DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Lord, keep us firmly believing in you. Forgive us whenever we sinfully mistrust you, and help us to believe you, come what may; yes, help us when the burden is heaviest, still to believe you, and help us to cast it upon you, being assured that as our day is, so shall our strength be.
We would each ask of you this morning greater fruitfulness unto God. We long for our whole life to be full of honor and glory unto God. Let us be loaded down with clusters, bowed down if need be like a well-laden branch. We wish not to be broken off; but we would always be content to bear any breakage, if we might but be loaded to the full with fruit for the Well-beloved.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; he does not let their livestock decrease.” (Psalm 107:38)
God’s blessing is everything. It not only makes men happy, but it makes men themselves, by causing men to be multiplied upon the earth. When the Lord made the first pair he blessed them and said, “be fruitful and multiply,” and here he restores the primeval blessing.
Observe that beasts as well as men fare well when God favors his people; they share with men in the goodness or severity of divine providence. Plagues and pests are warded off from the flock and the herd when the Lord means well towards a people; but when chastisement is intended, the flocks and herds rot from off the face of the earth. Oh that nations in the day of their prosperity would but own the gracious hand of God, for it is to his blessing that they owe their all.
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FREE Spurgeon Book for Moms
To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, I’ve put together a simple devotional for moms, written by Spurgeon.
This 14-day devotional is compiled from excerpts of Spurgeon’s sermons, as he would frequently apply the Bible towards mothers.
(It also features some bonus content, like how to make family devotions a daily habit and why to pray with your kids.)
I hope it will encourage you to set your hope on the gospel as you teach your children the truth of God’s Word.