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Thanking God for trials?
š Daily Prayer: "There is not one out of all our trials which we could have afforded to have been without."
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November 25, 2025
Pray with Spurgeon
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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Throughout this year, all of our path has been strewn with mercies, and we desire this morning to record, āBless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,ā (Psalm 103:2).
We thank you now in retrospect for the trials which we have endured. Some of us have been brought very low with physical pain and mental weariness, and others have been sorely smitten with bereavement, losses, and crosses, and persecutions, but there is not one out of all our trials which we could have afforded to have been without.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
āIt is good to give thanks to the LORDā¦ā (Psalm 92:1)
It is good ethically, for it is the Lordās right; it is good emotionally, for it is pleasant to the heart; it is good practically, for it leads others to render the same homage. When duty and pleasure combine, who will be backward? To give thanks to God is but a small return for the great benefits which he daily gives us; yet as he by his Spirit calls it a good thing, we must not despise it, or neglect it. We thank men when they oblige us, how much more ought we to bless the Lord when he benefits us. Devout praise is always good, it is never out of season, never superfluous.
PRAY FOR THE NATIONS
This week, weāre praying for the Aimaq of Afghanistan.
The Aimaq are carpet weavers and farmers. Droughts have made their lives very difficult.
Pray that God would provide everything that they need.
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Enjoying Jesus with refreshed life
As we think about Thanksgiving, we should all labor to grow our gratitude for Christ himself. He is our greatest blessing.
Have you ever read a book or heard a sermon about Christ that left you slightly skeptical, āCan Jesus REALLY be that good?ā Our wandering hearts tend to believe that Christās mercy canāt really go as far as our sin has taken us. We doubt his power to save because we donāt really believe that he really is that kind.
Itās so foolish. And thatās why we need solid teaching to constantly retrain our hearts to rememberā¦ yes, Jesus REALLY IS that good.
Last year, I read one of those āalmost-too-good-to-be-trueā books that is actually true, rooted in biblical truth: Enjoying Jesus by Tim Chester. Iāve been thinking about this book again this week as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. This book has really helped me to pursue Jesus with renewed gratitude for who he is.
This book is an absolutely breathtaking invitation to ENJOY Christ and his grace, not just know the truth about it. If your faith is feeling stale, if you see that your passion for God is waning, or if you know that prayer is becoming a discipline without delightā¦ the solution is to sit down for a Bible-saturated feast on the goodness of Jesus. And thatās exactly what Enjoying Jesus is.
LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON
āIf we cannot give God anything else, let us give him our thanks.ā ā Charles Spurgeon
