are “Yes” and “Amen” in Christ Jesus.

The conflict may be long, but the victory is absolutely sure. Poor soul, if you keep near to the cross, you are safe.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Parachi of Afghanistan.

God has said, “All humanity will come to worship me” (Isaiah 66:23). May this promise be true among the Parachi!

Pray that God would be glorified among the Parachi soon.

TOMORROW IN THE WEEKEND EDITION

Each Saturday, I send a bonus email to Pray with Spurgeon Plus subscribers. Here’s what to look forward to in tomorrow’s email:

  • Prayer for the Church — Prepare for Sunday with this prayer for the worship service

  • Q&A with Spurgeon — Why did God flood the earth?

  • Spurgeon’s Letters — A letter that Spurgeon sent to his father shortly after conversion.

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LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“To believe God's Word is the most reasonable thing we can do.” — Charles Spurgeon