DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
There are many we know who are strangers to the gospel. May the new note strike them. From the silver cornet of the gospel may there come to them a sound unknown before, which shall reach their very soul; and may they answer to it. Bid them come to Christ and live today. O divine love, sweetly draw them. Cast the bands of love about them, and the cords of a man, and draw them to Thyself. Young men and young women, ay, and old men and old women—draw them to yourself, most divine Lord; and may there be many trophies to the power of the gospel today. All our prayer is now before you. We wish everybody to be saved. The Lord grant it, for Christ’s sake.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” (Ephesians 5:25)
The love of Jesus—what a theme it is! The apostle said it passes knowledge; and if it passes knowledge, much more does it excel any description that can be given of it. This love of Christ is the most amazing thing under heaven, if not in heaven itself. Love between mortal and mortal is natural and comprehensible, but love between the infinite God and us poor sinful finite creatures, though conceivable in one sense, is utterly inconceivable in another. Who can grasp such an idea? Who can fully understand it? This is the miracle of miracles.
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Happy Valentine’s Day — Here’s a New Resource for Husbands
Today is a great day to celebrate love and (for those of us who are married) to evaluate our own marriage in light of God’s call on our lives. Husbands, we are called to lay down our lives in service for our wives — how can we grow to be the sacrificial leader that God has called us to be?
I’ve created a new resource, The God Centered Husband Bible Study Workbook to help husbands understand God’s call on their lives and equip them to follow it.
This is a simple, hands-on Bible study workbook for married guys. It will walk you through six passages of Scripture about being a husband and challenge you to serve your wife sacrificially, lead her consistently, and show her the character of God.
Every man lives for something. This Bible study will challenge you to stop living for yourself, your wife, or your career, and live for God more faithfully.
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