DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
And now, our Father, hear the pleadings of your children, as we bow before you and yield everything to your parental will. Now bless your children. Sanctify us, Lord, spirit, soul, and body. Cleanse us even as with hyssop (Psalm 51:7). Cleanse us in our inward parts, and make us to know wisdom in the secret places of our spirit.
And, Lord, will you also help your children who are very sorely burdened. When you lay on a burden, give strength equal to it; and if the burden should press heavier and heavier, hold the everlasting arms yet more consciously underneath us.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7)
Sprinkle the atoning blood upon me with the appointed means. Give me the reality which legal ceremonies symbolise. Nothing but blood can take away my blood-stains, nothing but the strongest purification can avail to cleanse me. Let the sin-offering purge my sin. Let him who was appointed to atone, execute his sacred office on me; for none can need it more than I.
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Feeling weary? Be refreshed in the glorious gospel of God’s grace*
Today we prayed that God would help us and we saw in God’s Word that he saves us and sustains us by his pure grace — not our works.
One of Spurgeon’s most-loved books, All of Grace, is an extended appeal to trust in God’s grace for salvation. It was written for non-believers, but it will also be an incredible encouragement to remind you to rest in God’s grace alone.
All of Grace is a much-needed message for our current day. So many Christians (myself included!) are feeling weary and worn down by the weight of our sin. If you’re feeling weary, you need to know that God has grace for you.
All of Grace is such a valuable book. Spurgeon’s joy in God’s grace is overflowing from every page. This book is incredibly refreshing.
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