DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Lord, sometimes we have grand ideas; we soar into the pure air of fellowship, but we’re quickly drawn back. Earth’s attractions hold us back, the flesh entangles us, and our infirmities hinder us. Help us, Lord! You who started the work must continue it, or it will never come to completion. Perfect what concerns us. Lord, we desire to be rid of sin. We long for every tendency towards sin to be burnt on the head with the hot iron of your love, so that it must die. Come, great Lord, and wield your scepter over all the powers and passions of our nature. If they need a rod of iron to subdue them, yet do not spare them until grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He sent his word and healed them; he rescued them from their traps.” (Psalm 107:20)
Man is not healed by medicine alone, but by the word which proceeds out of the mouth of God is man restored from going down to the grave. A word will do it, a word has done it thousands of times. They escape though dangers had surrounded them, dangers many and deadly. The word of the Lord has great delivering power; he has but to speak, and the armies of death flee in an instant. Sin-sick souls should remember the power of the Word and be much in hearing it and meditating upon it.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
A stunning devotional through the Psalms
If you’re looking for new devotional reading for the spring and summer, I highly recommend In the Lord I Take Refuge by Dane Ortlund (author of Gentle and Lowly).
The Psalms are a masterpiece picture of God’s unfailing grace for sinners. This simple devotional by Ortlund does a great job of opening our eyes to see mercy on every page, in every psalm.
The book walks through all 150 psalms, offering short, simple devotional thoughts for each of them. Adding these short readings to your daily routine will refresh your soul and fill you with love for Jesus. I hope you’ll buy a copy for yourself or someone else today.