Pray with Spurgeon

Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Oh that everything might help us towards purity, for we crave it; we love the things of the Spirit, and there is groaning within us to be utterly delivered from the things of the flesh, that we may in spirit, soul, and body, be a cleansed temple fit for the indwelling of the Holy One of Israel.

Lord help us, we pray, in our daily life, to be as Christ was. If we are men of sorrows, may there be that brightness about our sorrow which there was about Christ in his patience and holy submission to the divine law. If we are men of activity may our activity be like his, for he “went about doing good.” May we seek in all ways the good of our fellow men and the glory of our God.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart…” (Psalm 24:3–4)

The man who will go to heaven is the clean man, the man who has been washed from his sins in the blood of the Lamb; and he is clean just where he was most likely to be foul, he has “clean hands.” Grace has enabled him to touch the things of the world without receiving a stain from them, and to touch holy things without defiling them. This expression, “clean hands,” refers to his outward life; but he is also clean inside, for he has “a pure heart.” If a man were clean as to his actions, but not clean as to his motives, he would not be fit to enter heaven.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Lao Lom of Thailand.

Like most people in Thailand, the Lao Lom believe in many spirits that require constant offerings to prevent disaster and torment.

Pray that the Lao Lom would hear the good news that Jesus is the Lord of all spirits.

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