DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Here, in your presence, we would each one render that form of praise which is suitable for the hour. The healthy and the happy praise you with exultant voice. The sick and the sorry praise you with a living hope. Those who are suffering and bowed down, praise you with a willing acquiescence, desiring that even from the loosened string some music may come to the Most High.
Our Father, when we shall get up to see you; when your unveiled face shall appear to your perfected ones, we shall gladly have nothing to do but to praise. There will be no regrets, no remembrances of any hard words from you, or rough stroke from your rod. It will be praise and only praise; as it will be so, as it ought to be so. Let it be so now.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.” (Psalm 81:2)
Select a sacred song, and then raise it with your hearty voices. Beat on your tambourines, let the sound be loud and inspiriting.
God is not to be served with misery but with mirthful music. The tambourine for sound, must be joined by the harp for sweetness, and this by other stringed instruments for variety. Let the full compass of music be holiness unto the Lord.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
A Resource to Help You Pray in 2022
It seems like every year, I make a new year’s resolution to pray more frequently and more biblically. This is healthy — we should realize our need for prayer more and more every year. This year, my prayer life has been REALLY blessed by a really great resource, Psalms in 30 Days by Trevin Wax.
This book is a collection of thirty days of prayers (morning, midday, and evening) that includes all 150 psalms and prayers from Scripture and church history. With this book, you can pray through all of the psalms every month.
These prayers are so incredibly fresh, deep, and life-giving, and having a book that is set aside just for prayer is a physical reminder (on your table, shelf, desk, or bedside table) to pray (Plus, the book looks great!)
I’ve been using Psalms in 30 Days this year and it’s been such an incredible blessing. I’m excited to continue diving into it in 2023 (it definitely hasn’t gotten old yet!). I hope you’ll grab a copy and join me.