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Daily Newsletter from SpurgeonBooks

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God’s power.” (2 Corinthians 13:4)

Power in weakness is the great secret of the gospel mode of working. Life, born of death, is the life of our souls; a life which would never have been in us at all if it had not been for the most cruel death on record, when men crucified the ever-blessed Lord. Our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished his mighty purpose by becoming weak; through his weakness he became able to suffer and to die in order to save us from the reign of sin.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

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

The Grangali are a very poor people group. Health care and education are virtually non-existent. Maternal death rates are high.

Pray that Christians who love their neighbors can address the Grangali’s most urgent physical and spiritual needs.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Deeper Bible study in 2026*

Have you noticed how EASY it is to scroll for hours, while it’s hard to read the Bible undistracted for 10 minutes? We have an attention crisis that’s eating us alive.

Unfortunately, a lot of so-called “devotionals” make matters worse, by taking the place of Scripture in our lives instead of pushing us back to the Bible itself.

We’ve got to do something about this.

We have to train ourselves to dive deeply into Scripture again.

A great example of a book that will help you read MORE, not less, Bible?

The new Spurgeon Commentary Series, which arranges Spurgeon’s best insights on Scripture in a verse-by-verse commentary.

Spurgeon’s guidance will help you understand Scripture while propelling you back into it for yourself.

Reading an older author can be challenging. Challenges like this are GOOD, plus the Spurgeon Commentary Series has updated some of Spurgeon’s language to help you get started.

I’m confident that you’ll be very blessed by this series and I hope you grab a copy today.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK

Spurgeon’s classic devotional, The Chequebook of the Bank of Faith, contains a promise of God for every day of the year. Pray with Spurgeon Plus subscribers receive the daily readings every weekday.

If you want to strengthen your faith in God’s promises (and support this ministry!), subscribe to Pray with Spurgeon Plus here.

“But you will be called the LORD’s priests.” (Isaiah 61:6)

This literal promise to Israel belongs spiritually to the seed of the Spirit, that is, to all believers. If we live up to our privileges, we shall live for God so clearly and distinctly that men shall see that we are set apart for holy service and they shall call us the priests of the Lord. We may work or trade, as others do, and yet we may be solely and wholly the ministering servants of God. Our one occupation shall be to present the perpetual sacrifice of prayer, and praise, and testimony, and self-consecration to the living God by Jesus Christ.

With this as our one aim, we may leave distracting concerns to those who have no higher calling. “Let the dead bury their own dead” (Luke 9:60). It is written, “Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers” (Isaiah 61:5). They may manage politics, puzzle out financial problems, discuss science, and settle the last new quibbles of literature; but we will give ourselves unto such service as is fitting for those who, like the Lord Jesus, are ordained to a perpetual priesthood.

Accepting this honorable promise as involving a sacred duty, let us put on the vestments of holiness, and minister before the Lord all day long.

Something to think about today if you’re feeling purposeless: God has called you to serve him in this broken world.