DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Lord, stir up your people to praise you this day. At this resting place of our pilgrimage, may we celebrate with song. Establish a day of feasting for your people. Come yourself to the feast; then our hearts will be exceedingly glad, and we will sing our praises to the Lord, the ever-blessed God, the Lord God of Israel.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He spoke and raised a stormy wind that stirred up the waves of the sea.” (Psalm 107:25)
His word is enough for anything, he has but to will it and a tempest rages. It seemed to lie asleep before, but it knows its Master’s bidding, and is up at once in all its fury. The glassy surface of the sea is broken, and myriads of white heads appear and rage and toss themselves to and fro as the wind blows upon them. Whereas they were lying down in quiet before, the waves rise in their might and leap towards the sky as soon as the howling of the wind awakens them.
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