DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
There may be some here that are so tossed about mentally, that are so dismayed with inward temptation, so out of their wits by the assaults of Satan, that they know not what to do. Lord when they have no wit, give them enough wit to trust Christ; and when they can do nothing else, may they faint away upon the bosom of Eternal Love.
The Lord help his servants, when they are in extremity, to feel that now is the time for God to begin; and when they are driven over the very verge of hope, and the precipice of despair is before them, oh grant them grace to fall into the arms of Jesus, and there shall they find life from the dead.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD, offspring, a reward.” (Psalm 127:3)
The Lord gives children, not as a penalty nor as a burden, but as a favor. They are a token for good if men know how to receive them and educate them. They are “doubtful blessings” only because we are doubtful persons. Where society is rightly ordered, children are regarded, not as an incumbrance, but as an inheritance; and they are received, not with regret, but as a reward.
Even with all the straits of limited incomes, our best possessions are our own dear offspring, for whom we bless God every day.
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Trust the God who is able to keep you until the end
Today we prayed that God would preserve us, even as we suffer. As we pray for God to strengthen our faith, we can also fill our minds with his Word as a means to boost our faith.
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