DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Our God, we love you. We can say from our very hearts that we love you. We are not what we ought to be. We often turn aside, but still our heart is right toward you and your covenant; though we be faint, we are yet pursuing. Through infinite mercy our faces are still Zionward; our confidence is nowhere but in our God. “From him comes my salvation.” Glory be to the name of the Lord forever and ever and ever! Our hearts cannot feel all they ought to feel, nor can our tongues express the thousandth part of the emotions of our inmost nature, as we look back upon the way whereby the Lord our God has led us; how, in the splendor of his mercy, he has kept us, and would not let go away from him.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.” (Psalm 107:1)
Thanks is all we can give him, and the least we can give; therefore let us diligently render to him our thanksgiving. Let us be at all times thoroughly fervent in the praises of the Lord, both with our lips and with our lives, by thanksgiving and thanks-living. The Lord is not to be worshipped with groans and cries, but with thanks, for he is good; and these thanks should be heartily rendered, for his is no common goodness: he is good by nature, and essence, and proven to be good in all the acts of his eternity. Compared with him there is none good, no, not one: but he is essentially, perpetually, superlatively, infinitely good. We are the perpetual partakers of his goodness, and therefore ought above all his creatures to magnify his name.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Spurgeon’s word to non-Christians — updated in contemporary English
This passion for the lost permeated every aspect of Spurgeon’s ministry, and it led him to write a book — All of Grace. A dear friend of mine has updated this classic book in contemporary English to make it more accessible for modern readers.
Reading this book will help you as an evangelist — it is an incredible explanation of the wonder of God’s grace that will leave you amazed and eager to serve! As you read Spurgeon’s appeal to the lost, you will be equipped to share with the lost people you know.
This book is also a great resource to read with a non-Christian you know. Buy a copy for someone you know and ask to discuss it together. Especially as we approach Easter, the non-believers around you may be more willing than ever to discuss spiritual topics. You’ll be surprised how eager non-Christians will be to read this book!
Reading All of Grace will bless you in so many ways. I hope you’ll grab a copy of this newly updated edition.