DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Oh, make the non-Christians that we know to be weary until he is delivered from corruption. May there be none here that shall fancifully seek after a pretended salvation, which will leave them as they are; but may they know that Jesus saves his people from their sins; and, oh, that with self-loathing, and deep contrition, and earnest heart-searching, souls may come to you again and cast themselves before your face, trusting in Jesus, and crying out to be delivered from sin; and may this be the day of deliverance.
Oh, this weekend, you may raise up of these stones children unto Abraham. Men that seem naked and cold as stones, quicken by the mighty Spirit this very day; and may they be led to yield themselves to God, and their members instruments of righteousness. The Lord grant it, and we will bless his name.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.” (1 Kings 20:11)
It is right to learn even from the lips of the wicked, for they are seldom as foolish in worldly things as they are in spiritual. Those who put on the armor are the more apt to be proud because they often mistake their intentions for accomplishments. The text is peculiarly adapted to those who are commencing the battle of the Christian life.
We do not always perform what we think we will, nor do we always reach where we hope to arrive; failures are as numerous as successes, and even the most successful have failures to mourn over. The gist of all I have said is this: we should trust in God but distrust ourselves.
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