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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON) This morning, we feel inclined to bless you for the many occasions in which you have not answered our prayer; for you have said that we did ask wrongly, and therefore we could not have (James 4:3); and we desire to register this prayer with you, that whenever we do ask wrongly, you would, in great wisdom and love, be pleased to refuse us. Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON) “You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.” (James 4:2–3) “You do not ask…” With all your efforts you do not succeed, because you omit to pray to God. Prayer would have brought you every blessing that you need; but, instead of going to God, and asking at his hands, you rush upon your neighbor, and seek to take what you desire as spoil from him. Perhaps some say, “But we do ask.” “Well, then,” saith the apostle, “you ask wrongly.” The lusts of the flesh come in, and put us upon the wrong track; or if we take the right road, yet, if the lusts are there, God will not bless us, because, in doing so, he would be helping us to gratify our lusts.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, in these perilous circumstances, give us grace that we may not turn away from you. If our position now is one which you would not have allotted to us, had we been wiser, grant that we may be taught to behave ourselves aright, even now, lest the mercies you have given should become a cause of stumbling, and the obtaining of our heart’s desire should become a temptation to us.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—she’s a sinner!” (Luke 7:37–39)

She is a sinner, and does he let her touch him, and kiss his feet, and show such tokens of affection? What man must he be who allows a harlot’s kiss, even though it be upon his feet? Ah! poor foolish Pharisee! He judged according to the sight of the eye, or else he might have known that the best of men would never be angry at a harlot’s tears, for the tears of repentance, come from whatever heart they may, are always like diamonds in the esteem of those who judge rightly.

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I put together a new book, Spurgeon on Christmas — a collection of Christmas sermons from Charles Spurgeon. These sermons are rich and I know that they will help you focus on Christ this Christmas.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, we ask whether you have anything against us as your children. Have we been asking somewhat of you wrongly, and have you given us that which we have sought? We are not conscious of it, but it may be so; and now we are brought, as an answer to our presumptuous prayers, into a more difficult position than the one we occupied before.
It may be that some creature comfort is nearer to us than our God. We were better off without it, and have dwelt in God, and have found our joy in him. But now, Lord, in these perilous circumstances, give us grace that we may not turn away from you.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.” (1 Corinthians 1:21)

God, in his infinite wisdom, raised up a number of philosophers just about the time of the coming of Christ, and a little before that great event. If ever there were great minds upon the earth, it was then; yet these men, with all their schools of thought, knew not God, and the people did not follow after them so that the earthly wisdom turned out to be a failure.

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Spurgeon lived in a day of theological crisis.

While many of the Christians around him were denying crucial doctrines such as the virgin birth or salvation in Christ alone, Spurgeon stood firm on the Word of God. Spurgeon was a defender of God’s Word and God’s Gospel, even against fierce opposition.You can learn the story of Spurgeon’s faithfulness in The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray.

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DAILY PRAYER

God of Israel, God of Jesus Christ, our God forever and ever; help us now by the sacred Spirit, to approach you rightly, with deepest reverence, but not with servile fear; with holiest boldness, but not with presumption. Oh teach us as children to speak to the Father, and yet, as creatures to bow before our Maker.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.” (John 3:18)

His not believing is the master-sin, the surest evidence of that he is, in his heart, an enemy to God. If he refuses to trust Christ, the matchless gift of the Father’s love, he must be desperately set on mischief, and he “is condemned already.”

These two truths of the necessity of the new birth, and of the fact that everyone who believes on Christ is saved, are quite consistent and in perfect harmony with each other.

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Experience Spurgeon’s classic book, All of Grace, in a new audio format.

I was listening to the new audio edition of Spurgeon’s All of Grace in the car last night and was filled with joy by the way Spurgeon describes God’s work in our salvation. One of the (many) reasons this book is such a great read is the dozens of metaphors or illustrations that Spurgeons employs to describe salvation. Listening to the book (instead of just reading it) helps me imagine these images in a really refreshing way.

The audiobook of Spurgeon’s All of Grace will be a blessing to you. It will encourage you to trust Christ alone for salvation and to praise God for his amazing grace. Download the audiobook today and start listening over the weekend (it’s a great soundtrack for drives to church!).

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DAILY PRAYER

And now, Lord, bless your universal church, and grant to it mercy and favor. Gather together your elect from under all heaven. Let the company of the faithful be accomplished, and let the universal reign of Christ established.

Bless our own dear country. God save and bless our leaders with every mercy. Guide, uphold, sustain, and direct our rulers. Let them be guilty of no folly, but Lord, teach our senators wisdom.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“For all those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons.” (Romans 8:14)

Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assuredly children of God, for the Lord ever leads his own children. If then, you are following the lead of God’s Spirit, you have one of the evidences of sonship.

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A new Spurgeon audio experience

People frequently message me asking where to start reading Spurgeon. I always give the same answer — All of Grace. This is Spurgeon’s landmark explanation of salvation by grace alone. It is a beautiful book that will fill believers with joy in our great God’s grace.

I’m excited that a team of creators have put together a new audiobook/audio worship experience featuring the full text of All of Grace (and several bonus features!). This audiobook is a great way to bring Christ-centered content to any part of your daily life. I’ve loved listening to it while I drive.

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DAILY PRAYER
May we in everything be Christlike and godly; for God is love (1 John 4:8). Conquer our tempers; subdue our passions; rule us in body, soul, and spirit. Make us so to live that, when death shall close our life on earth, heaven itself shall be but a continuance of the same life, because even now we have the beginnings of heaven in the earnest of the Spirit.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8)

He may be very orthodox, but if he does not love, he does not know God; and if he does not know God, what does he know? There is such a thing as holding the truth in bitterness; but those who know God, and are truly his children, hold the truth in love.

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DAILY PRAYER
As you have commanded us to pray for all men (1 Timothy 2:1–4), so do we now especially pray for our beloved country. May every blessing rest upon our country. Upon our leaders, let your mercies always descend.

Keep this land in peace we beseech you; and as for all other lands, may peace yet reign. May oppression in every place be broken to small pieces, and may truth and righteousness win the day.
Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY
“Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good. ” (1 Peter 2:13–14)

You are not to be disturbers of the peace; you Christian people are to cultivate the spirit of reconciliation wherever you dwell, submitting yourselves, “for the Lord’s sake,” even to some things which you do not like.

In Peter’s day, the king was a poor creature, and something worse than that. Indeed, I might say of the bulk of the Emperors of Rome, who were the chief “kings” of that day, that they were monsters of iniquity; yet the office was to be respected even when the man who occupied it could not be; much more should it be respected when the occupant is what a true “king” should be.

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DAILY PRAYER Will you keep your people right with regard to the world? Oh, that the witness that we bear might be an unstained one. Oh, grant to us to be a light in the world, that we may never cast darkness instead of light over the minds of men. Help us to live out Christ’s life. Oh Lord, help us to be so consumed with zeal, that it may eat us up; and may we be so full of love, that those who are around us may know, that if we write a harsh letter, or say a strong word, love alone dictates it. Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY “But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.” (John 10:16)“Them also I must bring,” “I must,” says Jesus; and, as men say, “must is for the king.” There is a divine necessity laid upon Christ our Savior, he must save the people, the sheep whom his Father gave him: “them also I must bring.” Oh, wondrous love, that holds even the Omnipotent Savior in bonds, and puts him under the sacred constraint of this mighty “must”: “them also I must bring.”

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A new audio experience of Spurgeon’s best-loved book.
Spurgeon’s All of Grace is a masterpiece. This book is a beautiful description of what God has done to save sinners. I wanted to tell you about a new audio edition of All of Grace — available now on Audible.
This new audio edition is a beautiful reading of Spurgeon’s classic work, but also includes extra content and several hymns.
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If we are right with you, help us to be right in all the transactions of daily life. Help us to be right with regard to your providential dealings with us.

Lord, give much patience to those that are tried. Give a holy resolve both to the sick and to the bereaved, and to such as are brought into poverty. Be very gracious to your dear children, that they may never dishonor you when they are in affliction.

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Lord, you have not taken away your blessing from us. We do rejoice in this: every day you aid us, and this month you have sent us perhaps more than ever—glory be to your name!

You provide for all the work of the church, and send prosperity to it in every part and quarter of it; and therefore we fear and tremble, because of all the goodness which you make to pass before us; and our heart is jealous with a godly jealousy, lest in anything we should vex the Spirit of God. Oh Lord, grant us to be holy, grant us to be accepted in the Beloved, and you shall have all the praise.