Pray with Spurgeon: God, help us love Jesus

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, who is in heaven, please forgive our sinful acts towards your Son. We know you take pleasure in him, and we also do, but sometimes we fail to show it. Grant us the ability to love him perfectly. May we be able to say, “Lord, you know everything; you know that we love you.” May we love you so much that even our enemies will recognize it and say, “See how they love their Lord!” May we show our love for you as clearly and decisively as our Master showed his love for buried Lazarus.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.” (Psalm 107:20)

Many sicknesses are the direct result of foolish acts. Thoughtless and lustful men, by drunkenness, gluttony, and the indulgence of their passions, fill their bodies with diseases of the worst kind. Sin is at the bottom of all sorrow, but some sorrows are the immediate results of wickedness: men by a course of transgression afflict themselves and are fools for their pains.

Worse still, even when they are in affliction, they are fools still; and if they were brayed in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet would not their folly depart from them. From one transgression they go on to many iniquities, and while under the rod they add sin to sin. Alas, even the Lord’s own people sometimes play the fool in this sad manner.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

How can you increase your love for Jesus?

Today, we prayed that God would increase our love for his Son. This has been a particular prayer of mine over the last several months as I’ve been preaching through the Letter to the Hebrews at my church. I’ve summarized the message of the book this way: Jesus is better than anything, so don’t let go of him. If we read Hebrews, we ought to walk away adoring our wonderful Jesus.

A great resource to help you study Hebrews is Hebrews For You by Michael Kruger. This is a simple commentary that will help any Christian understand and apply the message of Hebrews (Don’t be scared by the “commentary” label, this book is accessible to anyone).

Hebrews will fill your heart with love for Jesus and Hebrews for You will help you along the way, so I hope you’ll buy a copy today.

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