DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Lord, help us to think nothing of toil, of contempt, of public shame; but may we be prepared by evil report, good report, by honor and by dishonor, as deceivers and yet true, by being all things to all men, by some means, or by any means, to glorify your name, and to bring sinners to you.
We come to you now, having asked that the power of sin may be subdued, and we humbly pray for a perfect cleansing in the precious blood. Just as we are come to that cross of Calvary, and where the blood drops, we hide ourselves.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Your throne, God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.” (Genesis 1:1)
The more we look at Christ, the more there is to see. That person has not seen much of Christ who has not perceived him to be God—God on the throne, God on an everlasting throne. If any of us have not yet believed in Christ as God, we do not know the Christ of the Scriptures at all, however much we may value his moral character as supreme in wisdom, unless we can say, “My Lord and my God,” as Thomas did when he saw the Lord’s wounds.
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