DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Glorious Lord God, our inmost hearts worship you; for you are high above the heavens, and yet you humble yourself to behold the things that are in heaven and that are on earth. And in your condescension you have regard to the very lowest of mankind.
Many of us can sing “he has looked with favor on the humble condition of his servant” (Luke 1:48); for you do raise the poor out of the dust, and the needy out of the dunghill, that you may set them among princes, even the princes of the people. Who is a God like unto you: Hallelujah! our praises shall never cease: from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, and all through the night watches, the Lord’s name is to be praised.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.” (Joel 3:21)
A great truth of God lies at the foundation of the gospel system, that the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s dear Son, cleanses us from all sin. When someone is washed in the sacred laver that is filled with the blood of the atonement, he is not partially cleansed; he is thoroughly cleansed.
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A book to inspire you to grow in prayer this summer
To be honest, consistency in prayer has always been a challenge for me. It’s easy for the demands of this life to keep me from my most important work — communicating with the Lord in prayer. But I’ve been so refreshed recently to read A Praying Life by Paul Miller.
A Praying Life is a great, encouraging book on Christian prayer. Reading this book has cultivated Scripture-saturated prayers of childlike faith in my life. Miller describes prayer in a way that is thoroughly biblical and incredible desirable.
I hope A Praying Life will help you deepen your prayer life this summer.