DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
O our gracious God, we not only need to confess our sins but also to ask for innumerable favors. We need to be comforted, for we are often downcast. Perhaps we need to be sobered, for our hearts stray after the idols of the world. Maybe today we are dull and heavy. Oh, give us the Holy Spirit so we can be quick, lively, and joyful as we serve you. Whatever ails us, O Lord our Healer, lay your healing hand upon us.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.” (Psalm 107:28)
Even when they were at their wits’ end, they still had the wisdom to pray. Their hearts were softened, and they cried out for help. This was good and ended well, for it is written, “He brought them out of their distresses.” Prayer is good during a storm. We can pray while staggering and reeling, and pray when we are at our wits’ end. God will hear us amidst the thunder and answer us out of the storm. He brought their distresses upon the sailors, and therefore, they did well to turn to him for help in removing them; and they did not look in vain.
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Who is the Holy Spirit, anyway?
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