Pray with Spurgeon: Our sins are many, God’s mercy is more

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Lord, will you listen to us while we confess before you how unworthy we have been of all your goodness; for we are a sinful generation, even as our fathers were. We have sinned, times without number. Our sins of pride, of unbelief, of hasty judgment of your providence, our neglect of searching into your mind in the Word, our neglect of possessing your mind in our daily life, our transgressions and our shortcomings, make against us a great list of accusations.

But we bless you that they will not stand as accusations; for, behold, none can lay anything to the charge of your people, seeing all was laid on him, upon whom the transgression of your people was laid of old, by your own hand; and now, washed in his precious blood, and clothed in his matchless righteousness, we know that despite our faults, we stand accepted in the Beloved.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.” (Romans 8:33)

Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation, and by the atonement carried away. There is no sin in God’s book against his people: he sees no sin in Jacob, neither iniquity in Israel; they are justified in Christ forever. When the guilt of sin was taken away, the punishment of sin was removed. For the Christian there is no stroke from God’s angry hand—nay, not so much as a single frown of punitive justice. The believer may be chastised by his Father, but God the Judge has nothing to say to the Christian, except “I have absolved you: you are acquitted.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

What’s so amazing about grace?

Today, we prayed a prayer of thankfulness that God has forgiven our sins out of his infinite, marvelous, amazing grace. We celebrate God’s “amazing grace” like this every day, but when was the last time you sat down to really consider and celebrate the good news that God saves sinners by grace?

One book to help cultivate enjoyment of God’s grace is By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me by Sinclair Ferguson. This book is a great devotional, with each chapter focusing on a different aspect of God’s amazing grace.

I can’t think of a better topic to study and consider this summer than God’s amazing grace. You will walk away from this book singing with joy at the wonders of God’s grace. I hope you’ll buy a copy today.

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