DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
O blessed Savior, it has pleased the Father that in you should all fullness dwell, and God forbid that we should ever think of adding to you, or going beyond you, for you are our All-in-All. O precious Christ, we take you over again today, and come with all our emptiness and sin, and folly and weakness, and spiritual death, just as we are, and cast ourselves on you, as man casts himself into the sea, not to up-bear himself, but to be upborne. So cast we ourselves into the sea of your fullness, to be upborne by your all the days we have to spend in this house of our banishment.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38–39)
Paul was persuaded of four things. First, that God loves us. Second, that God has shown his love to us by the gift of his Son Jesus Christ. Third, his divine love comes streaming down to us because we are in Christ and we are loved for his sake. Fourth, nothing can ever break the bond of love between God and those who are in his Son, Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Who is the Holy Spirit, anyway?
Today’s prayer praised God the Son — Jesus Christ our Lord. We love God and are confident that he is Trinity. But sometimes we aren’t as comfortable understanding God the Holy Spirit.
This can be a confusing topic for many Christians, because we often aren’t so sure we know who the Holy Spirit is. He’s not a positive energy or divine force — he is God himself.
A great book to understand and apply the Bible’s teaching on who the Holy Spirit is (and what he does) is Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: God’s Perfecting Presence in Creation, Redemption, and Everyday Life by Michael Horton.
This book unpacks the Holy Spirit’s work throughout the Bible and in our lives today. It is thoroughly biblical and practical.
Knowing and loving the Holy Spirit is a crucial part of the Christian life. I know this book will be a helpful tool as you worship God the Holy Spirit — I hope you’ll grab a copy today.