Pray with Spurgeon: Revive our love for the gospel

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Let my church, Lord, receive a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, that all its members may be spending themselves for the Master. Will you quicken, we pray, every ministry of our church. Let not anything flag to which the church has set her hand. May we be great soul-winners that the Lord’s name may be glorified.

And all the thousand and one things, which constitute the activities of the churches at large, bless and prosper them, so far as they are according to your mind; and may it please you to give to the churches prayer in proportion to activity, and faith in proportion to zeal. O Lord! Visit your church at this time, which is a time of peril; and in your mercy, revive among us the love of the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24–25)

Christian fellowship is helpful to us, and we are helpful to others by it. A Christian is not meant to be a solitary being. Sheep are fond of company, and so are the sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us not be solitary pilgrims along the road to heaven, but join that glorious host of God’s elect who march beneath the guidance of our great Master.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

A simple summer read to help you love your church more

Today we prayed for our local church and reflected on the value of gathering with our local church from Hebrews 10:24–25. Your local church is not an activity or entertainment — it is the family that God has given you to keep you alive.

We all need to grow to love our local church family more. And a great resource for helping you along the way is Love Your Church by Tony Merida. This is a new book that outlines eight great things about being a church member. I received a review copy several months ago and was so thankful for the book’s faithfulness to Scripture and practical application.

The book is simple and short, making it a great summer read. I promise you, if you will read this book and apply it’s lessons to your own local church, you will grow in love for your church family and grow in godliness as a result.

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