DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We look up to you with joyful confidence, knowing that you are an inexhaustible fountain of every good thing, and believing that you will supply our need out of the riches of your fullness of glory by Christ Jesus. Will you refresh our souls? We come as the Children of Israel came to the wells of Elim, and we would now sit by the palm-trees. Let our souls gather strength. Give comfort to the mourners; give rebuke to those that slumber, and a word in season to everyone.
As for the minister, may he be one who brings forth out of the treasury things new and old. May there be food fitted for strong men, as well as milk for babies, and may we all of us retire from the Master’s house feeling that he has satisfied us with good things, and made us rejoice in himself. Our Father, hear and bless us for Jesus’ sake.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” (Matthew 4:19)
When Christ calls us by his grace, we ought not only to remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what he can make us. It is, “Follow me, and I will make you.” We should repent of what we have been but rejoice in what we may be. It is not, “Follow me, because of what you are already.” It is not, “Follow me, because you may make something of yourselves,” but, “Follow me because of what I will make you.”
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Share your faith (and support gospel ministry in Washington DC)
Some of you know that I (Doug, the creator/editor of this newsletter) serve as a pastor in Washington DC. With God’s help, we are working to share the name of Christ in our nation’s capital — and there’s a very specific way that you can support our ministry this summer.
A few months ago, I started creating a new Bible study resource for my church. I wanted to create a super-simple tool that any Christian can use to read the Bible with a non-Christian friend. God is going to save sinners through the power of his Word — I wanted to create a tool that would give people in my church confidence to share the Bible with a non-Christian friend.
The result is Know Jesus: The Gospel According to Mark. This simple workbook is an easy-to-follow guide to help you bring a non-Christian through the Gospel According to Mark.
Each of the 15 sessions has a passage of Scripture, application questions, a single highlighted truth to reflect on, and a prayer point.
I’m really excited to see how God uses this resource in my church, but I need your help.
To raise funds to print these workbooks, I’m selling copies on Amazon. 100% of the profits from these sales will go to buy copies for non-Christians in DC (Every copy purchased = one given away for evangelism).
So I hope you’ll buy two copies — one for you and one for a non-Christian friend — and use this resource to share the hope of the gospel.