DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We grieve inwardly over those who profess to be your people, yet sin has dominion over them. Lord, when any turn away, we ask ourselves, “Will I do the same?” We know that without your grip on us, we will decline and become like them at last. Please do not allow us to wander; rather, do not let us even consider evil. May we have no god but God, no Christ but Christ, no spirit but the Spirit. May we be absorbed in you! May we live and move in you, not just naturally, but spiritually as well. “Take our poor heart and let it be forever closed to all but thee.”
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he saved them from their distress.” (Psalm 107:19)
The sinners we have been reading of join the praying legion at last. Saul also is among the prophets. The fool lays aside his motley in prospect of the shroud and betakes himself to his knees. What a cure for the soul sickness of the body is often made to be by the Lord’s grace!
Prayer is as effective on a sick bed as in the wilderness or in prison; it may be tried in all places and circumstances with a certain result. We may pray about our bodily pains and weaknesses, and we may look for answers too. When we have no appetite for meat, we may have an appetite for prayer. He who cannot feed on the word of God may yet turn to God himself and find mercy.
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