DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Oh for the Kingdom and the coming! Oh that Christ himself would soon appear! But if in mercy he tarries until men repent, then come, divine Spirit, and lead them to repentance, and let the elect of God be gathered together out from among the sons of men, and the divine purpose be accomplished, and let Jesus see of the fruit of his work. Our heart asks infinitely better than our lips can do. Oh hear us for Jesus’ sake.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“… what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:3)
Sin, as it banished man from Eden, banished man from God, and from that time our face has been turned from the Most High, and his face has been turned from us—we have hated God, and God has been angry with us every day. Christ came into the world to restore to us our lost patrimony. It was the great object of his wondrous sacrifice to put us into a position that should be equal and even superior to that which we occupied in Adam before the fall.
And as he has already restored to us many things that we lost, so among the rest—fellowship with God. Those who have by his grace believed, and have been washed by the precious blood, have peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord; they are “no longer strangers and foreigners, but … fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19), and they have access with boldness into this grace in which we stand.
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God’s grace will grow you. Here’s a practical guide.
Today we prayed, looking forward to the day that Jesus would come back to bring us home. While we are waiting for that day, we must not sit back comfortably, but we should STRIVE to root out sin, prepare ourselves for heaven, and become more like Christ. But here’s the thing: we can’t grow in godliness without God’s help.
God didn’t just start your salvation, he’s going to complete it as well. And the path to true growth is not just trying harder, but by pressing deeper into the truths of God’s saving, sanctifying grace.
That’s the point of Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners by Dane Ortlund. In this book, Dane (author of Gentle and Lowly) offers a beautiful, biblical picture of what it looks like to actually grow in godliness. The teaching is incredibly practical and will leave you amazed at the wonder of God’s grace to change you.
I hope you’ll grab a copy of Deeper and use it to slay sin in your life, by God’s grace.