DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Most glorious and inestimably precious Jesus; we desire to honor you more. How few are the jewels which we put into your Crown! How small is the homage which we pay to you! Help us to live talking of Jesus, and walking with Jesus, receiving his image. May our lives be distinct portraits of the life of Christ. May we so live that men may take knowledge of us that have been with the Nazarene, and have caught his speech, his manner, and his conduct.
Most glorious Spirit, it is yours to make our bodies temples of the Holy Spirit, and to drive out from us everything which would prevent Jesus from dwelling within. Do this, until we shall live wholly and only for him. Better to die for Jesus than to live for self; better to bleed for Jesus than to preserve one’s life without suffering, separated from him.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)
You are to be advertisers of the praises or virtues of Christ; not only to know them, and to be glad to know them, but to make them known to others.
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A resource to help you share your faith (AND help others too!)
Today we prayed that God would help us to constantly be talking about Jesus as we walk with Jesus. And we saw in the verse of the day that this is our duty — to be “advertisers of the virtues of Christ.”
Evangelism can be daunting for some, but it doesn’t have to be complicated! The most effective thing you can do with a non-Christian friend is to read the Bible together.
And to help you do that, I’ve created a new resource, Know Jesus. This is a simple, easy-to-use Bible study. It’s designed for a Christian to take a non-Christian through 15 passages in Mark’s Gospel.
I worked really hard to create a resource that was as easy-to-use as possible, because we are called to share Christ with others.
The best part: 100% of the profits from this book are given to purchase copies for evangelism in Washington, DC, where I live and minister. (One copy purchased = one copy for a non-Christian in the nation’s capital).
So I hope you’ll buy two copies (one for you and one for a non-Christian friend) and start a late-summer Bible study with someone that you know.