DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
O God, send new comfort where you have sent fresh grief. Deal graciously with us, O Lord, whatever our circumstances may be. It may be our trouble is not without, but within—“Some deep sense of sin renewed; This will work us lasting good” if we carry it not too far.
It may be we have had great battles of late with Satan, with some old corruption. Make us victorious. It may be that some one of your promises, even, has been too great for us, and we have scarcely been able to believe it. O God, visit your people. What strange creatures we are! The little world within has its summer and its winter, its heartquakes, its tornadoes, its storms. Great Master, govern the world of our inner nature as you govern the world of nature, and may we conquer yet.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8)
Having ministered to souls, they were to bless the bodies of men; and thus they would confirm their message by their miracles. These deeds of mercy are on the ascending scale: note the steps. All was to be done without fee or reward: their powers had not been purchased, their miracles were not to be sold.
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