DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Lord God, sacred Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, reign on earth. Let your eternal purposes be accomplished. Let the decrees of your sovereignty be carried out. Let your grace be glorified. Let the whole earth be filled with your glory. We know no deeper and no higher prayer than this. Oh, that it were fulfilled right speedily!
Now suffer us to speak for ourselves, having thus endeavored to pay in homage to you. We confess that we have sinned. Father forgive us. To many, forgiveness has been once for all bestowed. You have washed us, and he that is washed does not need to wash, except his feet. But give us the foot washing, this morning. Oh that we might come to the laver and be clean, and then go in as priests into the Holy Place of the Most High.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” (Philippians 3:8)
The very high value that the apostle Paul set on the Savior is most palpable when he speaks of gaining him. This shows that the Savior held the same place in Paul’s esteem as the crown did in the esteem of the runner at the Olympic games. To gain that crown, the competitor strained every nerve and sinew, feeling as though he were content to drop down dead at the goal in order to win it. Paul felt that if he were to run with all his might, straining soul and body to gain Christ, it would be well worth the effort. Christ would be well worth dying to gain.
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Christmas Gift Idea for Young Readers
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