DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Today we pray that if we are right with you, help us to be right in all the transactions of daily life. Help us to be right with regard to your providential dealings with us.
Lord, give much patience to those that are tried. Give a holy resignation both to the sick and to the bereaved, and to such as are brought into poverty. Be very gracious to your dear children, that they may never dishonor you when they are in affliction. Oh Lord, grant us to be holy, grant us to be accepted in the Beloved, and you shall have all the praise.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him,” (Colossians 2:6)
If we have received Christ himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with him by a walk of faith in him. Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be confined to our closet; we must carry out into practical effect that which we believe. If a man walks in Christ, then he so acts as Christ would act; for Christ being in him, his hope, his love, his joy, his life, he is the reflex of the image of Jesus; and men say of that man, “He is like his Master; he lives like Jesus Christ.”
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Glorify God this Christmas.
Every year, it seems harder than ever to focus on Christ at Christmas. As the world is screaming about gifts and Santa and holiday travels, it’s easy to lose sight of the meaning behind it all — the baby in the manger who was Savior and Lord.
I put together a book, Spurgeon on Christmas — a collection of Christmas sermons from Charles Spurgeon. These sermons are rich and I know that they will help you focus on Christ this Christmas.
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I hope you’ll buy a copy of Spurgeon on Christmas and be encouraged throughout this Advent and Christmas season.
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