PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH (BY SPURGEON)
We ask especially for this Lord’s Day, that we may be in the Spirit, and know the fulness of his quickening power. May we do nothing after the dead manner of formality. May there be no dead hymn, nor dead prayer. Lord, give the preacher life. Oh, give the hearers life. Oh may this be living worship this morning, the bowing not of heads alone, but of hearts, and the closing not alone of the eyes to things that can be seen, but the closing of the eyelids of the thought to everything worldly.
Amen.
CELEBRATING THE CALL TO MINISTRY
Thanks to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College for sponsoring the Weekend Edition.
This month, Midwestern is celebrating Called Out Month — helping you understand and pursue your call to ministry.
They’ve put together some great resources (including videos of great preachers and authors sharing about their call to ministry) and incredible giveaways (including seminary scholarships, free books, and more).
Celebrate Called Out Month right here.
WEEKEND LONG READ (SERMON BY SPURGEON)
Our Lord’s Humanity: A Sweet Source of Comfort
“Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.” (Daniel 10:18)
it is ever to us the richest and highest comfort, as believers in Christ, that the Lord Jesus is a man; and when he strengthens us it is full often by laying his human hand upon us. He reveals his kinship with us, and our spirit is consoled and strengthened by a sense of his union with us. My one object is, by the Spirit’s aid, to draw water from the ancient well of our Lord’s humanity.
Read the full sermon from the Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching at Midwestern Seminary.
A FREE RESOURCE FROM MIDWESTERN
Do You Love the People of God? by Jason K. Allen
Ministry service is glorious, but it can also be uniquely taxing, and only those propelled by a love for Christ and his church survive the long haul.
Read the full article on For the Church
PREPARE FOR MINISTRY AT MIDWESTERN
What Jesus purchased is precious. We’ve made it our purpose. Midwestern Seminary exists for the Church, and we serve the church by biblically educating God-called men and women to be and make disciples of Jesus Christ. If you’re called to serve the church, train with us, for the Church.