DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Restore the sick among us, and for those in our fellowship who are appointed to face death, may the Lord be solemnly present with them. May they depart from this world in ecstasy, filled with eternal life. May the vast sea of God’s presence surge into the river of their existence, so that even if their natural sources run dry, they may be replenished from the supernatural deeps of God’s indwelling presence.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do.” (John 17:4)
Here our Saviour speaks by anticipation. He foresaw that he would pass through his passion, that all the work of his people’s redemption would be fully accomplished, and in this his final prayer on earth to the Father he could truly say, “I have finished the work which you gave me to do.”
May you and I be able to say the same when we depart out of this world! Not boastingly—there was no boasting in our Lord—but truthfully, conscientiously, from the bottom of our heart may each one of us be able to say, “I have finished the work which you gave me to do.”
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Prayers 1,500 years before Spurgeon*
You subscribe to and read this newsletter every day because you know that praying along with voices from church history is beneficial. We can learn prayer by “eavesdropping” on conversations with God that our forefathers, like Spurgeon, have had.
But there is even more wealth to be discovered earlier in church history, in the prayer life of the early church. We have a lot to learn from the devotional life of the early church — and teachers like Augustine, Irenaeus, Ambrose, and John Chrysostom can be great examples of prayer.
I’m really excited about a new book, Fount of Heaven which carefully collects some of the most beautiful prayers from the first six centuries of the church.
Fount of Heaven has been sold out for months but it’s finally back in stock! And to celebrate, my friends at Lexham Press have a special offer for “Pray with Spurgeon” subscribers.
This month only, you can buy Fount of Heaven at a discount. (I don’t know how long this book will be in stock, so I hope you’ll grab a copy today.)
This book is really beautiful and it’s been extremely beneficial for strengthening my prayer life. I’m confident that it will benefit your prayer life as well.