DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Send, we pray, seasonable weather for the harvest of the earth’s fruits, but above all, send a time of harvest to your church. May your Kingdom come and your will be done. Fulfill the promise of the Father that you have made to your Son—”They shall be called a people who were not a people, and her beloved who was not beloved. And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Oh, draw them today; save them today. May this midsummer season be a day in which many fruits ripen for Christ. Lord, save the people; save all of your people. We ask this in the name, the mighty Sovereign name, of Jesus.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” (John 17:14)
This does not look like trying to please the world, to adapt our method to the spirit of the age, to come as near to the world as ever we can, to dabble in its politics, and join in its schemes. This has to me a very different tone in it from all that.
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A resource to help you share your faith (AND help others too!)
Today we prayed that God would bring people that we know to saving faith in Christ. The incredible thing is, we get to be a part of this!
Evangelism can be daunting for some, but it doesn’t have to be complicated! The most effective thing you can do with a non-Christian friend is to read the Bible together.
And to help you do that, I’ve created a resource called Know Jesus. This is a simple, easy-to-use Bible study. It’s designed for a Christian to take a non-Christian through 15 passages in Mark’s Gospel.
I worked really hard to create a resource that was as easy-to-use as possible, because we are called to share Christ with others.
The best part: 100% of the profits from this book are given to purchase copies for evangelism in Washington, DC, where I live and minister. (One copy purchased = one copy for a non-Christian in the nation’s capital).
So I hope you’ll buy two copies (one for you and one for a non-Christian friend) and start a fall Bible study with someone that you know.