DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
While we have any being we will praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And when we leave this clay to be the food of worms, it shall be in confident expectation that our body shall rise again, and our spirit shall mount to heaven, singing as it mounts, to look forever into the face of God, forever to sing the praise of him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in his blood.
Oh that we knew the language of heaven! We wish that we could borrow the notes of angels, but until then, good Lord, we offer you such as we have, and since it is perfumed with the Savior’s merits, and put into the golden censer which he waves in his hand, we believe that even our poor frankincense and myrrh shall not be unaccepted, but that you will receive it through Jesus Christ, the great High Priest.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification. We only progress in sound living as we progress in sound understanding. Do not say of any error, “It is a mere matter of opinion.” No man indulges an error of judgment, without sooner or later tolerating an error in practice. Hold fast the truth, for by so holding the truth shall you be sanctified by the Spirit of God.
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Share the sanctifying word of God with others
Today’s verse of the day pointed us to the stunning power of God’s Word. By his Word, God is able to transform us and make us more like his Son. And that means if we want to see lives transformed, we need to bring people to the Word (not our own opinions).
In the last few months, I’ve been working to create a resource to help people in my church read the Bible with a non-believing friend.
My goal was to create a Bible study that was simple enough for ANY Christian to walk through with a non-Christian they know.
I’m really excited about what we’ve put together — its a simple Bible study workbook called KNOW JESUS that walks through the Gospel According to Mark in 15 sessions.
I know that this resource is going to be bear a lot of fruit in our church, and I want to share it with you — you can purchase copies of this book on Amazon.
I hope you’ll grab one for you and one for a non-believing friend you know.
And the best part, for every copy sold, we’ll use 100% of the profits to buy copies for a non-Christian in Washington DC, where I serve as a pastor.
(Every copy purchased = one given away for evangelism in DC)