DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We bless you that we can never lose our portion. Time cannot impair it, death cannot take it from us or take us away from it. Rather, we expect death, which would destroy all mortal things, to bring us nearer to the God we love, and in our disembodied state we shall behold you more clearly than we do now. Though the worm devour this body, yet in our flesh we shall see God, whom our eyes shall see for themselves and not another. O God, we know not how to express our delight in you. You are the happy God, and you are the happy-making God.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you. In the presence of everyone you have acted for those who take refuge in you.” (Psalm 31:19)
Is it not singular to find such a joyful sentence in connection with so much sorrow? Truly the life of faith is a miracle. When faith led David to his God, she set him singing at once. He does not tell us how great was God’s goodness, for he could not; there are no measures which can set forth the immeasurable goodness of the Lord, who is goodness itself. Holy amazement uses interjections where adjectives utterly fail. Notes of exclamation suit us when words of explanation are of no avail. If we cannot measure we can marvel; and though we may not calculate with accuracy, we can adore with fervency.
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Trust the God who is able to keep you until the end
Today we prayed that God would preserve us, even as we suffer. As we pray for God to strengthen our faith, we can also fill our minds with his Word as a means to boost our faith.
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