DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Prosper your universal church. Send the preaching of the pure gospel again to the world. Silence the voices of those that are spreading infidelity and superstition. May the day come when every pulpit shall resound with the pure gospel of Jesus Christ, and his people shall again return to their allegiance to the faith—the faith once delivered to the saints, never to swerve again.
O God, suffer us to intercede with you a moment for our unconverted ones. Give us to feel great sorrow and heaviness of heart for those who, as yet, are far off from God: Lord, bring them in.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” (Romans 10:14–15)
Here you have the whole plan of salvation. Christ is preached, sinners hear the message of the gospel, they believe it, and so they are saved. What a mass of rubbish men have interjected into this blessed simple plan! What counterfeits of so-called human doings and external paraphernalia of all sorts they have interjected! God requires none of their fripperies, and fineries, and ornate performances, but simply says, “Believe, and live.”
How different is this from the cumbrous, complicated plan by which men would destroy our souls! Cling to the old-fashioned gospel, beloved, and never turn away from it. There is nothing that can take the place of the simplicity of divine truth. God grant that throughout England, and from one end of the world to the other, salvation by believing, the result of hearing the gospel, may be proclaimed.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
The gospel isn’t just for you — it’s for the whole world
Today we prayed for the true gospel to spread to all of the earth. A few years ago, through several books and sermons, my life was completely changed when I discovered God’s unparalleled passion for all nations. Global missions is the center of God’s passion — so to be apathetic about it is to be distinctly ungodly.
To help you understand God’s glorious plan for all the nations of the earth, I want to recommend two resources.
First, The Great Imbalance by David Platt is the most recent Secret Church event. This is several hours of in-depth Bible study unpacking God’s heart for all nations and what we must do about it. You can watch the sessions for free on Radical.net.
Second, the book Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper will help you understand why God cares about all the nations of the earth. Piper creates an incredible case to show that God cares about all nations of the earth because his glory is at stake. If every nation doesn’t worship, then God will not be glorified as he should be. So we have to care.
I hope and pray that Let the Nations Be Glad will fill your heart with a passion for God’s glory among all nations.